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Now, do any of them look remotely like you?
If you're like many black people, the answer is probably, "No, they don't look like me, and they don't think like me." But is it really true that they don't think like you? Do you actually know what positions Republicans are taking on the issues that matter to you?
You might be surprised to find that you could share some of the same views as card-carrying members of the GOP. To find out if you're a closet Republican (or at least, not totally Democrat), take this Black Voices quiz.
Prominent Black Republicans
Condoleeza Rice
United States Secretary of State
Joseph Barrak, AFP/Getty Images
Colin Powell
Former United States Secretary of State (2001-2005)
Ron Edmonds, AP
Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Randy Snyder, AP
Alan Keyes
Political activist.
Kelley McCall, AP
J.C. Watts
Republican politician and entrepreneur.
Steve Jaffe, AFP / Getty Images
Armstrong Williams
Television, radio host, columnist and political pundit.
Graham Williams Group, AP
Alveda King
The author is a niece of the civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.
Johnny Nunez, WireImage.com
Don King
Boxing promoter.
Frank Franklin II, AP
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil rights icon.
AP
T.D. Jakes
Famous American preacher.
Johnny Nunez, WireImage.com
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By: gene on 9/02/2008 8:27PM
Your quiz was rigged. You give value to something that is not objective. Why not try some better questions like, " do you support a party that has as its base, those who engaged in lynching and the murder of black americans?" Or try this one--do you support a party that has as its base a group that opposed vehemently the voting rights act? Do you think voting rights are important?
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By: jack on 9/02/2008 9:12PM
It should come as no surprise that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican. In that era, almost all black Americans were Republicans. Why? From its founding in 1854 as the anti-slavery party until today, the Republican Party has championed freedom and civil rights for blacks. And as one pundit so succinctly stated, the Democrat Party is as it always has been, the party of the four S's: Slavery, Secession, Segregation and now Socialism.
It was the Democrats who fought to keep blacks in slavery and passed the discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws. The Democrats started the Ku Klux Klan to lynch and terrorize blacks. The Democrats fought to prevent the passage of every civil rights law beginning with the civil rights laws of the 1860's, and continuing with the civil rights laws of the 1950's and 1960's
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By: John Nichols on 9/02/2008 9:58PM
When FDR and first lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt made aid to all poor people a priority regardless to their race, the Dixiecrats rebelled and eventually were welcomed by Nixon and later Reagan. Today. they are the base for today's GOP.
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By: John Nichols on 9/02/2008 10:12PM
The Dixiecrats became dissatisfied with the Democrats after FDR and first lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, made it possible for all poor Americans , regardless of their race to participate and benefit from the many programs developed under the New Deal. The GOP, under Nixon and later Reagan, was able to use this dissatisfaction to add them to the GOP. Today, they constitute a substantial part of the GOP base.
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By: Scott Wilson on 9/03/2008 12:54AM
Okay, so to be honest, I'm not black. Just interested in what the "Black Republican Quiz" deemed as Republican. Interesting, that instead of actually informing their audience, this site perpetuates the idea that only the "old" parties of Dems and Republicans are the only options. When I answered the questions from a Constitutional, freedom loving perspective, I was deemed a bad voter and told to take the quiz again and "pick a side". I pick liberty, and therefore vote for the Libertarian Party. Check it out at www.lp.org.
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By: jim on 9/03/2008 8:27PM
Interesting exercise. A more challenging and revealing scenario would be to ask folks to prioritize various items. In other words, taking a stand on an isolated issue (as your set up does) might not reveal ones true bent when one has to chose between issues as happens in the real world. For example, one might feel strongly about abortion but equally strongly (or more so) about getting out of Iraq or investing in alternative energy as the best enrgy plan. Hopefully you'll get to try that too before the big day.
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By: Cecil Jones on 9/03/2008 6:01AM
You might be a Black Republican if your great grand pappy was an overseer. You might be a Black Republican if your family thought the underground railroad was a real train. You might be a Black Republican if you think Bush didn't know about 9-11 in advance. You could be a Black Republican if you think "Duck Hunting with a Dick" is a good thing. You could be a Black Republican if you think NASCAR wants you to drive their million dollar cars and crash them. Finally, you could be a Black Republican if you can swim and stay afloat in this economy.
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By: Zak on 9/03/2008 6:39AM
While I agree with the interesting piece from Jack, I want the readers to look more at what John Nichols is echoing. The present Republican party is a blend of the old Dixiecrat with a much more rooted hatred for anybody who is not of Anglo Saxon origin. They are afraid of the black man just like Hitler was. Look at David Duke for example or Pat Buchannon. These are men who will rather see a successful and aspiring black man lynched that him having a sight of the day light. Since Republican party is for good, why did Reagan refused to sign a U.S. against South Africa for their Apathied system of government? Why do Bushes and other prominent republicans said they do not believe in quotas? You don't strip people of their dignity and expect them to be competetive in this society.
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By: Andrew on 9/03/2008 6:43AM
You are rediculous to remotely put Blacks in the same category as a Republican. There is enough confusion going on without you adding fuel. True you can have some of the same ideas "but" jut because you have similar ideas with a criminal or a drug user do you join up with them?
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By: Ron on 9/03/2008 7:06AM
I failed the test of being a repukeblican!!! hip hip hooray, 2 out of 7 correct. One test I have no problem failing
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