<p>Yes, I think you’re being too optimistic. My comment on Democrats was intended to emphasize that they care just as little as Republicans do about the poor or minorities. Where they have benefited most in the last hundred years is they falsely claim to care and seduce the weak minded (not that you’re weak minded). If you look at which party has done more for minorities, you’ll see that it was the Republicans that have had a greater impact. Republicans ended slavery, and if it weren’t for the Republicans, LBJ would have never been able to pass the Economic Opportunity Act because his party was filled with racist Dixiecrats like former kkk member Robert Byrd.</p>
<p>I should say that I don’t really support one party over the other; they’re both full of bs. </p>
<p>“There’s no historical precedent for any impoverished group in a larger and more affluent society rising to coequal status all by themselves. Let’s face it, minorities need help.”</p>
<p>This isn’t true at all. Almost every European group came to this country and was prejudiced against. The Irish, Poles, Italians, and especially the Jews almost all came to this country poor and faced discrimination, and they were able to improve their situation. It wasn’t government social engineering that improved their situations, it was determination. Again, I know these examples aren’t the same as the ones facing black Americans, but I think they’re pretty similar.</p>
<p>I was only kidding about the profiling thing. I thought you were implying that I’m white based on my comments.</p>