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Article: symposium.(should Republican Party recruit more African Americans)
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- Insight on the News
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- January 8, 2001
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Q: Should the GOP do more to reach out to black voters?
Yes: African-Americans' belief in faith/family and community make them a natural future GOP constituency.
As the majority party in Washington, the Republican party not only should continue to reach out to black voters, but all voters. Yet it will not be easy. A long history of distrust in the black community will be hard to overcome with only the simple truth of how close the views of African-Americans and the Republican Party really are. But we cannot and should not give up, because in doing so we're giving up on them.
When thinking about how hard reaching out can be, I recall my ...