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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ETR1380&show_article=1 Johnson and other black conservatives say they were drawn to the tea party movement because of what they consider its commonsense fiscal values of controlled spending, less taxes and smaller government. The fact that they're black—or that most tea partyers are white—should have nothing to do with it, they say. "You have to be honest and true to yourself. What am I supposed to do, vote Democratic just to be popular? Just to fit in?" asked Clifton Bazar, a 45-year-old New Jersey freelance photographer and conservative blogger. Opponents have branded the tea party as a group of racists hiding behind economic concerns—and reports that some tea partyers were lobbing racist slurs at black congressmen during last month's heated health care vote give them ammunition. But these black conservatives don't consider racism representative of the movement as a whole—or race a reason to support it. Angela McGlowan, a black congressional candidate from Mississippi, said her tea party involvement is "not about a black or white issue." "It's not even about Republican or Democrat, from my standpoint," she told The Associated Press. "All of us are taxed too much." On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Jeffrey Thomas Piercy <mqd...@mqduck.net> wrote: > > On 04/06/2010 12:43 PM, S. Artesian wrote: >> I think the poll is shite. > > No arguments here. I hear the Tea Partiers are against taking the census > because it asks for your ethnicity, income and religion. Maybe their > more bored members agreed to rebel against the tyranny of demographic > data by lying about their race when asked. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
