Sep
Black Conservative Teacher
This article was not wrritten by me. However I did receive persmission to post.
This is such a well thought out and researched commentary, from a young man who is really on the front lines of an urban school system.
The Black Conservative Teacher
Yes, we do exist.
Not since the early 1900s has your typical black American really seen the benefits of voting for the Republican Party. And why should they? By and large, most people aligned with the GOP these days are indeed white. Quite often they are “rich,” and more often than not, they frown upon certain policies which most black Americans still wholeheartedly support (affirmative action, among many). So why, you might ask yourself, in a political era where over 90% of the black population of America intends on voting for the black candidate, would someone so distinguish himself by siding with a party that most believe does not represent him? And not only by siding against his race and with the so-called “party of the rich,” but standing tall and proud of it, even in the liberally dense field of education. Here’s why.
It is well known (or should be at least) that the Republican Party had relatively humble beginnings in the 1850s. One well known early Republican, Abraham Lincoln, is looked upon in our day as a founder and figure head for the party. Abraham Lincoln, who many blacks and whites alike hail as the great ender of slavery, was indeed an early Republican. There’s much to be said about that. Imagine if they taught this in US History classes today in our schools! Imagine if our poorer, lower-class, mostly black districts taught our children that President Lincoln did indeed have an (R) beside his name. No, we can’t do that—it would be far too insensitive to black culture. After all, Republicans don’t care about black people. (Though do let it be known that Lincoln was also a supporter of shipping all blacks back to Africa. Given the times, that’s not surprising, though certainly not an excuse).
This same party that is so constantly vilified today was also at the forefront of the women’s suffrage movement. The 19th Amendment, hailed by such bastions of integrity like the National Organization of Women as the major victory and turning point for women’s rights in this country, was indeed backed and passed by a Republican majority in 1920. But that, just as with the freeing of the slaves, is also inconsequential. For as popular culture, liberal media and the blinded masses will endlessly tell us, Republicans hate all minorities. Black women, then, are just about as low as they come on the Republican Party laundry list of importance. (Sorry, Condi, no rights for you. Yours Truly, The GOP).
And of course we can’t forget that hard-fought, hard won Civil Rights Act of 1960. Let us just pretend, of course, that only Democrats wanted it passed (except for the multitude of southern Democrats who tried to filibuster and fear-monger to prevent it). Let’s just pretend that Republican President Eisenhower, in his wisdom, decided to sign this legislation into law. And let us, of course, ignore the fact that future president and so-called “Great Society” architect Lyndon Johnson, then majority leader in the Senate, sat idly by during said Democratic filibustering, creating the longest filibuster in American history. But none of that really matters, because, as we are told repeatedly on a daily basis, Democrats love black America. And George Bush, along with his minority-rights-raping “Republikkkans,” hates black people.
So why, with all of this mother lode of evidence, would a young black male of 24, in 21st century America, even have the gall to side with a party that hates black people? It’s as simple as the difference between truths and lies. Ever since the establishment of the Republican Party, the true Republicans have stood for the very essence of that which this country was founded upon: personal responsibility; liberty; freedom; equality; justice; love of country. Ever since the founding of the Republican party, true Republicans have stood for strong economic policy, limited national government, and the expansion of individual rights of the average American citizen. Ever since the founding of the Republican party, true Americans—err, I mean, Republicans—have stood up for, defended, vouched for, fought for, and died for the basic fundamental rights provided for in that sacred document which carries a blessing by God Almighty, the American Constitution.
Why do I side with the Republican Party instead of robotically falling into line with the rest of my race? It’s simple. My country, and the preservation of the constitution which holds me up in the freest country in the history of mankind, comes first for me. I refuse to vote based on race. I refuse to vote for a party that pulls the wool over the eyes of the masses, and confuses and deceives minorities into thinking that they cannot succeed without the government. I refuse to allow my racial status to dictate truth for me when the only truth I see is that racism is alive and well, not from the white population, but from those who will shout “GObama!” for the sole reason of getting a chance to “vote for the first Black president.”
I often stand alone in my field. Education, on every level, is a liberal proving ground. In our schools, the teachers proudly wear Obama pins, politicizing in the classroom when what our children really need is truth dissected from bias. In our colleges and universities, professors use their classrooms as podiums for liberal, partisan deceit, which then seeps into the impressionable minds of college freshman, who come into this “open-minded environment” an empty slate, and leave as another Democratic poll number.
I stand alone, a black male educator, and I do so proudly. And I know, though in my school I may be alone, I am not alone completely. We, the black conservative educators of America, are indeed out there. We are few, but I assure you, our numbers are growing. Our greatest wish is the prosperity of our country, first, and for truth to make its way into the black community and defeat the generational ignorance being perpetuated therein. One day we will be justified. For now, all we have, and all we can rely on, and all we truly need anyway, is our faith.