Thomas Sowell writes a very important piece here, explaining why Republicans consistently fail to persuade black Americans to vote for Republican candidates. Recently, John McCain was booed by a predominantly black audience, trying to appeal to black voters at a Martin Luther King memorial service.
Instead of appealing to institutions of the black establishment that are aleady locked up with Democrats, and extremely hostile to Republicans, Sowell suggests simply telling the truth! Take out ads in media that blacks are reading or watching. Tell black Americans the truth about how policies favored by the Democrats have hurt, not helped blacks in America. Give example after example. Secondly, do not offer blacks the same things Democrats offer, welfare state benefits and politically correct programs which cause more problems than they solve.
Sowell correctly points out that there are many black Americans who live their lives based on values that are conservative. If the Republicans could just get 20% of the black vote, the Democrats would have no hope of winning the election.
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