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Originally Posted by non sequitur
A candidate who stays "black" on the issues? Failing to transcend his subculture? When was the last time a republican candidate didn't stay "white" on the issues? Hell, republicans don't even bother to recruit the black vote because they know they have little to offer.
I don't necessarily disagree with your point, but you shouldn't suggest that Obama is somehow singular because he chooses to pander to his constituents.
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Republicans would fall all over themselves to get an acceptable black candidate. You'd see one big circle jerk if one materialized.
The issue is this, if one is black and black in terms of cultural identity not in terms of skin color, one is already insular and disconnected from the majority.
Many white subcultures are already connected to the majority, so for a white candidate to reach out to blacks, he is necessarily narrowing himself.
Minorities need to shed their ethnic status to join the majority but the majority do not need to become ethnic to attract the minorities, they must merely retain majority issues so that if and wen minorities are attracted to majority issues, they have them ready to offer.