News: Democrats Riling Up Racial Tension In South to Save Election

TikiMiss

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In the final days before the election, Democrats in the closest Senate races across the South are turning to racially charged messages — invoking Trayvon Martin’s death, the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and Jim Crow-era segregation — to jolt African-Americans into voting and stop a Republican takeover in Washington.

The images and words they are using are striking for how overtly they play on fears of intimidation and repression. In North Carolina, the “super PAC” started by Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, ran an ad on black radio that accused the Republican candidate, Thom Tillis, of leading an effort to pass the kind of gun law that “caused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.”

The activists Maria Palacios, left, and Christian Bello speaking with Alishan Lalani in August in Lawrenceville, Ga.Latino Support for Democrats Drops a Bit, Poll SaysOCT. 29, 2014
In Georgia, Democrats are circulating a flier warning that voting is the only way “to prevent another Ferguson.” It shows two black children holding cardboard signs that say “Don’t shoot.”

The messages are coursing through the campaigns like a riptide, powerful and under the surface, largely avoiding television and out of view of white voters. That has led Republicans to accuse Democrats of turning to race-baiting in a desperate bid to win at the polls next Tuesday.

“They have been playing on this nerve in the black community that if you even so much as look at a Republican, churches will start to burn, your civil rights will be taken away and young black men like Trayvon Martin will die,” said Michael Steele, a former chairman of the Republican Party. “The reality of it is, the Democrats realize that their most loyal constituency is not as loyal as they once were.”

Democrats are defending vulnerable incumbents in Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina. And if they lose more than one of those races without picking up an open seat in Georgia, their odds of holding on to the majority will shrink considerably.

One way to hang on is to increase the share of the black vote that typically turns out in a midterm election. To do so, Democrats are seizing on racial mistrust and unease, the same complicated emotions often used against them in the South.

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/us...=top-news&_r=0

classiccity98

the ads arent lying the biggest racist are repubs and conservatives and republicans have nver cared about any minority. i will be voting dem and anyone who isnt a white man should also.

YouDaIcon

I mean where are the lies?

princedonte

This country is do divided. I'm surprised there is not more civil discourse here. Everybody has agenda that trying to take somebody else down. Everybody in this country has a target on their head from one group or movement who is against you. It's a mess.

AvrilLaQueen

politics... to messy to understand

KillingYourCareer

The great majority of racist people is made up of grandpas in their 70s because when they were little, they had a completely different view on black people. As soon as this generation disappears, racism won't be a big concern anymore, especially considering that most of today's youth has Democratic ideas

TikiMiss

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Originally posted by classiccity98

the ads arent lying the biggest racist are repubs and conservatives and republicans have nver cared about any minority. i will be voting dem and anyone who isnt a white man should also.

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Originally posted by YouDaIcon

I mean where are the lies?

yeah, but this is just going to start a race war. White independents might see this and vote Republican out of anger/disgust.

also, it's a little bit of a stretch to accuse lawmakers for Trayvon or Michael Brown's deaths.

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Originally posted by princedonte

This country is do divided. I'm surprised there is not more civil discourse here. Everybody has agenda that trying to take somebody else down. Everybody in this country has a target on their head from one group or movement who is against you. It's a mess.

sorta kinda? I guess everyone is just looking out for their own interests.

Kiddo.

As they should seeing as how it's one of the biggest national issues.
I'd start to worry when a certain political party attempts to sweep it under the rug, ignoring the issues at hand.

toshibatoshiba

those things that turn off Independents!

Callisto.

I doubt that many black people were gonna vote republican anyway.

I just wish people would realize Democrats are still politicians at the end of the day though and are just more or less a lessor of two evils.

Luzianne

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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer

The great majority of racist people is made up of grandpas in their 70s because when they were little, they had a completely different view on black people. As soon as this generation disappears, racism won't be a big concern anymore, especially considering that most of today's youth has Democratic ideas

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Originally posted by TikiMiss

yeah, but this is just going to start a race war. White independents might see this and vote Republican out of anger/disgust.

also, it's a little bit of a stretch to accuse lawmakers for Trayvon or Michael Brown's deaths.

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Originally posted by Callisto.

I doubt that many black people were gonna vote republican anyway.

I just wish people would realize Democrats are still politicians at the end of the day though and are just more or less a lessor of two evils.

True.

Javan

Riling up racial tensions =/= trying to get the support of African Americans.

Javan

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Originally posted by Callisto.

I doubt that many black people were gonna vote republican anyway.

I just wish people would realize Democrats are still politicians at the end of the day though and are just more or less a lessor of two evils.

It's not about stopping blacks for voting for the opposing party, it's more about motivating blacks to vote period. Because so many don't vote and are not registered.

Mrs. Aaron Paul

seems a little manipulative/icky to use that for a political ad/agenda. thats just me though.

Teezy

Why do some white Americans always have this irrational fear of a "race war?"

Like, bruh, y'all hold all the power in America. The judicial, financial, and housing systems/institutions are all set up for you.

Nothing's happening to y'all.

Every time black people point out the wrong that has been done by whites, some whites try to diminish it by calling it "race baiting" or "racial riling up" as if black people are some kind of animals who can't control themselves when agitated.

Anyway, most of what Dems are saying is true.

.:Allen:.

They aren't lying though. All this violence has been racism so they're just letting people know what's really happening.

Tsuko

It is in the best interest of black people to voted democrat, let's be honest.

Republicans want companies and universities to have the "freedom" to discriminate based on race, for example. They also want to take away Obamacare and food stamps and things like that, which will hurt people in black communities in particular. Black people need to be told this before they consider voting Republican. They're allowed to vote Republican if they want, but they should know exactly what they're voting for before they do it.