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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][/b]Liberals never practice what they preach. [b]They rant about the importance of diversity, not being racist and ensuring equality for women. But consider the field of potential candidates for the Democratic nomination. The dominant candidates are two white guys well in their late 70s and a white guy from Indiana.

The women, the Hispanic, the Asian and the African-American are almost non-starters. [/quote]

Terms like never and always tend to squash rather than advance civil discourse. I wish you wouldn’t lead this way, esp as in this case, you are making a good point that for all the talk of diversity, the leading Presidential candidates on the D side are old white guys.

But you must allow that the emerging cadre of Dem leadership includes a range of races, creeds and colors, esp compared to the R side. Considering the projected demographic changes in the next 30 years, why aren’t  Republicans cultivating diversity in their leadership?[/quote]
So the field for Dem nominee includes all colors and creeds? So what? They are all running on far-leftist policies that would destroy the economy! Leftists need to stop looking at "not white" as the way to pick nominees. It's stupid identity politics - and it's racist.

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What I am asking is - why aren’t Republicans doing more to cultivate leaders of color within their own ranks? If for no other reason that in the next 25 years, whites will be the minority. Why not begin to develop leadership among women as well?  I am not talking about identity politics- that’s a throwaway defense. I am asking why, in the face of the changes coming in the demographics of America, Republicans are only focusing on their historic white base and not exploring development of support across Hispanics, AAs, etc. [/quote]

I am not sure that anyone needs to cultivate leaders of a certain color. An organization that does that for the black and yellow people can use the same mechanism to do it for white people. Race and color of the skin are superficial features and should receive no consideration what so ever. This is *NOT* to say that we shouldn't cultivate leaders from different backgrounds and cultures so that they can bring their perspective. How similar is Kamala Harris' background and cultural experience from those of the average African American in urban environments, in the deep south, and etc. Not very similar. So why are we looking at Kamala Harris as if the color of her skin should give her some additional consideration for leadership?[/quote]
 
 I understand your perspective. It’s important that leaders be people who lead and inspire. I think it’s very worthy to work towards a color and gender blind society.   However – I also think it’s human nature that people want to see people who look like themselves in leader ship. And, if demographically our country is growing more ethnically diverse, and more women are taking positions of leadership, it just seems to me that Republicans would be smart to recognize that cultivating people other than white men to be leaders or even potential leaders would broaden the depth of the party’s leadership potential. I’m not saying pick people for leadership positions blindly based on these characteristics alone. But having a perspective that these characteristics along with their policy positions add a depth of perspective to the party platform would be a refreshing thing for me to see.  But perhaps what you’re saying is, the party itself is open to that possibility, it just has to happen organically.  [/quote]

By and large, occupations, including elected leaders, will to a large extent reflect participation. Just as certain jobs are predominantly filled by men, and some jobs predominantly are filled by women, we must not ignore the political affiliation tendencies of the sexes. Women tend to be more liberal in their political affiliation, and men tend to be more conservative. We would naturally expect the democratic party to have more women, and the conservative party to have more men. This isn't some failure of the two parties, it simply reflects the differences in political alignment that naturally arises out of differences between men and women. This is not something to be fixed - it's not broken.

One significant barrier that I see preventing minorities and women from being more open about their conservatism is that they are often met with incredulity by other people that share their demographic traits. Women and minority leaders are viewed as traitors to their kind as if they have some moral character defect. How many black Republicans have been called Uncle Toms or house negros? I myself have been questioned by other Asians how I could possibly be a Republican when it's well established that Republicans are a bunch of racists. How can I be a member of a party that is racist against Asians? When asked for evidence, my fellow Asians point out that Democrats are the ones who advocate for more social benefits and less strict immigration policies - as if fiscal conservatism and merit-based immigration policy are inherently racist. This type of destructive rhetoric keeps a lot of minorities and women in the liberal camp because it's just a lot easier to fit in, especially for those with a more centrist view. [/quote]

Now that there is a liar,conman,fraud and Russian Puppet at the top, any minority and many thinking white people are not gonna fall into the GOP trap. [/quote]

Actually, now that there is someone "at the top" who isn't afraid to say it like it is, even at the risk of offending others, many minorities and thinking white people are realizing that they've been idiots to support the liberal agenda all this time.  Reading DCUM has certainly been eye-opening for me.  
-DP[/quote]

Agreed![/quote]

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