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Appeal to Under-30 Black Americans |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--BLACK AND AFFLUENT |
| Author: Charles Ellison |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1999 |
| Size: 1,545 Words, 10,984 Characters |
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Approaching the next century, Abraham Lincoln's party is faced with the unsettling task of finding "colored" faces to fill its ranks. Party demographers scratch their heads and rattle their brains in discomfort, while academics are rife with bewildering discontent.
Syndicated black intellectual Earl Ofari Hutchinson's answer to Republican misery: "The day that Republican leaders change the perception [of] ... a cozy, 'good ole' white guys club, they will find that many blacks would love nothing better than to join it."
Where are black Republicans?
The real question then is: Where are black Republicans?
Making the Republican Party the attractive sociopolitical alternative for African Americans is presently an endeavor fraught with the unattainable. Yet, is this an easily resolved issue of contrasting public-policy stances and opposing body politics?
The present situation is analogous to an employer being forced to reject a prospective employee based on terrible hygiene and a wrinkled suit. The GOP need look no further than the black faces it generally relies upon to ...
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... dictates that black people must pursue political and economic power into the next century, as opposed to dilution of self-sufficient means through civil rights.
That specific conservative theme is what inspires and uplifts--not contentious 60-second sound bites promulgated by the antiblack antics of black conservatives looking for media hits, television cameras, and candy bars on a string.
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