White People Won’t Vote for Blacks, Congressman Charges
NOTE: This is an old post from 2006. But since we just had a primary in “racist” Pennsylvania yesterday and North Carolina is coming up, and since the Obamatopia is fading since we have discovered so much about his past, just keep this post in mind in the next few weeks.
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I have been hearing a lot about the ramifications of the political ads targeted at Harold Ford in Tennessee.
People on the left claim the ads were “racist” but I disagree with the racist slam, but I do agree there was some race baiting in the ads and this is something that all black political candidates, especially men, have to deal with.
White folks don’t have to view political ads to be reminded of their biases.
Chris Wallace of Fox talked in an interview about the 15% lie.
Basically black candidates will poll 15 points better in public opinion polls than they do in the voting booth. Makes sense to me.
The article below talked about 30 percent of folks in NC said they would not vote for a black candidate under any circumstances, I believe this is true throughout the country.
This is not rocket science. 45 or 50 years ago there were millions of white folks taking their kids out of schools, keeping black kids from attending schools, refusing to serve black folks in restaurants and other crazy shit.
These people are now in their 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. These people vote.
You think a generation of crazy ass white people yelling obscenities at little kids entering a school has changes their stripes enough to actually vote for a nigga running for public office?
C’mon people tis not that hard to process
Don’t get mad at ole Snoop for pointing out the obvious.
I’m shocked I don’t see a political commercial that would contain the following:
“This is James Doe (black guy) a candidate for the United States Senate.”
(his photo stays on the screen for 20 seconds or more, NOTHING is said)
“you have been warned, vote Tim Doe in November” .
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Sphere: Related ContentBy Nathan Burchfiel
CNSNews.com Correspondent - From October 2005(CNSNews.com) - The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus on Friday urged his Capitol Hill colleagues to extend and strengthen the Voting Rights Act in order to “level the playing field” because, U.S. Rep. Melvin Watt said, “white people … will not consider voting for an African American candidate.”Watt, a Democrat from North Carolina, made the remarks at a Washington hearing held by the National Commission on the Voting Rights Act. The commission, a project of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, is conducting nationwide hearings to gather data on voter discrimination for a report it will issue supporting the extension of the Voting Rights Act.
Watt told Cybercast News Service that his views are based on a 1980s blind poll of North Carolinians, which he said revealed that 30 percent of whites would not vote for a black candidate under any circumstances.
Watt told the commission that if another poll were conducted today, “there would be a substantial majority of white voters who would say that under no circumstances would they vote for an African American candidate.” He later amended his comments, allowing that “some of them would.”
The number of white Americans who would refuse to vote for a minority candidate is “decreasing,” Watt conceded, but he maintained that the Voting Rights Act should “adjust districts to take [racially motivated voting] into account.”
Voters refusing to vote for a minority candidate “need to be factored out of the equation,” according to Watt, because “I’ve got no use for them in the democratic process.”
Watt admitted that some black voters only cast ballots for black candidates, but said in those cases, the voters are exercising “preference,” which he said is different than “an absolute commitment” to cast a vote based on race.
“Black people have not had the luxury of being able to say, ‘Under no circumstances will I vote for a white candidate,’” Watt said.
However, he also advocated a race-based solution to the problem he described. The solution — expanding the Voting Rights Act to encourage minority candidate victories is “exactly the same thing” as citizens voting against a minority candidate, Watt said. “The only way to level the playing field is to take race into account on the other side.”
While much of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is permanent, several sections periodically come up for renewal in Congress. Three provisions will expire in August 2007 if Congress does not extend them.
Section 5 requires jurisdictions in 16 states to obtain U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) approval if they want to change voting methods. Sections 6-9 authorize the DOJ to send federal observers to those jurisdictions to deter and report voter discrimination. Section 203 requires counties with significant numbers of non-English-speaking residents to provide translation assistance at all stages of the voting process.
The last time the provisions were reauthorized was 1982, when President Ronald Reagan extended them for 25 years.
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April 23rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Voters refusing to vote for a minority candidate “need to be factored out of the equation,” according to Watt, because “I’ve got no use for them in the democratic process.”
So based on his OPINION, certain citizens should NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE SIMPLY BECAUSE HE FEELS THEY WILL NEVER VOTE FOR A MINORITY CANDIDATE. Damn, the dems really are becoming the socialist party. Once again, racism is only BAD when WHITEY does it.
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:53 pm
The old preference vs, absolute commitment theory. The old fight racism with racism argument. The old use the poll that hasn’t been taken to support your opinion trick. I’m tired of this old tired ass racial shit. I want some new tired ass racial shit.
The fact that Obama picked off - how many? a dozen some? - white male potential democratic candidates during the primary process is enough to prove that Melvin Watt is an old bastard with a weak argument and a dumb idea. If Obama loses it’ll be because he’s black. If Hillary loses, it’ll be because of her pantsuit. If McCain loses it’ll be because he’s an old white guy who likes ABBA.
And I’m not saying there isn’t a strain of truth through Watt’s argument. Sure there’s some ignorant ass rednecks out there. They won’t vote for Obama because he is black. But they voted for GW over family values. I’m not at all against factoring these fuckers out of the equation. Lets tap their phones to figure out who they are.
What your old school argument doesn’t factor in is the millions of white folks across this country and in every community who were ostracized by their family, friends, and coworkers and branded as nigger lovers for even the slightest gesture of support or respect for black members of their communities. Same generation.
The only reason they don’t get talked about is because hate is more interesting than respect.
Melvin Watt is a self fulfilling prophecy, and the ability to say stupid shit is color blind.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 pm
We Tennesseans did not vote for Harold Ford Jr because he was black, we did not vote for him because of the historically corrupt values with in the Ford family, not to mention he is a liberal Democrat. To that end I could give two shits what color you are as long as you actually practice conservatism as well as you preach it. Do that and you have my vote.