Originally Posted by FlexxAeon

yeah i'm too young to remember the dixiecrats but i know of them being a history nerd (and from long talks with my grandfather). they were more or less a product of the "side switching" that occurred between slavery and civil rights. those folks are what we now call republicans

and believe me, i hear you in terms of blacks needing to be self-empowered and i actually agree with Cain on that one aspect. but i don't believe that it's the fault of the democratic party itself. it's the result of the two sides constantly struggling. like it or not, believe it or not..... black people came into this country at a disadvantage from the jump. and when one thing is set in place to offset that disadvantage, another hurdle is put into place. they had to free us, but they didn't have to school us. then they had to school us, but they didn't have to hire us. then they had to hire us, but they didn't have to advance us.

so one side continues to try to stack the deck in favor of of the "oppressed", and the other side continues to try and keep the oppressed away from their stuff. so the combination of lack of opportunity AND complacency with assistance (laziness?) festers into the dependency that we see today.

it's honestly not the fault of the political parties as much as it is the fault of the mentality in this country. fondly known as "the man trying to keep a brotha down"