Not literally, given I’m melanin challenged, but you know.
During the Lott fiasco Republicans tried to argue that back in the 60s, they had done much for civil rights and they were correct. Today, George Schultz argues the same about school desegregation in the South. Republicans seem to think this is a way to address African-American voters and insist those voters just aren’t paying attention.
Wrong. African-American voters might pay attention to the GOP, if the GOP paid attention to them. That means getting out in the neighborhoods and working to address the concerns of African-American voters. I know a couple GOP guys who do that in St. Louis, but it doesn’t help if the candidates show up for one or two media events a year and then don’t bother. If you want African-American votes you have to work for them in the pulpits and in the neighbhorhoods. Telling people you did good things years ago is nice, but not very effective.