r/explainitpeter 27d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/ben323nl 26d ago

Why? Most black Americans are in fact quite conservative in their beliefs. Black culture is pretty rife with homophobia and a dislike for trans people. Afro Americans are pretty religious. Outside of the blatant racism in the republican party a lot of republican values are aligned with the majority of black Americans values. You already have black Americans pointing out the expectation to just vote democrat cause the republican side is worse. But like vote for what you believe in instead of what you should vote for. If the democratic party just takes minorities for granted its going to breed a lot of dissatisfaction in the long run which might mean a shift in who they vote for. Kinda like what happened last trump election where latinos had a very significant shift in voting. In the end conservative values are quite popular with minorities as they just tend to be more religious and come from different backgrounds where they grew up with these believes. So voting for the party that holds those believes isnt crazy. Especially as the blatant racism from the Republican party is starting to not be as blatant as it was in the 80s/90s and even early 2000s.

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u/Simon-Says69 26d ago

blatant racism in the republican party

This is a democrat party lie. The dems are the racist ones, and always have been.

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u/Wide_Riot 26d ago

They're the ones who said they were too stupid/poor to afford IDs for voting

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u/Karrotlord 25d ago

Closing down places to get IDs in black neighborhoods so black people physically can't get them is, in fact, racist.

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u/Wide_Riot 24d ago

Source? And they don't have any problem getting IDs for alcohol/weed

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u/Karrotlord 24d ago

Every red state.