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The bitter fight between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Byron Donalds over a line about slavery in the state’s revised African American history standards is infuriating several prominent Black conservatives.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Black republicans.
Let's chew on that one for a second.
Black republicans. In Florida or anywhere else. How many, all one hundred of them?

I know there is going to be many more than that.
How much self-loathing - aimed at oneself and at one's own community - is needed to be a "Black republican"?
It's a sarcastic, rhetorical question. Meaning I'm not expecting an answer.
Before 2016 and so much more so since then, answer must contain greedy mindlessness and cognitive dissonance. These people have been broken inside by the system that actively aims to oppress them, they have embraced it.

"THIS IS KANDYLAND!" yelled a crazed Samuel L. Jackson at the end of Django Unchained.