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From the Grio: Recently, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour said some things that surprised me. And they should surprise you as well. In an interview with Human Events, a conservative website, Barbour discussed growing up in an integrated, tolerant and inclusive South. In his opinion, it was the "old Democrats who had fought for segregation so hard." Speaking of the change in party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in the South, Barbour continued."The people that led the change of parties in the South, just as I mentioned earlier, was my generation. My generation, who went to integrated schools. I went to an integrated college. Never thought twice about it. It was the old Democrats who had fought for segregation so hard. By my time, people realized that was the past. It was indefensible, wasn't going to be that way anymore."
Barbour-- who is being touted as the most prominent Republican and the face of the GOP-- is head of the Republican Governors Association. In reality, Barbour was born under Jim Crow segregation and attended segregated public schools. He attended college with only a handful of black students. And he sent his children to Manchester Academy, one of the "segregation academies" established so that white parents could avoid sending their daughters to integrated schools, where they would undoubtedly date black boys. Manchester Academy did not integrate until 1996, when it admitted its first African-American student.
And while Barbour would have you believe that the Republican Party is such a dominant force in the South today because of its support of integration. But the reality is that the GOP inherited the segregationist mantle from the Dixiecrats. After President Johnson signed the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts into law, the Democrats would lose the South for generations. Moreover, beginning with Nixon, the GOP employed a "Southern Strategy" to attract segregationist sympathizers and other disaffected whites from the Democratic Party. All of the talk about taxes, small government, welfare and the like were code for hating black folks.
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By: Little Dickie Dydoe on 9/08/2010 4:36PM
Dr Martin Luther King was a Republican and if he were alive today he would still be a Republican.Dr King was not a racemongering Marxist addicted to welfare. He was an American who wanted the best for America. God bless his soul.
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By: barbarascy385 on 9/08/2010 5:20PM
They can try to rewrite whatever they like, but when my children ask me certain questions I tell them the truth. I know the truth and there is NOTHING that anybody can do about it. I WILL NOT lie to my children about anything. I always tell them to not just trust what I say, but check what I am saying out. I won't allow my children to be lied to about the past of African Americans in this country, or the treatment they have received while in it.
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By: rik on 9/08/2010 6:32PM
"I won't allow my children to be lied to about the past of African Americans".
I thinks thats wonderful. I think all black parents should tell their children, that it was the democratic party, that was responsible, for the 3 S's, slavery, segragation and separate but equal.
I think all black parents should tell their children about the infamous black codes, who instituted and maintained them, yep democrates.
I think all parents should know the longest filibuster in congressional history was used to oppose civil rights and it was used by a democrat, with support from his fellow democrats.
Oh yeah, all should know that by percentage more republicans voted for passage of civil rights than democrates.
Tell the children that up until democrates give Black Folk welfare, blacks were hard working, law abiding "Republicans" now look at us Government Junkies"
that is if you want them to know the truth!!!
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By: rik on 9/08/2010 6:47PM
If anybody should wish to rewrite civil rights history it should by lying azz democrates.
Anybody who has studied the civil rights period, knows for a FACT, that is was democrates who opposed legislation, and JFK was forced to act.
That MLK had to step over the democratic party, becuse they were prepared to do "NOTHING" and becuase republicans had several a civil rights bills ready to go. JFK said time and time again "Now is not the time".
Black folks loyalty to the democrats, doesnt change history, rather it brings into question how anyone can be loyal to those whom are responbile for oppressing their ancestors. It just makes that loyalty all the more puzzling.
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By: rasfanta on 9/09/2010 1:25AM
Yes, they want to rewrite history because they are not smellin too good nowadays. I never understood black america's loyalty to the democratic party. The democrats have not been good to black people in this country. The above stated facts should have been brought out before the 2008 elections. obama would not have won. also, the democrats, under bill clinton, are responsible for the trade agreements that sent jobs out of america. they are responsible, again under clinton, for throwing out Glass-Steigal that allowed wall street to destroy the economy, our jobs and our homes. I understand that the CBC and jesse jackson also pushed for the desolving of glass-steigal. The jews are mostly democrats. the republicans were not for the bailouts. the democrats wanted to keep us slaves. What happened? How did everything get so twisted? Why did we abandon the republican party in favor of those dirty democrats. Maybe the dixicrats who left the democratic party when black americans were given civil rights, corrupted the republican party. Maybe that is what happened.
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By: meredith on 9/09/2010 4:54PM
I don't usually comment on these stories, but for the last time..Dr. Martin L. King's son MLK Jr. states his father did not identify with either party!!! And I think he would know..so please stop spreading lies and untruths!! Most of the people on welfare are WHITE!!! I don't know any Blacks on welfare, they are all working professionals like myself..White folks please give it up and stop painting all of us with that broad brush stroke!! Thank you very much!!!
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By: Deborah on 9/10/2010 6:03PM
Conservatives are not the same as modern Republicans and progressives are not the same as modern Democrats. When speaking on ideological terms it is actually the conservatives (whom were not Republicans during the Civil Rights era) that kept blacks in oppression for years.
This is where things get slightly complicated but don't be confused: conservatives want you all to believe that they did something important in history but all they've ever done is block progress. Progressives (not modern Democrats) are the ones who fought for equality for all Americans: white, black, hispanic, Christian, atheist, agnostic you name it. We fought for your equality.
What really happened was this. Conservatives left the Democratic party of the Civil Rights era because the party wanted to fight for equality. So those racists formed the Dixiecrats. Then the Dixiecrats (Southern Democrats) became Republicans. Then the theocratic Christians also became Republicans.
Then there was Fox News. Behold! A dumbed down America that will believe any lie that conservative demagogues tell them. Liberal democrats no longer exist, the country is in ruins, and the right-wingers have taken everyone but the rich hostage. Congratulations, you opportunists. If there's one thing you've succeeded at its deception.
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