The political landscape has totally shifted since the days of slavery, so that claim is fairly disingenuous. It is impossible to connect Democrats of the days of slavery with what the party stands for now as it has completely shifted.

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Pushed back against every major civil rights act????

FDR enacted the new deal and multiple pro civil rights acts including EO8802 in 1941 which was designed to prohibit not hiring people based on skin color.

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JFK started and LBJ got the civil rights act passed in 1964. The most important civil rights legislation ever.

I am all for open debate but what you said is completely inaccurate.

You forgot the legal changes that Bill Clinton made to mandating housing loans for poor areas........which, played a part in the 2008 world crash.

Affirmative action is another one......probably the single most racist official policy still in use within modern society.

The Democrats have been buying black votes for decades and....in recent decades race baiting to intimate corporations and institutions to cower further to race....instead of being focused purely on meritocracy as they should do.

You forgot the legal changes that Bill Clinton made to mandating housing loans for poor areas........which, played a part in the 2008 world crash.

Affirmative action is another one......probably the single most racist official policy still in use within modern society.

The Democrats have been buying black votes for decades and....in recent decades race baiting to intimate corporations and institutions to cower further to race....instead of being focused purely on meritocracy as they should do.

Is it not more accurate to say that any Party who seeks to develop a fairer and more equal society in which merit, and not anything else, is the only thing which matters, is going to produce policies which support and encourage those segments of that society which have suffered most from past discrimination?

I have explained it...

1. As you should know, both branches of government don't sign the welfare cheques because that is devolved to the (Democrat run) state.

2. As I said earlier, Democrat politicians and the likes of CNN CONSTANTLY tell black voters that the reason they are not performing as well as other groups - like graduating from high school - is because of racism. You telling me this doesn't happen? Even you shout 'racist' and 'nazi' every 5 minutes. Think about it... And when you give handouts, you discourage self-improvement. Conservatives encourage personal responsibility and hand ups, not hand outs in order to succeed.

Candace is not just any old talking head. She's someone who switched from the Democrat party to the Republican because she could SEE how the real racists in the Democrats operated. So she is VERY unique. She dismantles every political opponent with ease because she is passionate about her subject and has facts on her side.

Why would black people vote Republican? Because a Republican POTUS has delivered record-breaking job figures for minorities, while criminal justice reform legislation is huge for the black community. It has had bipartisan support with people like Van Jones applauding Trump for his work.

Oh, I'm glad you mentioned LBJ.

Johnson’s Great Society expanded welfare to black single mothers to make them dependent on the government. And as a result, broken homes has messed up black communities all over the US.

In 1960, around 20 percent of black children were living with just a mother.

In 2012, the percentage of black births that were made to unmarried black mothers was 72 per cent.

"I'll have those n*ggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years" - President Lyndon B. Johnson. Sadly, it's worked.

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So only democrat states issue welfare checks to black people? Ok. Not a laughable and nonsensical biased argument there at all.

Plenty of poor white people get welfare checks in republican states. Must be a conspiracy.

So in your blinkered world, sitting somewhere in England, you don’t think that any black person has ever been held back from a job or opportunity because of the color of their skin?

Are you black, Penge Eagle? I guess not. White English people trying to opine on matters of race in America makes me chuckle. Maybe that 6 months you spent in LA allowed you to walk in the shoes of an African American brother?

The conservative wish to destroy welfare and the health service here shouldn’t be confused with trying to get people to stand on their own 2 feet.

Your LBJ quote is disputed as you know, but he certainly used the word, as did just about everyone of his age from where he grew up. He was still instrumental in passing civil rights legislation started by JFK.

Damn anyone for giving financial aid to a single black mother working 2 jobs, she should be given a hand up and sorted out with a 3rd job on Sundays to make ends meet.

If you want to see poor people milking the benefits system for all it’s worth, look no further than your own doorstep there in blighty.