| JWeinCom said:
1. Soooooooo... it's ok for Republicans to be racist as long as they don't say they're not racist? Ummmm... ok... 2. The article claims that IF Republicans had unfair hiring practices, then it WOULD be front page news. Then, the same article says that Republicans DO have unfair hiring practices and it ISN'T front page news. So, the article defeats its own argument, which is hilarious. 3. The study they linked to actually showed that far more minorities work in Democratic campaign. 4. The article doesn't really speak to unfair hiring practices, but broader issues. White people and Asian people graduate high school, and earn degrees at far higher rates than black people and latino people. About 40% of whites age 25-29 have a bachelors degree compared to 20% of black people. So, it stands to reason that white people are going to get the better jobs in campaigns which would explain a gap in payment. 5. Compared to republicans, there are more minorities working democratic campaigns. So, if there are hiring more minorities and minorities tend to have lower educational attainment, where are they going to be hired? Lower level jobs, which skews the numbers. Democrats tend to focus a lot more on minority votes, since they do well in those segments, which is going to lead to more lower level job openings for minorities. 6. Nationally, the wage gap between blacks and whites is about 66%. Black people make 66 cents to a dollar for white people. So, the fact that we see basically the same ratio in democratic campaigns seems like a non-story. |
1. I never said it was ok for Republicans to be racist. I said it would be more expected, given that that is how we perceive them to be. I expect lots of people to act in ways that I don't think are ok. That is just human nature.
2. I'd argue it is made very clear via liberal news agencies on a recurring basis that Republicans are not fair to minorities. VERY clear.
3. Having more minorities working for you does not mean you are not racist. We'll use an example of an incredibly racist farmer who then goes and employs Mexican workers (a minority).
4. I will agree that minorities have lower education, but if that is the argument being made, then there SHOULD be a wage gap between different ethnicities. The problem with this argument, however, is you will never, ever, get somebody who thinks racism needs to stop to say that a wage gap should exist so long as there is an education gap.
5. You are once again using the education argument, but you can't even look just at the pay being received. If they are hiring so many more minorities, perhaps Democrats themselves are actually being unfair to non-minority groups by giving preference to hiring minorities. The fact that they are just hiring more minorities doesn't just give them the clear from being racist themselves. Keep in mind, racism can (and does) exist against whites in many cases too. If you aren't familiar with a situation, I'll provide one I've had to deal with for 5 years. There are CONSIDERABLY more scholarships available for minorities than there are for a white male (I have seen exactly 0 scholarships in my entire college life that were specifically dedicated to white males...it would be considered incredibly offensive and racist, yet there are a huge plethora of scholarships that only minorities can receive...yet this is somehow not racist).
6. No, it actually seems like a pretty gigantic story. A Democrat would argue to the death with me that we are racist against blacks, and therefore pay them less because of it. They wouldn't use the education argument, they would simply say we are paying them less because they are black. But these percentages indicate that even the Democratic party, which is supposed to be (I say supposed to be because they are also incredibly racist, just to different people) non-racist, actually pays black people at virtually the exact same lower amounts than everybody else does. So it seems to me a pretty big story could be released that tells Democrats they need to make up their mind, and that either everybody (including Democrats, despite saying it is so horrible) is racist against black people regarding pay, or nobody is racist against black people regarding pay (including Republicans), and it actually has a lot more to do with the fact that the education among them is, on average, lower than their white counterparts. It may be troublesome to realize what I am saying here, but it has more to do with the fact that it goes to show many of the arguments people use against somebody such as myself and why I am racist either cannot be used because there are other underlying factors, or must also be used against themselves because they follow the exact same practices.
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