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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]].  President Johnson said,<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>

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 was reported by accurate sources to have said,<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>{{cquote|<big>'''''I'll have them n*gg*rs voting Democratic for two hundred years.'''''</big>}}</center>

<center>{{cquote|<big>'''''I'll have them n*gg*rs voting Democratic for two hundred years.'''''</big>}}</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 Democratic 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 Democratic 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>

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 />