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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 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 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 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 />

African American efforts to runaway from the Democrat plantation is referred to as the [[Black problem]].  Modern-day slave catchers, usually [[Uncle Tom]]s in [[mainstream media]], are called on to recapture and ostracize [[Freethinker|freethinking]] Blacks.

African American efforts to runaway from the Democrat plantation is referred to as the [[Black problem]].  Modern-day slave catchers, usually [[Uncle Tom]]s in [[mainstream media]], are called on to recapture and ostracize [[Freethinker|freethinking]] Blacks.

==Usage in popular culture==

==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 />

==You ain't Black==

==You ain't Black==

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,

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,

{{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>}}

{{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>}}

==Nicki Minaj internet holy war==

==Nicki Minaj internet holy war==

In September 2021, rapper [[Nicki Minaj]] posted on [[Twitter]],  

In September 2021, rapper [[Nicki Minaj]] posted on [[Twitter]],  

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