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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Nina May :: Townhall.com Columnist
Are Black Americans Monolithic?
by Nina May
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Democrats want everyone to think that blacks are monolithic.

Take, for example, that little statistic of the voting habits of black Americans. It ranges anywhere from 90% to 96% of the vote going to the Democratic candidate, depending upon the race, the region of the country and the contest. One small detail is missing though . . . less than 30% of blacks even vote. So if you take 90% of 29%, you will get about 26% or about one quarter of the black population that actually votes for the Democratic candidate.

What about that other 74%? Why don’t they vote?

We discovered while filming our documentary, Emancipation Revelation Revolution, that the reason most blacks feel disenfranchised from the voting machinery is that they don’t feel comfortable with the Democratic platform and have been intimidated into believing that the Republican Party is the spawn of Satan. They reject, as a matter of conscience, most of the social positions the Democrats espouse. They have seen the figures and realize that 40% of all abortions are performed on black women and can see the finger of genocide pointing in their direction. At the same time, there is an erroneous belief that the Republican Party has been wrong on civil rights and lacks compassion.*

They have seen the devastation of the black family at the hand of the party that replaced personal responsibility with government handouts laced with immoral, impossible conditions. Conditions like forbidding the father of a woman’s child to live in the family if they are to receive welfare, or the restriction on returning to school if they are in the government system. They have seen the black family smeared in the Petri dish of social experimentation for several generations and realize the same monolithic mentality exists that identifies blacks as victims of society, dependent upon “the man” for their very existence. Sound familiar?

What is happening to those who are breaking out of this mindset, in the year of the “black candidate,” declaring that the color of Barack’s skin color is irrelevant because the content of his character is a bigger issue? The mainstream media doesn't want to focus on that, because if they did, they would be admitting that blacks are not monolithic, do not en masse support one party over another, and don’t all attend churches as divisive as Rev. Wrights.

The debate should be about whether someone who lacks judgment and attends a divisive church that pits one group of people against another is qualified to lead an entire nation, not whether Obama should have thrown Rev. Wright under the bus for political expediency.

What we are witnessing though, in this entire debate, is another example of the smugness of the liberal press and the ignorance of those who oppose the liberal media, because they always let them set the agenda in any debate. The assumption has been for years, that there really is only one black America with only two main spokesmen . . . Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. When Barack Obama broke through that glass ceiling erected by those who have a vested interest in maintaining the misperception that blacks can only achieve with government handouts and welfare policies, the powers-that-be had to restack the deck in order to maintain their position of power and influence over self-proclaimed leaders who have forfeited real authority for personal gratification and aggrandizement.

Obama was allowed to slip through the velvet ropes of low expectations because Hillary Clinton had already torn the doors off the presidential clubhouse and demanded her time at the helm. With the common denominator being lowered to the point that a woman with zero administrative experience, other than being married to a man that had some, could declare that she was suitable to serve as president, it now was easier for everyone to cross that threshold. Barack was whispered to be the only tool powerful enough to derail the queen from ascending to the thrown and was seen as a uniter of the party with a flawless resume that offended no one . . . except the liberal power base that expected all newcomers to make their bones before making such brash declarations.

But now that his campaign is unraveling with Rev. Wright permanently tattooed on his forehead, there has to be an easy explanation that will dismiss the reality of his extreme rhetoric, and the naiveté of Barack to continue learning at his knee all these years. The liberal . . . white media has to now spin the discussion away from extremism, and back toward the nuance of wisdom in order to keep their age old stereotype alive, that all blacks are the same, are a monolithic group of like-minded people who are so similar that almost 95% vote the same way.

The discussion that is not being aired is the divisions within not only the black communities on key issues, but within the churches as well. There are thousands of black churches across the nation who are appalled by the rantings of Rev. Wright and are very upset that the mainstream media has shrugged and suggested that this is the typical black church, and they have earned the right to hold such racist views because of past injustices. It is an easy way to keep the plantation of bitterness and victimization open for business. It is not in the best interest of liberals to set the captives free from anger and racist ideology, because once they are free, they speak and think for themselves, they realize the government has not made their lives easier, but placed impossible restrictions on their livelihood, their lifestyles, their hopes and dreams for a brighter tomorrow. The government welfare systems have robbed people of their dignity while refusing to give helpful alternatives to personal growth. And those who keep that machine running, keep it fed and churning out new welfare recipients are liberals who must have that vote to stay alive. They would literally shrivel up like a salt-pelted slug if that plantation ceased to exist.

So it is imperative that they convince white Americans that all blacks are helpless, angry, disenfranchised, bitter, victims of racism and they will never be able to accomplish anything without assistance. They even think they are helping Barack by suggesting that all black churches are like Rev. Wrights and this is what happens in black churches every Sunday, and it is fine that Barack has attended that church for 20 years. Who are we to say how and where someone should worship? Who are we, as oppressive, racist whites to condemn Rev. Wright and his church? Continued...

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Nina May is a producer/director who produced the award-winning documentary, Emancipation Revelation Revolution. She is a radio commentator and has produced and hosted her own TV show, American Renaissance.

no we are not monolithic
no more than anyone else. whether its a dem or rep!!! some of us do know how to vote on the issues. stop the stereo-typing. i did not vote for "w" other than the reason i felt he was the better candidate, since kerry would not defend himself. there are just as many lazy, non-productive whites as there are any poor persons in this country. would any of you want to trade places with a black person, just so you can see the world through their eyes. why won't you believe it is sometimes institutional that some of us get left out. blacks have never been an enemy to this country and most of the times have been even the chances to assimulate. as soon as one of us move in, no matter the status, the for sale signs go up. there will be no rioting that i know of if mr. obama does not get elected. i just see it as a great opportunity that he was able to live the great dream of this country and any other individual who works hard and can articulate ideas. should we have elected "w". he has not been able to string 3 words together without stumbling over his tongue. the whole world sees him as an absolute buffoon. as far as repubs being seen as racists, someone in that party certainly was able to get that point across to those of color. i happen to be from ky and was always very proud to be from the state that the greatest republican was from and still am. the repubs have written us off. we did not write the repubs off. the war on poverty was not designed for those of color originally. it was designed for those in the hills of appalacia, and tenn, and elsewhere. a lot of people of color feel that this country would rather have their enemies here than recognize the contributions that we have made and continue to make for this great land of ours. i am catholic,a repub, retired military, have three degrees, know how to vote on the issues. not all of are monolithic.

flagwaver
your posts reek of truth and rationality.

i applaud your patience and your ability to articulate your point of view.

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