Examples Of Discriminations Against African Americans

Former Texas governor Rick Perry recommended his fellow Republicans to attract black votes. Rick Perry, who declared his presidential bid in the beginning of June, urged Republicans to lead the party to the path of Lincoln. He said, "When we gave up on trying to win the support of African-Americans, we lost our moral legitimacy as the party of Lincoln." He advised GOP to reclaim their legacy as the only American Party to voice for the rights of Afro-Americans.
He criticized Republican apathy about afro American vote for so long and excluding the necessity of winning black votes to win the elections. He said, the Republicans have been “content to lose the black vote.” His statement came following the Charleston shooting where nine people had been shot dead. Aiming to end all sorts of discriminations against Afro-Americans Perry defended GOP policies. According to him, these policies will create more employments, reduce living expenses and reform schools. For the black people, Perry said, “more for African Americans than the last three Democrat administrations combined.” "I am proud to live in a country with an African-American president. But President Obama cannot be proud of the fact that the prevalence of black poverty has actually increased under his leadership," he said.

"I am here to tell you that it is Republicans, not Democrats, who are truly offering black Americans the hope of a better life for themselves and their children," Perry told the audience, which was a nearly all-white room of journalists, lobbyists and politicians.

"As Americans, we are all united by certain aspirations. We all want access to opportunity," Perry said. "There's a fundamental reason why Democratic policies have failed to cure poverty: It's because the only true cure for poverty is a job, and Democratic policies have made it too hard for the poor to find

work."