Agreed! Quite an eye opener Ed! -K- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions, LLC Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 4:00 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Black Panther application would go through on rails?
On 6/13/2012 3:14 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jun 13, 2012, at 10:29 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > >>> You know that the Kluxes were out of the Southern Democratic Party right? >> >> And yet for some reason, blacks are mostly linked (in favor of/to) the >> Democratic Party. Go figure. > > In the South, the Democrats were the primary racist party, as they still held a grudge against Lincoln, who was a Republican. Up until the 60s, southern blacks did not vote more for one party than the other (when they were allowed to vote at all). In the north, the Democrats were the party of the New Deal, voting rights, anti-segregation, etc., and northern blacks were overwhelmingly Democratic voters. > > Then along came the "Southern Strategy", popularized in Nixon's campaign, which was designed to play upon racist fears following the Democrats' embracing of civil rights. This turned the white south solidly Republican, and the black south solidly Democratic. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy Very interesting...thx! [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a140e260...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
