Hmmm, It was a Registered Republican who Had a Dream....

I firmly believe that the color of your skin has no bearing on your ability. But the left has played that race card SO many times, that we are becoming numb to it. I find it very telling that the left accuse conservative black Americans of being "uncle tom ni**ers". When in fact the conservative movement pushes for freedom, liberty and self reliance for ALL. It is the left that want to increase welfare (modern day slavery) and keep keep a guy down.

Well, let's not forget our history here. Prior to 1964, most blacks were voting for the Republican Party out of a sense of loyalty towards Lincoln. However, in 1964, Goldwater opposed the Civil Rights Act and many blacks began to switch to parties. Heck, even MLK voted for JFK and criticized Goldwater's stance as "extremism, racism, and retrogression." (You can find the whole context here: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-lecture.html) So let's not forget that parties have changed a lot in the past 50 years. But, regardless of party affiliation, I think we can all agree that we should judge people on their personality and merit rather than their skin color. In that sense, I can understand why Republicans would oppose affirmative action. However, I don't think those that initiated the idea of affirmative action started off with bad intentions. Once again, let's not forget our history and the context. America was not a pretty place when it came to "race relations" in the 1960s.

I didn't think to even ask that! That page is sort of a Black Hall of Fame, isn't it? Lots of Republican Blacks that have made huge contributions to our nation.

I have always admired Martin Luther King's message. I was still living in Europe at the time of his assassination and how shocked I was. If anyone deserved the Peace Price it was him. That Obummber received the same award was a disgrace! I never really knew what King's political affiliation was and must admit I was very shocked to now find our he was Registered Republican......bet that really p*isses the Dumocrats off.

Yeah, I think skin color is obviously associated with opportunity, but that family environment and values have a bigger role in determining opportunity - they're just harder to see and measure.

Affirmative action creates resentment in white people towards minorities. In other words, it breeds racism. Also, if you are a minority who earned a job through your hard work, you become paranoid that if you make the tiniest mistake, everyone will assume that you didn't deserve your job and only got it through affirmative action. If racism is found to exist in any hiring process or disciplinary process in a workplace, it should be investigated and the offending party punished. But reverse racism is not the answer. I know many very intelligent, hardworking and capable people who don't have pale skin, and they earned their good jobs, as everyone should! They didn't need "help". We want MLK's dream to live on!

I am not surprised because what MLK was fighting for was that everyone have the same opportunity. He did not want everyone to be equal but rather that everyone have an equal opportunity to acheive their goals. To me it seems as if the Republican Philosophy is that everyone should have the same opportunity. The Democrats Philosophy is that the Government will decide which group gets extra help and then have the rest of the people pay for it.

"the Democratic Party insists that we judge people by the color of their skin, and character shouldn't matter as long as the person is qualified for the job.. right?" And if the person isn't qualified than we should lower the qualifications so they don't get in the way of choosing people based on race. That's what we learned from Dayton Ohio police and New Haven firefighters cases.