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Black Conservatives Take Lead Role in Tea Party Movement

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Judson Berger, FOXNews, January 19, 2010

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Marcus [Lloyd Marcus], a black conservative who is now involved in the growing tea party movement, attributes the problems of his childhood neighborhood, his extended family and the black community in general to a “cradle-to-grave government dependency” that in the case of his cousins enabled an idle life of crime and drug abuse.

To Marcus, President Obama’s policies perpetuate that dependency. That’s why, he says, it baffles him and other black conservatives when the tea party movement is dismissed as somehow anti-black, as a rowdy bunch of ignorant, white protesters who have it in for the nation’s first black president.

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Marcus is one of a number of black conservatives who have joined up with, and helped lead, the conservative tea party movement since its inception. Though the movement has attracted criticism for its supposed lack of diversity—MSNBC host Chris Matthews recently called the groups “monochromatic” and “all white”—those minority activists who are involved say the movement has little to do with race, and that it is attracting a more diverse crowd every day.

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He [Marcus] and other black conservatives connected with one of the hundreds of tea party groups across America were largely active in conservative and Republican causes before the movement’s start in early 2009. They spoke and wrote about the need for smaller government, lower spending and lower taxes and warned that Obama’s candidacy would pose a threat to those values.

But in the tea party movement they found a group that not only reflected their views but provided a platform.

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Marcus does not advocate for the creation of a third party, but said the tea party groups should serve to pull the Republican Party back to the conservative roots from which it has strayed.

William Owens, a black author and publisher who with his wife traveled on the Tea Party Express tours with Marcus and has spoken at just about every stop along the way, also came out strongly against Obama in 2008. {snip}

When the tea party movement started, he said he found a way to build on what he was already doing, outside the Republican Party system which he calls out of touch. He first spoke at a rally in Las Vegas on tax day last April.

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He said the rallies are still “mostly white,” but that more blacks are getting involved. He took particular umbrage at Matthews’ comment, blasting out a press release that criticized the MSNBC host for “pushing conservative black Americans to the back of the media bus.”

Owens now publishes a journal documenting the tea party cross-country tours. The Multi-Cultural Conservative Coalition is also sponsoring the next leg of the Tea Party Express.

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Charles Lollar, a Maryland-based tea party supporter who is black, said there’s no validity to the racism charges.

“I’ve seen black faces in the crowd. I’ve seen Latino faces in the crowd. . . . It’s not a movement of color. It’s not a movement of party. It’s a movement of principle. It’s a movement of America,” Lollar said.

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David Avella, executive director of Republican recruiter GOPAC, said his organization hasn’t been actively mining the tea party movement for state and local candidates but that the groups could prove fertile ground for candidates.

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Original article

(Posted on January 21, 2010)

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1 — Leif the Lucky wrote at 7:03 PM on January 21:

The Tea Party is doomed. They are desperately expecting masses of Blacks to join them and they may get what they desire. When you try to justify yourself to others like this, you court disaster. And when you court disaster, She usually obliges sooner rather than later.

2 — alex wrote at 7:03 PM on January 21:

This shouldn’t surprise anyone. There are plenty of hard-working blacks who don’t like seeing their tax money wasted any more than hard-working whites. Politics doesn’t always have to be about race, after all… outside of Washington, anyway.

3 — q wrote at 7:11 PM on January 21:

“He said the rallies are still “mostly white,” but that more blacks are getting involved. He took particular umbrage at Matthews’ comment, blasting out a press release that criticized the MSNBC host for “pushing conservative black Americans to the back of the media bus.”

Never fear. They’ll never amount to anything but an insignificant few. Also, keep in mind that many of the ones who are aligning themselves with the tea party movement are doing so strictly for the purpose of “integration.”

The split between blacks and whites in that movement will not occur all at once and will be the result of black behavior and instigation. Or it will be the result of actual black vs white fighting.

Things will deteriorate all on their own, because multiracialism is doomed to fail no matter what is tried.

4 — Anonymous wrote at 7:14 PM on January 21:

There is another side to this coin. Although it shows a major weakness of the Tea Party movement….a desire to not seem racist even though most of the problems in this country are about race. There is nothing wrong with blacks participating in such a movement. Just about the only legitimate “black issue” is that their race is used as pawns against white people. Although they have engaged in heinous, evil acts, collectively against whites, and are basically, out enemies, as a group (not individually, there are exceptions…MANY exceptions), it is also true that they have suffered horribly as jews and liberal (or more truthfully….FASCIST) whites have intentionally stoked social problems (drugs, gangs, violence, breakdown of the family etc.) among their race for generations now.

They have a legitimate beef that should be addressed in the Tea Party movement (and by white nationalists I might add). This should stop. Blacks should not be allowed to live in white areas. And white money and resources should not be redistributed to them. And evil behavior by them should definitely not be allowed against whites (by any means necessary). But also, it should not be allowed for them to be used the way they have been.

Common ground for black conservatives and black nationalists. White freedom to determine our own destiny also means black freedom to determine theirs.

5 — Lilith Whyte wrote at 7:41 PM on January 21:

“—MSNBC host Chris Matthews recently called the groups “monochromatic” and “all white”—”
Couldn’t he say the same for his viewers?

6 — Question Diversity wrote at 7:46 PM on January 21:

I don’t think it’s really a matter of black “conservatives” “taking the lead,” it’s a matter of white activists acquiescing. In other words, they’re shoving the few blacks that come to tea parties up to the top, because they don’t want to be called racist. In other words, they feel they don’t have permission to think what they think and act upon what they think unless some black does (or pretends to), also. In other words, if only white people think it, then it’s bad.

On the flip side, I think the deal is with these black “conservatives” is that the queue is too long in liberal Democratville. If they pretend to be conservative, they’ll go to a place where the line is shorter, and they’ll get shoved to the front of the line sooner. In other words, they’ll be somebody far more quickly than if they had to pay dues within the Democrat Party.

7 — P Norman wrote at 7:46 PM on January 21:

I predicted from the ‘Get-Go’ that the so called ‘Tea Party’ movement would fizzle just as badly as the ‘Republican Revolution’ did. You could see it from the first interviews of ‘Tea Party’ attendees. The people interviewed by the MSM could not even cogently express just WHAT they were mad about, and to sit there and watch some jerk-pundit MSM interviewer take them apart on live TV was just too sickening to watch. At that point, I made the prediction that the ‘Tea Party’ would be marginalized by the Media, then be infiltrated by the ‘Neocons’ and led astray to be just another compliant functionary of the crumbling GOP, both of which have now happened. As usual, ‘Boobus’ has a great idea torched before it ever comes to any fruition because ‘Boobus’ will not drag itself away from ‘Sports’ and ‘Talk Radio’ long enough to really STUDY what is going down in this country. Therefore, ‘Boobus’ will NEVER be able to mount any effective resistance since they cannot even identify the enemy, much less their stand.

8 — Nationalist Without A Nation wrote at 12:23 AM on January 22:

Watching mainstream conservatives bend themselves into pretzels trying to show that they aren’t “racist” is embarassing. Hundreds of thousands of whites have shown up to Tea Parties in the past 9 months compared to about 7 blacks. However, any black who shows up at a Tea Party is instantly made a guest of honor or put on stage. Conservative blacks like Lloyd Marcus give speeches and write blog posts that could be written by a highschool student and contain an elementary understanding of conservatism, yet they are praised as brilliant scholars by the Tea Party crowd. For the past few weeks, I have been called an “idiot”, a “commie”, and a “racist” for commenting on conservatives blogs and websites that Harry Reid is not a “racist” just because he made a few politically incorrect observations. These people are hopeless.

Conservatives just don’t get it - their fate is tied to the fate of white America. Within the next decade it will be demographically impossible for Republicans to win the presidency or elect enough members to Congress to stop the far-Left from getting everything they want. At that point, it will be too late for any political solutions to our problems (it may already be too late). Yet, even as America descends into third-world socialism, these same Tea Party nitwits will be spouting their nonsense about how “race doesn’t matter;” “MLK was a Republican;” “We only see people as individuals.”

9 — Hank wrote at 1:31 AM on January 22:

I am so glad to see this article here. Too many conservatives are all-too-willingly trumpeting the glories of this movement to nowhere! The Tea-Party “movement” is little more than disgruntled Republicans and some libertarians/independents(who are themsleves just more seasoned, disgruntled Republicans)and a few conservative Democrats, who have had a bit of a finacial scare and don’t like it. They are, by and large the same white, racially-blind middle of the roaders that think Sara Palin is their savior, believe Bush’s wars were justified and sensible and moan and groan about Muslim boogeymen, while their neighboring towns are filled with backward Mestizos, alien criminals and the like…and they say little to nothing about it.

I know they mean well, but this movement is just more of the same and all racially aware Whites must understand this.

10 — dumbfounded wrote at 2:17 AM on January 22:

Every effort is being made to HIJACK the Tea party movement. The tea party movement is NOT going to amount to a cup of spit. When I saw Sarah Palin getting involved I immediately realized this. The Tea Party movement needed charismatic and principled leadership. These nasty bought and paid for quisling politicians are ready and willing to hijack the movement. Sarah Palin the “grassroots” conservative. Yeah right. We have another high profile black “conservastive” like Michael Steele or J’C’ Watts. Oh boy, I’m excited. Names you can trust right.

11 — Phaedon wrote at 2:33 AM on January 22:

I’m more optimistic for the liberty movement than many of the above posters. The fight will be a huge one, but it’s one well worth fighting. I think the media tries to play up any level of angst within the ranks of this movement about it being “too white.” That feeling really isn’t there. That’s only the perception of this group when viewed through the lens of the leftist media.

I highly recommend getting involved in ways that you think are important. There are many, many already focused on the fiscal policy that the United States has pursued for nearly a decade now, contributing greatly to our modern predicament. If that’s your thing, then get working on that.

But, as an avid AmRen reader and contributer to many sites advocating for the rights of White people, I’m mostly interested in massively curtailing immigration and also on restoring the freedom of association. I think these are two causes which resonate deeply with many of you too. Just try to find ways to put your time, energy and maybe money into helping this movement because self-sustaining and permanently important. It is _not_ at odds with the AmRen message. We should help steer it in a direction we see fit.

12 — AnalogMan wrote at 4:20 AM on January 22:

Question Diversity #8 nails it again. This is exactly what these “Black conservatives” are about. They can be rock stars (or court jesters) in a White milieu desperate for some anti-racist credentials. Lloyd Marcus is married to a White woman and fancies himself a leader of the tea party movement, but his writing is superficial drivel.

I have to wonder about the “Multi-Cultural Conservative Coalition”. Exactly which culture is it that they are trying to conserve?

13 — BAW wrote at 9:26 AM on January 22:

What few people realize is that liberalism and the agendas of many liberal groups have been disastrous for blacks.

Here are some examples:

1. Urban renewal destroys black neighborhoods and reduces the supply of low-cost housing, forcing blacks out.

2. Public schools are run for the benefit of the teachers’ unions, not the students. Furthermore, liberals oppose school choice, which keeps the best and brightest students of all colors stuck in ill-suited schools.

3. Social Security is a very bad deal for blacks, because many don’t live long enough to collect.

4. Feminists oppose intact, father-headed families, which are essential for kids’ well-being. Welfare works directly against healthy family formation.

5. High taxes, burdensome regulations, out-of-control lawsuits, keep many blacks from starting businesses and engaging in economically productive activities.

6. Uncontrolled immigration has pushed blacks out of the low end of the labor market.

7. A soft stance on crime, such as avoiding racial profiling and light sentences lets the worst criminals run roughshod.

It would also make sense that blacks would do best in a socially and politically conservative society. Liberalism is bad for people of all colors, but at least whites and Asians generally have more self-control and thus avoid falling prey to liberalism’s worst excesses.

14 — Luke wrote at 9:44 AM on January 22:

The hostile ruling elites in both of these corrupt, anti-white, globalist, open borders loving, treasonous political parties - both Ds and Rs - are terrified of the idea of whites in this nation deciding to organize themselves along the lines of shared and openly stated white interests, and then putting a screeching halt to their desire to divide whites with their phony D vs R charade.

Whites absolutely MUST not allow their interests to be compromised by the effort to insert non-whites into our movements and organizations. This is the very same divide and conquer strategy that has been used for the last 50-60 years by both of these mainstream parties! Look, Michael Steele was deliberately imposed upon the GOP for a reason - and that reason was to send a very clear message to white males that they are not to be allowed their place at the table.

Study the literature that is available on this evil ideology known as Cultural Marxism, and you find that the prime enemy that must be disenfranchised, removed, marginalized, demonized and cast into exile and not allowed to exert any influence over the direction of Western society is the White heterosexual male.

News Flash: Western Civilization was the product of White male ingenuity - and Cultural Marxism seeks to destroy Western Civilization, and this is why white males are the target. We
are the mainspring, the tap root of Western civilization, and when we are marginalized and stripped of our influence and power, the West will collapse and the Cultural Marxists will
have achieved their objectives.

One last thing. Is it not crystal clear to every member of the AR and white nationalist community that the one thing that our evil and corrupt rulers are trying to prevent at all cost - is the organization of explicitly and openly and proudly pro-White political and cultural groups? Is it also not crystal clear that having blacks or other non-whites inside those organizations will most certainly hamper and hamstring those pro-White organizations and prevent them from advocating
for specific issues and interests that benefit the White majority? The potential for conflicts to arise within any multi-ethnic group or organization is a 100 percent certainty, because it is a indisputable fact of life that different ethnic groups are going to have competing interests and sooner or later, those interests are going to collide.

Example: What if blacks or Mestizos who’ve been invited into white organizations decide they want to dramatically increase immigration of their ethnic group from Africa or from Mexico? Is that in the best interest of Whites? What if whites want to end affirmative action discrimination against whites, and blacks and Mestizos refuse to go along with that idea? What if whites prefer to live in exclusive white neighborhoods and send their kids to exclusive white schools - to avoid the crime and lower standards that affect so many of these multi-ethnicity dominated public school systems - and blacks and Mestizos complain and refuse to let them?

Do I really need to answer any of those questions for anyone?

15 — S.L. Cain wrote at 10:12 AM on January 22:

“Marcus does not advocate for the creation of a third party, but said the tea party groups should serve to pull the Republican Party back to the conservative roots from which it has strayed.”

The republican party’s roots are not conservative. It was founded as the party of sweat-shop owners and puritan busy-bodies. It was a conservative party for all of about 40 years (roughly from 1910 - 1950). A new party is needed because a genuinely conservative party is needed.

I’ve nothing against conservative blacks, but they will always be in a minority, and a white movement should concede nothing to them. We don’t need to justify ourselves to anyone.

I agree with other posters: the Tea-Party movement was bound to be co-opted eventually as simply another tool of the GOP. The republican party has learned nothing, and is still not our ally.

16 — Michael C. Scott wrote at 1:19 PM on January 22:

Genuine black conservatives are rare, but do exist. We had a neighborhood meeting here in 1998 over a proposed apartment complex to be built nearby, in which one of my black neighbors outspokenly freaked out at the prospect of Section-8 voucher tennants living there. Of course, everyone else was thinking the same thing, but this guy got a free pass to say it because of his color. Handy, that.

17 — Anonymous wrote at 4:16 PM on January 22:

I don’t know how to feel about the Tea Party Movement but these blacks joining could be a way to subvert it. Another possibility is that this is a neocon front. I was reading about how they supported Senator Brown in the surprising upset in the Massachusetts election. I went to his website to read about his platform and it sounds like typical neocon spiel sprinkled in with a little conservatism. He of course supports the never ending wars in the Middle East. I dislike liberals but at least Coakley wanted to bring the troops home.

I am so tired of the media trying to divide White Americans. The neocon poster boy Rush Limbaugh was on the radio wailing about Obama’s opposition to banks who received stimulus money giving out bonuses to employees. I don’t like Obama but am I the only one who sees something wrong with our tax dollars being used to pay employees of failed banks? Then there was another attack against unions by calling anyone in a union a communist. I’m a white collar middle class non-union worker but even I can see this as class warfare, a slant against working Americans. We’re being manipulated by both sides, left or right, it doesn’t matter. We need to take a step back and look at things objectively if we hope to advance our race.

18 — Anonymous wrote at 5:08 PM on January 22:

While I appreacite the few sane blacks being pro-Western and making the white liberals look like the idiots they are, we shouldn’t have to add blacks to prove we are ‘not racist.’ Why can’t we say ‘call us racists all you want. We don’t care’?

19 — Anonymous wrote at 5:40 PM on January 22:

13 — BAW wrote at 9:26 AM on January 22:
What few people realize is that liberalism and the agendas of many liberal groups have been disastrous for blacks.
Here are some examples: …

Conservatives have been making these same points for years and blacks aren’t buying it. Why should they? Liberalism has clearly been good for blacks. Despite the fact that they make up only 12% of the population and have an average IQ in the 80s, blacks have more power in America than whites because of liberalism. They get affirmative action which virtually guarantees that any black who puts forth the slightest effort will be wildly successful; a large portion of their population gets paid to sit around all day watching the Maury show; they can make powerful white officials and powerful corporations bow down at the mere accusation of racism; they get cushy government jobs with no qualifications; etc. I could go on forever. Liberalism has been very good for blacks and they know. This is why they will continue to vote for Democrats in mass in perpetuity and why the GOP is demographically doomed.

20 — S.L. Cain wrote at 1:34 PM on January 23:

“Anonymous wrote at 4:16 PM on January 22:

He of course supports the never ending wars in the Middle East. I dislike liberals but at least Coakley wanted to bring the troops home.”

Of course, Obama wanted to bring the troops home too - what became of that? I do agree with you on Brown though - he sounds like another McCain Republican, and I would not trust him. The republicans need to be made to realize that a platform of endless wars that do not serve our interests is a loser for them - the way to do that is for them to lose.

21 — LeeRoi Cohen wrote at 4:54 PM on January 23:

Why do whites have this irrational fear of being called racist? They fear this even in anonymous situations where no job or status is at risk. A few years ago I saw an incident at a bank that still makes me laugh today. An overweight black lady in her 30’s began yelling at a 60ish man in line. The black lady called him a racist. His response? He calmly said, “Thanks for noticing” and proceeded with his business as if nothing happened. It stopped the woman cold.


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