A History of the KKK

DEBRA: This cannot be repeated too often: PRAY. Pray HARD. Maggiepie "Know the rules first. Then learn when to break them!" ~ C. Crouch, artist/SF writer/poet

There's a lot we don't know. Take a look at this and tell me the elections are going to be fair. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/23/section-527-works-to-seat-liberals-as-election-ove/

And blacks like Jesse Jackson say nothing. But they will call out a conservative if they do anything that can be construed as racist. Where was Jesse when Jon Stewart used his 'amos and andy' voice to villify a black man. Does he only care about SOME blacks being made a fool? And does villifying other minorities make it better? I like your term-diversity in his racism.

I hope you can find the time, there are not really that long. Its vital, I believe to winning in 2012, to get the information that is in these videos to the minority communities who will vote for Obama no matter what. They need to know the truth.

Wow, it's that good? Tell you what, I'll put it in my fav on youtube, but this math class has me very busy, so much so twice this week my husband got on me for not having supper made.. I don't think this would be appropriate for children, so another obstacle would be to watch without my son around, but with it in my favs, I can watch it when I can..:)

And keep up the good work in class! I'm so glad you are working hard on getting an education.

It needs to be exposed. Republicans are dismissed as racists automatically by many minority voters. Democrats are automatically thought to be 'for' the minorities. The key to winning in 2012 may be changing this preception.

It's important because it's history and it is history that has been hidden from us. How much else has been hidden and don't you care? There are so many black conservatives that I read and they all say the same thing: The Democrat Party does everything in its power to enslave the poor and minorities.

I would imagine that vast tracts of history are hidden from us, wherever we live. However, this isn't exactly "hidden", it's just something someone had to look up. That goes for the majority of history, I'd say. And no, I don't really care about something like this (apart from it being very interesting historically) because, as I've already said, I don't think it makes the slightest bit of difference in real terms. It's interesting but it's like saying everyone in the south is a racist hillbilly or comparing the UK's conservatives to the Whigs or something: it's mud-slinging and generalisation. The likelihood of their manifesto and aims being similar after so long is pretty small. And when it comes down to it, all politicians (and their parties) will lie, cheat and steal for power. I'm sure if you looked hard enough you'd find similar allegations that could be thrown at Democrats, Republicans or any other party. There's always someone who's stabbed everyone in the back to grab control.

http://www.nationalcenter.org/P21Index.html That would be true if black conservatives weren't targeted by the Democrat party as 'oreos' 'uncle toms' and 'house n-gg-rs'. Of course they cannot come out and say...gee, we're against blacks and minorities. The very fact that information like this is basically unknown and historical facts are treated as untrue by many in the party is another good sign they haven't changed much. Read some of the black conservatives; Kevin Jackson, Shelby Steele, Mychal Massie and others. They'll tell you why the Democrats are STILL racist.

Read some black conservatives. Most Democrat leaders have no love for the poor or minorities. They merely use them to get elected and they "enslave" them via entitlements. You can stay in la-la land if you prefer. But Democrats were hot and heavy in the KKK and they're still more racist than anyone as a group.

On David Duke...he still talks and walks like a Klansman. Switching parties was a ploy to gain credibility. I did not suggest they still had ties. I am pointing out historical facts. I am also not implying that the Republicans are somehow squeaky clean. Read the black conservatives. It'll open your eyes.

Having done my internship at the state house I can tell you first hand that there are plenty of Democrats that are minorities and push minority rights. Even at a national level more democrats push for the rights of minorities like gay marriage and funding for schools in poor districts. These aren't entitlements that anyone can live off. At worst, rich kids get much better educations and hence better jobs, while the poor stay poor because they are learning from books published in the 70's. No party actively supports any hate group, but I can assure you that the Democrats don't hate minorities. They aren't the ones pushing for tax cuts for people making over $250k. Actually arguing over stuff like this is exactly what they want us to do instead of focusing on the actual solutions. You can keep dreaming the "American dream" but that's all it is. You're dreaming if you think you're somehow more likely to be in the top 5% of wealthiest Americans. Odds are about 4x more likely you'll be collecting unemployment or government assistance. Historically almost as many white people have been on welfare (smaller percent of whites but the actual number is about the same). You think the rich people getting government contracts and not paying taxes want us to come up with a solution? No, they want us to argue over this stuff. The reality is, you could do the job of a guy who makes $15 million a year by undercutting his cost and only keeping a measly $5 mil for yourself. The more we argue about Democrats being this and Republicans being that the less time we spend organizing a solution to fix a system that is only working for the people running it.