Word: blacking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Howard's decision this January to put Atwater on the board of the preeminent Black unviersity represented a Republican coup. From such a position, the former Bush campaign manager could have greatly expanded his ties to and planted seeds of mutual trust in the Black community...
Because it's been so conducive to whites like Duke, the Republican Party has garnered little backing among the Black community, a group which has given no more than 12 percent of its votes to recent Republican presidential candidates. As head of the G.O.P., Atwater should not hold a position from which he could make important policy decisions affecting people who have consistently rejected the ideas for which both he and his party stand...
...setback should not overshadow the importance and possible benefits of Atwater's labors. Blacks can gain from Atwater's efforts if they stop voting as a block and make both parties work to earn their votes. As it now stands, Democrats can virtually take Black votes for granted. With Republican competition for upper- and middle class Blacks, Democrats will have to become more responsive to Black needs...
Though Atwater claims the country has already "entered into a post-civil rights era; civil rights are not the driving force," racial politics are still with us. As demonstrated by the continuing southern white switch to the Republican Party and the heavy Black vote for civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, civil rights are still an issue...
...these animals reciprocal care," Casey said. "Zoos don't discriminate. They accept black and white, rich and poor, sick and healthy. If you do not pass this amendment, you will be putting a gun to the head of Reggie the Lion...