Not true. Conservatives did this, not "democrats." These conservatives went from Democrat (Antebellum) to Republican (1960s). Follow the KKK. Like Trixare4Kids, you just like the idea that you represent the whole; and prefer the comforting lies of right-wing propaganda. 3 simple observations:
1) This
Data compares Democrats and Republicans views on black people. There are charts for each question:
Whites Who Say They Would Not Vote For a Black President:
Republicans since 2008.
Whites Who Say Blacks Are More Unintelligent Than Intelligent:
Republicans since 2008.
Whites Who Say Blacks Are More Lazy Than Hard-working:
Republicans since 1992.
Whites Who Say Blacks Lack the Motivation to Pull Themselves Out of Poverty:
Republicans since 1988.
Whites Who Oppose a Close Relative Marrying a Black Person:
Republicans since well before 1992.
Whites Who Oppose Living in a Half-Black Neighborhood: Back and forth, but
Republicans since 2008.
Whites Who Do Not Feel Close to Blacks: Back and forth but
Republicans since 2008.
Whites Who Say Too Much Money Is Spent on Improving Conditions For Blacks:
Republicans since 1984.
Compiling all questions into an index of sorts...
Keep in mind that this index stops at 2012, before Trump dragged you all into the far-right.
2) Then there's the historical trend of racism always finding a home among the conservatives, no matter the society, Party, or era. In America, the KKK originated out of the conservative South, represented by the Democratic Party. Today, the white supremacists, featured at Trump rallies, continue to find comfort among the conservatives of the South, right? The only change is the Party that represents them now. This began in the 1960s when Democrat conservatives of the North and Republican conservatives of the South tried to filibuster and wreck the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. I'll show you the breakdown:
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Senate (Yea-Nay format):
- Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5–95%) – only Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor
- Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0–100%) – John Tower of Texas, the only Southern Republican at the time, voted against
- Northern Democrats: 45–1 (98–2%) – only Robert Byrd of West Virginia voted against
- Northern Republicans: 27–5 (84–16%) – Norris Cotton (NH), Barry Goldwater (AZ), Bourke Hickenlooper (IA), Edwin Mecham (NM), and Milward Simpson (WY) voted against
Note how they voted in accordance to liberal/conservative mindset in regions, not Party. Liberal Republicans and liberal Democrats championed it in the North. Byrd, being that last Klan holdout in the Democrat Party, voted alongside the conservatives of both Parties, most of which were in the South during a time when they were all transitioning over to the Republican Party.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965: On May 26, the Senate passed the bill by a 77-19 vote (Democrats 47-16, Republicans 30-2);
only senators representing Southern states voted against it. <----- The conservatives once again.
And who likes to wave the Confederate war flag today? Liberals? No, the same conservatives of the South who created it 158 years ago, who attacked America in 1861, and \
See? The racists cannot be the "bleeding-heart" liberals who were yesterday's abolitionists (Republicans) and today's obnoxious social crusaders (Democrats). You, and the rest, rely on the word "Democrat" to freeze time in the nineteenth century in order to ignore today's Republican and excuse the historical conservative.