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Democratic plantation (view source)
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The concept of a ''Democratic Plantation'' was later spread throughout the printed media in the 1970s and 1980s, eventually gaining mainstream attention in the 1990s. The idea of the ''Democratic Plantation'' was further documented by ''The Washington Post'' as recent as January 2019.<ref name=WaPo20190108 />
The concept of a ''Democratic Plantation'' was later spread throughout the printed media in the 1970s and 1980s, eventually gaining mainstream attention in the 1990s. The idea of the ''Democratic Plantation'' was further documented by ''The Washington Post'' as recent as January 2019.<ref name=WaPo20190108 />
==Usage in popular culture==
In 1992, the ''Pittsburgh Courier'' claimed that a Black Republican "is a kind of bogeyman dressed in a Black tailored suit or immaculate silk dress, to cajole Blacks into believing the Republican Party" and further criticized. White members of the Republican Party applauded black members of the [[GOP]] for having the sense to leave the “plantation politics of the Democratic Party.” [[Pat Buchanan]] applauded Republican [[Herman Cain]] while discussing his Presidential candidacy on ''CNN'' in 2011.<ref name=Beast20190215 />
In 1992, the ''Pittsburgh Courier'' claimed that a Black Republican "is a kind of bogeyman dressed in a Black tailored suit or immaculate silk dress, to cajole Blacks into believing the Republican Party" and further criticized. White members of the Republican Party applauded black members of the [[GOP]] for having the sense to leave the “plantation politics of the Democratic Party.” [[Pat Buchanan]] applauded Republican [[Herman Cain]] while discussing his Presidential candidacy on ''CNN'' in 2011.<ref name=Beast20190215 />
In January 2019, the ''Washington Post'' published an article discussing the ''Democratic Plantation''. Reportedly, modern black voters were "actively remolding" the Democrat Party and forcing candidates to address the inequities that propagate throughout the United States.<ref name=WaPo20190108 />
In January 2019, the ''Washington Post'' published an article discussing the ''Democratic Plantation''. Reportedly, modern black voters were "actively remolding" the Democrat Party and forcing candidates to address the inequities that propagate throughout the United States.<ref name=WaPo20190108 />
'''Additional Reading'''
==You ain't Black==
[[File:You ain't Black.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden was roundly criticized by Black leaders for his racist comments.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/499214-african-american-figures-slam-biden-on-you-aint-black-comments</ref>]]
Democrat presidential nominee former [[Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]] made a particularly offensive and egregious [[racist]] comment toward [[African American]]'s during a radio interview.<ref>https://youtu.be/GaTv5FQHqVw</ref> Biden's comments were an effort at [[voter intimidation]]. [[Black Entertainment Television]] (BET) co-founder Bob Johnson called him out saying in part,
[[File:Secoriea Turner.png|left|350px|thumb|[[Black Lives Matter]] protesters [[murder]]ed 8 year old Secoriea Turner on July 5, 2020 in [[Atlanta]].<ref>https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/police-identify-8-year-old-girl-killed-in-atlanta-4th-of-july-shooting</ref>]]
{{quotebox-float|"This proves unequivocally that the Democratic nominee believes that black people owe him their vote without question; even though we as black people know it is exactly the opposite. He should spend the rest of his campaign apologizing to every black person he meets."<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/05/25/joe-biden-you-aint-black-racism-trump-column/5254434002/</ref>}}
[[NBC]]'s ''America’s Got Talent'' host Terry Crews<ref>https://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/credits/host/terry-crews</ref> pointed out the inherent racism in the Democratic nominee's train of thought:
{{quotebox-float|“When you’re white, you can be Republican, [[Libertarian]], Democrat. You can be anything. But if you’re black, you have to be one thing. Even Joe Biden said, ‘Hey man, if you don’t vote for me, you ain’t black.’”<ref>https://pjmedia.com/election/tyler-o-neil/2020/06/18/terry-crews-slams-biden-warns-against-black-supremacy-n545003</ref>}}
Biden won the Democrat presidential nomination when South Carolina Rep. [[Jim Clyburn]] endorsed him, and the dominos of the Democrat machine fell into place. In short choreographed order, the remaining white candidates, Amy Klobuchar, [[Pete Buttigieg]], Tom Steyer, [[Michael Bloomberg]] and a host of local officials began goosestepping in lockstep. The minority candidates, [[Kamala Harris]], [[Cory Booker]], [[Julian Castro]], and [[Tulsi Gabbard]] had been driven out earlier in a rigged process that allowed rich white male billionaires - Steyer and Bloomberg - to buy their way into the process once all the people of color had been forced out.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/02/michael-moore-goes-ballistic-on-dnc-for-changing-debate-rules-for-bloomberg/</ref> Clyborn admitted he cringed when he heard Biden's racist attack on Black people.<ref>https://youtu.be/HNgrTu1YhuU</ref>
The Democrats cynically tried to take advantage of George Floyd's killing, which occurred only days after Biden's racist comments, to repair his relations with Blacks by attacking the alleged [[systemic racism]] of police departments. Police groups and unions which Biden courted since the 1990s on behalf of the [[Democratic party]] and [[Clinton administration]] with the [[Biden Crime Bill]], mass incarceration, and effort to put 100,000 new cops on the street to deal with "Superpredators", responded by withdrawing their support.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/police-groups-joe-biden-300222</ref> ''Jacobin'' magazine summarized Biden's record: {{Quotebox-float|"It’s not as if Biden didn’t know what he was doing.... He just didn’t care. Biden had made a calculated decision that the elections he would win were worth the damage he inflicted....even if Biden has subsequently learned the error of his ways, the rank cynicism and callousness involved in his two-decade-long championing of carceral policies should be more than enough to give anyone pause about his qualities as a leader, let alone a progressive one."<ref>https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/08/biden-crime-mass-incarceration-police-prisons</ref>}}
Lee Stranahan observed the organized George Floyd riots were an attempt to win the alienated white [[Bernie Sanders]] supporters back to the Democrat plantation.
==Additional Reading==
*How the ''Democratic plantation'' became one of conservatives’ favorite slurs, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/08/how-democratic-plantation-became-one-conservatives-favorite-slurs/?utm_term=.0275fa1041f9, Tyler D. Parry | ''The Washington Post'', January 8, 2019.
*How the ''Democratic plantation'' became one of conservatives’ favorite slurs, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/08/how-democratic-plantation-became-one-conservatives-favorite-slurs/?utm_term=.0275fa1041f9, Tyler D. Parry | ''The Washington Post'', January 8, 2019.