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Originally Posted by Shotsie
Are you insinuating that the Republicans were the force that championed civil rights in the mid-1960s? Or trying to suggest that the Republican Party has done a damn thing for the cause of civil rights other than to use it as a wedge issue since 1968 until the present day? Is that what you're doing?
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No, I didn't insinuate that they championed it. I simply said that more Democrats opposed it than Republicans.
As for what Republicans have done regarding civil rights since then, there are some good examples on that link I posted above:
http://www.black-and-right.com/the-democrat-race-lie/
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September 15, 1981
President Ronald Reagan establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to increase African-American participation in federal education programs
June 29, 1982
President Ronald Reagan signs 25-year extension of 1965 Voting Rights Act
August 10, 1988
President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II internment ordered by FDR
November 21, 1991
President George H. W. Bush signs Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights legislation
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I'm not saying there aren't any racist Republicans. There are. Just like there are racist Democrats. Both white and black.
But, hey, if black people want to keep voting based on what Nixon did in the past, even if it isn't necessarily in their best interest in the present, then I guess that's their choice. Just seems a little ridiculous to not vote based on the more important issues of the day.