Michael Williams for United States Senate: "Let’s talk about race. As an African-American son of the south, I grew up in a time and place where you didn’t have to divine intent or deconstruct code words to find racism. When it raised its ugly head it was like a blunt instrument waved in your face to keep you in your place. It was as unmistakable as it was demeaning.
Unfortunately, with political waters getting rough for the first time for our president, his supporters are quick to latch on to the actions of a fringe element, and ignore the racial transformation this country has made to take us back to a past era where opposition to a black man was about the color of his skin and not the content of his ideas."
So much for the cynical "Token" hypothesis. From my perspective, the Democrats are rightly scared that they will face a future where they actually have to give something back to African Americans in return for their vote.
It amazes me how quickly people forget the 2000 election, when the Democratic President of the Senate gaveled down the Congressional Black Caucus and denied them a chance to press their rights during the ratification of the Florida ballot. Not ONE single senator in the vaunted Democratic Party was willing to stand beside the Congressional Black Caucus to debate whether illegal and racist voter suppression had taken place in Florida.
Not one.
Democrats take the black vote for granted, and their lock on the black vote is changing all over the country.
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