Why doesn't the Democratic party acknowledge its racist history?
916986
Well, it's not exactly a vote grabber!  But I see your point.
943247
It is symbolic of the democratic party's thinking.
223219
1. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have ever had a black person win their primaries, and they have never nominated a black candidate.\n2. American voters are still largely too racist to realistically vote in a black candidate.\n3. The candidates who would garner the most attention (Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, etc.) have probably been too inflammatory for the big parties to even consider nominating. (See 2.)\n\nGive us time, though - things should change someday. It may not happen during this generation, but things should eventually change.
659543
Because New Orleans is an issue Republicans can not spin enough to make themselves look better than the Dem's. They can with immigration, that's what all the fuss is about. The elections are coming up.. Neither problem will really be fixed..
573582
I do not trust the Dem.  or the Rub. any more they take to much from lobbyist for their vote. \nLike the immigration issue it should be straight forward illegal is illegal so why are we so torn.\nit is not a racist issue it is a lawful issue.\n\nSo for me I am changing to the Independent party and if it takes away from the other parties then maybe they will get the idea and start to do what the people want and not what the lobbyist want.\nWhere are the Jefferson's,Truman's and Eisenhower's the true Americans that believed in the American Dream\nWhen we only had two parties but both parties wanted what was best for the Country they listen to the people.\n\nWe need to get back to AMERICA FIRST
873612
I would guess from many factors in your post, that you are a foreigner.\n\nIf you lived here, and knew the history of this country, you would know that while the legacy of racism is not entirely gone, it is nothing like what you describe.\n\nMany nations have had a violent or biased past and have done things they are not proud of.\n\nThe USA at least admits most of our mistakes and attempts to correct them through the democratic process.  If you don't understand that, then you have my pity.
793758
You don't want to balme the Klan because you can't. Why is it so difficult to see fault in your own actions and so easy to blame someone else? African-American oppression is not the Democrat's fault. Someday someone will realize that lifestyles need to change and adapt to society not the other way around. Hoping and waiting for everything to change to better fit you is   selfish and naive.
1069960
I dunno. I have lived in the south for 38 years, being born and raised in central N.C., in a little town called Faith, N.C.. That little town was/is home to some of the nation's most powerful klansmen, and to this day has never had a single black resident. While it's true, they do have what some would consider conservative values, to call one a republican is a MAJOR insult. They are democrats. And proud of it. Go figure. I personally think it has a lot to do with the fact the Lincoln was a Republican, and they don't want to be associated with his political party. I'm constantly picked on my these old men, because I call them oxymorons. Only I'm smart enough to only do it in jest. I ain't going out of my way to offend anyone who can ghost my ass on a whim. But I remember at the age of 16, I had a broken antennae on my AMX, and one of the old guys told me my "ariel went republican on me". That's their way of thinking. When something is broken, it's gone republican.
1180533
Well, the Democratic Party is the big tent party for all haters - KKK, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, etc - so why not include the hate-filled 'christian' left?
827310
Of course. Republicans are evil and always have been, right? I mean who was it with the hoses trying to keep blacks from voting? Oh, that was the Democrats.\n\nBut who voted to keep slavery legal? Yeah, that was the Democrats again.\n\nHow about that racist George Wallace? Darn, he was a Democrat, too.\n\nOk, I've got it! Who appointed the first black person as Secretary of State, huh? Oops, that was a Republican.
82762
Idealogically, the Democratic Party of today is meant to put the people before profits. However, the name of this party has changed. For example, Republicans will brag that Lincoln was Republican, but what was Republican then is now the Democratic party. And I must disagree that Democrats go against anthing that Republicans try to do, it is just that the Democrats care more about the people of the United States than oil and money unlike our Republican leaders.
1058257
They call the BNP racist because they defend the native inhabitants.  those against the BNP are racist against the english, scottish, irish and welsh and if they had there way they would dump them in concentration camps and change the name from great britain to slum new afriasiastan
83071
No, others are racist but for different reasons.  White history month?  What are we learning for the entire year?  Oh yeah, white history.  Funds like the United Negro one are for the descendants of slaves (face it, that's how most if not all  Africans got here) who were released with nothing.  They had to survive in a world where there were relatively few employers (they wouldn't hire blacks).
826276
As you can see by the replies, Republicans are happy to deny a very provable fact that Lott is indeed racist and shouldn't be leader of anything or anybody.  For some reason, they think it begins and ends with the birthday comment but, alas, it does not.
795223
Less then the NAACP would want you to believe. I live in Jersey and when the scandal broke we all questioned one thing. Almost everyone complaining of racial profiling was found to be in the act of violating the LAW.... Drugs, Guns, you name it......
913227
Because they are protected by the ACLU.  Those dems sure love racists and pedophiles that they protect.
148722
The people who say this are confusing this Democratic party with the Democratic party of FDR.  Simply put, its a totally different party.  The current Dem. party is the party of no idea, the party of obstruction and the anti-Juedo-Christian values party.