Who the hell are these Black people at the RNC?

[UMTerp01]

Seriously.....I mean I know we are not a monolith but who are these people? Why Trump? I mean people scoff at the polls that show him with ZERO percent Black support but I absolutely believe that not one in their right mind should vote for him. I know Hillary ain't exactly the bees knees but Trump? No ma'am!!

[MADem]

1. Why, that's the Ruckus family!!!

[cyberpunk]

7. No relation, hopefully.

[Quayblue]

10. ..

[NBachers]

2. Yeah- and what about those Log Cabin Republicans?

Some things I just can't explain.

[UMTerp01]

3. Yes. Especially with Mike Pence as VP

I honestly don't think Trump cares about "the gays" one way or another. But picking Pence as VP was trying to set LGBT rights back many years.

[kwassa]

4. Larry Wilmore interviewed some black Trump supporters ...

A few weeks back on his show. Their reasons made no sense at all. It was both hilarious and sad at the same time.

[betsuni]

5. Colbert: Checking in with the African-American Delegate to the RNC

[heaven05]

9. steppin-fetchit

this is a set-up piece, right? Not real, right?

[Grey Lemercier]

16. it's Keegan-Michael Key

[rbrnmw]

13. I love him

[betsuni]

14. I do too, I love him.

[rusty quoin]

6. I always figured that the few black people and few gay people wanted to make some money.

As for the true believers like Justice Thomas, he really has no soul, and he really knows what is going on. He has left the planet of humanity.

The other ones hold conservative values and try to fit in and are truely confused individuals. I feel bad for them the most. They are as much assholes like the white straight conservatives, but they are trying to fit in to a party who hates them.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. They're on the coon train.

[JustAnotherGen]

12. There's only one response to that

We need Huey Freeman's ninja moves



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[MrScorpio]

11. I've written about black cons in the past

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To summarize: They're only in it for themselves.

These are people who are willing to stab all of the black community in the back in order to get in good with white people. They've adopted the negatively depicted stereotyping of black people through by internalizing racist tropes. There are financial incentives of course.

As long as they're willing to be used as conduit to promote anti-black bias with a black face, they'll continue to have a place in white dominated, right wing politics. Once they start pointing out any racist aspects within their own rank they will cease being of any use.

One method that many of them use to assuage any doubt about their allegiance is by being the craziest right wing motherfucker in a room full of crazy white, right wing motherfuckers. Allan West has nailed that shit down flat, as an example.

Make no mistake, black cons are not about black empowerment. Quite the opposite. They are nothing more than mercenaries, con men or self-hating Uncle Ruckuses.

Again, never forget: They are all definitely in it for themselves.

[bettyellen]

15. Good summary!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Like Sgt. Waters' character in A Soldier's Story.

I would have thought those days were behind us.

[MrScorpio]

18. Good analogy. nt