Opinion: Minorities Are At Home In The GOP But Conservatives Must Light The Path
By Jordan Yost
My piece this week was not an easy one to write. Being that I’m white, middle-class and male, I have very little understanding of the difficulties that face many minorities every day.
In Kansas, 15.4% of the population is African American and Hispanic. While this is an important and powerful voting bloc, the feeling among its members during the past was often one of apathy. I hear this sentiment expressed in some of my classes. However, their power as voters was never more apparent than during the 2008 Presidential election. But here is my question; why does the minority voting bloc devote themselves to liberalism?
Among the feelings of many minorities that their vote doesn’t matter, I’ve also heard expressed how little has been done in more impoverished areas to improve the lot of those who live there. But what can these voters really expect? For as long as they give their blind allegiance to the Democratic Party, even though these Democrats only give a token ear to their needs, then full socioeconomic equality will elude them.
The vast majority of African Americans and Hispanics are highly religious and oppose abortion, yet they routinely vote for pro-choice candidates that look down at American Christianity. Why?
Countless numbers of poor Americans could benefit from school voucher programs that would allow academically gifted children to escape the inner city and attend better schools, but these are shut down by Democrats beholden to teacher unions. Yet they keep voting for these same liberals. Why?
These Democrats know they only have to appear to care about the minority struggle to gain their vote as opposed to fixing the many problems that they face. These politicians know that as long as they blame George Bush for Hurricanes and Ronald Reagan for the crack epidemic that the minority voting bloc will do as they’re told and vote Democratic.
Robert Byrd is a well known Democratic Senator from West Virginia. What isn’t as well known is that Senator Byrd was once a decorated member of the Ku Klux Klan. How did minority voters react to this? In 2006, African Americans alone gave Byrd nearly 80% of their vote. Let me say this again, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan received nearly 80% of the African American vote in his state in 2006. Why is Robert Byrd rewarded term after tem with reelection?
Where is the accountability? How can the minority voting bloc expect any significant strides towards actual equality until they hold the Democratic Party accountable for the destruction of their families through a welfare state that rewards broken homes, lost employment opportunities through the implementation of policies like NAFTA and the wholesale extermination of thousands of young minorities because Democrats just “care” too much to protect the innocent by enhancing law enforcement to crack down on crime?
I know that this will not be easy to overcome, but I would like to see more Republicans pushing policies aimed at minority voters, not just token attempts, but serious efforts. Explain why tax cuts are a good thing for business and employment. Explain why tougher sentencing laws are needed for the reduction of crime. Explain why school vouchers would help thousands of low-income children to achieve their dreams.
The conservative movement has an opportunity to show minorities that they don’t have to live under a one party system, but until we move past the effort of just trying to get elected, I’m afraid that these Americans will never know how great our movement is.
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