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A criticism of Sheriff Alan Jordan's failure to meet his responsibilities concerning the Beaufort County Jail.
Published: Monday, April 14th, 2014 @ 12:49 am
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A criticism of Sheriff Alan Jordan's failure to meet his responsibilities concerning the Beaufort County Jail.
Published: Monday, April 14th, 2014 @ 12:49 am
By: John Latham
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Ms. Rufino's essay accurately reports the history of racially suppressive actions taken by the southern Democrats after the Civil War. Ms. Rufino's essays are always very well thought out and well written, and this one was particularly interesting to me. Given the very real historic facts presented, why would African American's more often align themselves with the party that gave birth to the most hate filled organization in the USA?
I haven't been able to answer that. I've looked into it, and in fact the articles concerning the topic are plentiful. But I'm not a historian, and as for the past, I can only conjecture that it probably had more to do with President Kennedy and the Civil Rights movement more than anything else. It could have something to do with the propensity of some southern Republicans to affiliate themselves so closely to the 'Confederate Flag' southern rebel mentality, which is unfortunately still a home for very real racists. Not all, but enough to tar that culture's reputation. But this is just my speculation, possibly uninformed speculation at that.
So again, I don't know why. But what I can say in the light of recent legislation in North Carolina is this: I have a good idea why they wouldn't want to come to the GOP now. Our new Governor and his fellow state-level Republicans just passed legislation straight out of the Jim Crow era. There's nothing wrong with early voting, in fact, allowing early voting allows for more freedom instead of less - which is supposed to be the goal of the Republican party's core values. Also, in a bizarre channeling of Kay Hagan style corporate cronyism, our Governor and cohorts have, are, and will protect Duke Energy from any REAL punishment entailing serious financial loss. If you like heavy metals in your drinking water, you shouldn't have a problem with that.
So I still don't know why African Americans would, at large, support the Democratic Party. As far as my back yard though, here in NC, I also can't see any reason they'd support the Republican Party either. I can't speak for the past, but the present speaks for itself, and presently, I feel extremely disappointed by our Republican leaders. I imagine that if I was African American, I'd probably still feel the same way.