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Hillary Clinton’s Race Problem

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And while Hillary Clinton can whitewash her record (and that of her husband) when it comes to issues of race and injustice, the inescapable fact is that the “liberal” Clinton presided over the expansion of the for-profit prison industry, the construction of the mass incarceration state, the explosion of life sentences for drug offenders, the expansion of the death penalty, and countless other socially destructive phenomena that continue to ravage Black America to this day.

Below speaks to the Republican Party's abandonment of Black Republicans. Not covered is the counterpoint — the Democratic Party — which has put more black people in jail than there were slaves at the beginning of the Civil War — taking Black Democrats for granted. Both parties are derelict.

Broken Promises: Black Republicans “The RNC Gave Up on Us”

The RNC had pledged to make outreach to black voters a priority. But as staff dedicated to the effort quit, the committee has been slow to replace them, causing black Republicans to question their commitment to the effort.

Continue reading “Mongoose: Republicans Abandon Black Voters, Democrats Take Black Voters for Granted”