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Honestly, this whole the Republicans are the party of civil rights is Sean Hannity type b.s.
When Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 he stated that, because of this the Democratic Pary would lose the south for 50 years
This selective 'history by omission' favors looking way way back over 100 years and Lincoln's freeing of the slaves while conveniently omitting the past 40-50 years of the history of Civil rights as it concerns political parties and affiliations. And most importantly it omits the seismic shift and reversal in the Democratic and Republican parties following the civil rights era.
Hispanic support for Republicans was just 30 percent in the 2006 midterm elections, and recent polls have it around 20 percent today. Many observers believe Republicans will be lucky to get more than 10 percent of the black vote in 2008. Because they care about the racist history of the Democratic Party, of course...
What concerns people of color is the racism of the present. And it's initials happen to be G.O.P.
