The Democratic Party needs black voters in order to maintain control of many key districts and states. And yet, Democratic policy and messaging conveys, in the eyes of many critics, a profoundly patronizing attitude toward the very people that are so central to its election strategy. In this clip, Erec Smith, York College rhetorician and co-founder of Free Black Thought, describes how the Democrats’ infantilizing policies toward African Americans have driven him away from the party.
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I've said for years that if anyone treated me like progressives treat blacks, I'd kick them where it hurts most. The condescending, superiority attitude of many progressives is disgusting.
“Multiracially white” so does that mean Elvis is invited to the cookout as an authentic expression of culture? The cheetah print bed at Graceland is a holy relic for my people.