Current event has fewest African American representation in 40 years.
September
2, 2008
*One thing becomes glaringly apparent while scanning the floor of this
week's Republican National Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul. It's very
white.
In fact, the 2008 GOP event has the lowest number of African American
delegates since 1968, according to a convention guide released to delegates
this week by the nonpartisan research institution, Joint Center for
Political and Economic Studies.
After seating a record number of African American delegates in 2004
(6.7 percent), blacks comprise only 1.5 percent of the total number of GOP
delegates this year, according to the Joint Center, which focuses on
minority issues. The 36 black delegates in 2008 represent a 78.4 percent
decline from the 167 black delegates at the 2004 GOP convention.
According to the Hudson Valley Press, the Joint Center's guide
recognized McCain's efforts to reach black voters, but concluded: "John
McCain is very likely to receive a historically low share of the black
vote." The publication said it is not attributable to any experiences Sen.
McCain has had representing black constituents, but rather it is "a
reflection of Sen. Obama's historic candidacy, the deep and genuine
enthusiasm for him in the black community, and Sen. McCain's association
with President Bush, an exceptionally unpopular figure among African
Americans."
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"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over
their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change."
- Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
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