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The '''Democratic Plantation''' is a concept originally considered during the [[Great Society]], that continues to be referenced as a way to describe how, [[African Americans]] dwelling in the [[United States]] have been physically enslaved, since arriving to [[America]] from [[Africa]], to the present-day descendants, who, are now also mentally enslaved by the [[Democratic Party]].  The concept of the Democratic Plantation, which was originally discussed during the 1960s, proliferated through the decades.<ref name=WaPo20190108>*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</ref>

The '''Democratic Plantation''' is a concept originally considered during the [[Great Society]], that continues to be referenced as a way to describe how, [[African Americans]] dwelling in the [[United States]] have been physically enslaved, since arriving to [[America]] from [[Africa]], to the present-day descendants, who, are now also mentally enslaved by the [[Democratic Party]].  The concept of the Democratic Plantation, which was originally discussed during the 1960s, proliferated through the decades.<ref name=WaPo20190108>*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</ref>

The [[War on Poverty]] was a set of programs instituted by President Lyndon Johnson and its associated legislation passed by [[Congress]] in an effort to supposedly combat [[poverty]].  Johnson said,  

The [[War on Poverty]] was a set of programs instituted by President Lyndon Johnson and its associated legislation passed by [[Congress]] in an effort to supposedly combat [[poverty]].  President Johnson said,  

<center>{{Cquote|"I'll have them n*gg*rs voting Democratic for two hundred years."<ref>Said to two governors regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to then-''Air Force One'' steward Robert MacMillan as quoted in [http://books.google.com/books?id=lJz-yIZNE2sC ''Inside the White House''] (1996), by Ronald Kessler, New York: Simon and Schuster, p. 33.</ref>}}</center>

<center>{{Cquote|"I'll have them n*gg*rs voting Democratic for two hundred years."<ref>Said to two governors regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to then-''Air Force One'' steward Robert MacMillan as quoted in [http://books.google.com/books?id=lJz-yIZNE2sC ''Inside the White House''] (1996), by Ronald Kessler, New York: Simon and Schuster, p. 33.</ref>}}</center>

[[Historian]] Leah Wright Rigueur<ref>Leah Wright Rigueur Wiki-Bio: Married Life, Husband, Children, Net Worth And Family!, https://thecelebscloset.com/leah-wright-rigueur-wiki-bio-married-net-worth/, Michael Rogers, September 30, 2018</ref> first noted that black [[Republicans]] criticized the "plantation politics" of the Democrat Party in 1964.<ref name=WaPo20190108 />  The metaphor of the Democrat Party as a slave plantation was mentioned by [[Richard Nixon]] in a 1968 interview with ''Jet'' magazine.<ref name=Beast20190215>The Forgotten History of Black Republicans, https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-forgotten-history-of-black-republicans, Leah Wright Rigueur | ''The Daily Beast'', February 12, 2015</ref>

[[Historian]] Leah Wright Rigueur<ref>Leah Wright Rigueur Wiki-Bio: Married Life, Husband, Children, Net Worth And Family!, https://thecelebscloset.com/leah-wright-rigueur-wiki-bio-married-net-worth/, Michael Rogers, September 30, 2018</ref> first noted that black [[Republicans]] criticized the "plantation politics" of the Democrat Party in 1964.<ref name=WaPo20190108 />  The metaphor of the Democrat Party as a slave plantation was mentioned by [[Richard Nixon]] in a 1968 interview with ''Jet'' magazine.<ref name=Beast20190215>The Forgotten History of Black Republicans, https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-forgotten-history-of-black-republicans, Leah Wright Rigueur | ''The Daily Beast'', February 12, 2015</ref>