My boyfriend is African American and is a strong republican. He has done work with Black Republicans and the Republican Party in our community. I am also African American and a strong democrat. I am very active in the political world due to my career and the space I am in leans very strongly to the liberal/democratic side. In 2008 we went to the polls together and he voted for McCain and I voted for Obama. I have no problem with him having his political views. We talk politics all the time. We watch the conventions, political shows, and political debates. We agree to disagree on many things. We both have an open mind and respect our differences in opinion. I don’t think my boyfriend could be who he is if he were to change his political views. He wouldn’t be the same man because it does influence many of his own personal beliefs and values. I enjoy it. Keeps me on my toes. I think it makes our relationship more dynamic.
I’m curious, Nikki, to know what your boyfriend thinks of the racism in the Republican Party? And what you think of it in terms of him being a Republican.
To align yourself with a party, you are aligning yourself with their ideals, their vision of the future. I could not ever be or be involved with a republican. Even friends that are liberal republicans (oxymoron) bother me because ultimately you are voting against women, for keeping the rich, rich and the poor, poor and want to mix church and state. I am against all of those things. When you look at both the RNC and the DNC, the DNC audience represented the America I want to live in, multi-cultural, multi-lingual and above all multi-racial. The RNC audience represented NONE of that.
who you will do IS a political decision!
My boyfriend is African American and is a strong republican. He has done work with Black Republicans and the Republican Party in our community. I am also African American and a strong democrat. I am very active in the political world due to my career and the space I am in leans very strongly to the liberal/democratic side. In 2008 we went to the polls together and he voted for McCain and I voted for Obama. I have no problem with him having his political views. We talk politics all the time. We watch the conventions, political shows, and political debates. We agree to disagree on many things. We both have an open mind and respect our differences in opinion. I don’t think my boyfriend could be who he is if he were to change his political views. He wouldn’t be the same man because it does influence many of his own personal beliefs and values. I enjoy it. Keeps me on my toes. I think it makes our relationship more dynamic.
I’m curious, Nikki, to know what your boyfriend thinks of the racism in the Republican Party? And what you think of it in terms of him being a Republican.
me too
he cannot think and be black and be a republican
No it does not- I am very conservative, my boyfriend is liberal leaning. It makes for good conversation.
To align yourself with a party, you are aligning yourself with their ideals, their vision of the future. I could not ever be or be involved with a republican. Even friends that are liberal republicans (oxymoron) bother me because ultimately you are voting against women, for keeping the rich, rich and the poor, poor and want to mix church and state. I am against all of those things. When you look at both the RNC and the DNC, the DNC audience represented the America I want to live in, multi-cultural, multi-lingual and above all multi-racial. The RNC audience represented NONE of that.
I’d date a Republican. If anything happened, I’d still go get an abortion over their objection.