Thursday, August 12, 2004
This article about conservative black American bloggers is a breath of fresh air. (Credit: Instapundit).
I have long thought that black Americans do themselves a disservice by dependably voting as a bloc for the Democrats. As a result of that behavior, the Dems take them for granted, paying occasional lip service to their concerns while not doing anything meaningful -- such as real education reform -- to help them, and the Republicans as a rule write them off, figuring that no matter what they do, blacks will vote overwhelmingly for the opposition. In my view the best thing black Americans can do for themselves politically is to make it known that their votes are in play, and that they'll vote for the people who actually do something for them, and vote against pols who are, as the kids used to say, NATO (No Action -- Talk Only). Then, of course, they have to follow up and actually do what they say they'll do.
I have always thought it mythology that the Republican Party is anti-black -- it was the Republicans in Congress who were most responsible for passing the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Democratic Partyhas done a masterful job over the years of convincing black Americans that their nanny state solutions are best. But the real power of America is opportunity, and it takes individual effort to make the most of opportunity. Any policy that tends to suppress individual effort on the part of blacks (or anyone else) is, at the foundational level, against their interests.
Anyway, it's good to see that there are black Americans out there who don't fit the stereotype, and who may finally be able to make their voices heard over the shouting of the Jesses and Als of the world.
I have long thought that black Americans do themselves a disservice by dependably voting as a bloc for the Democrats. As a result of that behavior, the Dems take them for granted, paying occasional lip service to their concerns while not doing anything meaningful -- such as real education reform -- to help them, and the Republicans as a rule write them off, figuring that no matter what they do, blacks will vote overwhelmingly for the opposition. In my view the best thing black Americans can do for themselves politically is to make it known that their votes are in play, and that they'll vote for the people who actually do something for them, and vote against pols who are, as the kids used to say, NATO (No Action -- Talk Only). Then, of course, they have to follow up and actually do what they say they'll do.
I have always thought it mythology that the Republican Party is anti-black -- it was the Republicans in Congress who were most responsible for passing the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Democratic Partyhas done a masterful job over the years of convincing black Americans that their nanny state solutions are best. But the real power of America is opportunity, and it takes individual effort to make the most of opportunity. Any policy that tends to suppress individual effort on the part of blacks (or anyone else) is, at the foundational level, against their interests.
Anyway, it's good to see that there are black Americans out there who don't fit the stereotype, and who may finally be able to make their voices heard over the shouting of the Jesses and Als of the world.
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