Here, have some nightmare fuel.
Each and every year, the hard-right conservative conference known as CPAC holds a discussion on how Republicans can best appeal to non-lily-white voters, or at least can learn not to openly insult them. This year they actually found some non-lily-white people to run the discussion, which is
a step up from past events.
The panelists—four Republicans of color—touched on the need for criminal justice reform and the negative experiences they've had dealing with black Democrats, while challenging the GOP to move beyond simply being content with declaring themselves the party of President Lincoln.
As usual, however, all concerned are sure that the problem is merely one of messaging, and that liberals are the real racists, and conservatives are more accepting because they don't see race. And, as usual, all the work put into saying these things gets arson'd all to cinders as soon as any of the people actually attending the conference get up to speak.
Lynn Trevino, a 56-year-old woman, said she just bought a home in a black neighborhood in Baltimore with her Hispanic husband, a man whose grandparents immigrated to the U.S. illegally. Boyne asked her if she thought her husband would agree with her or with [comments by radio host Mark Levin]. Trevino had missed his comments, but she said, “I’m going to assume that Mark Levin used words that were offensive, but probably didn’t mean what it came off. Because here’s the thing, I think people want assimilation, and I think that we need to stop being the salad bowl.”
Trevino said that she wasn’t raised with any prejudice in her heart and doesn’t want to dislike any groups. She added that she sees several black people in her neighborhood who she perceives as “lazy” or making black people “look like they have IQ issues, you know what I’m sayin’?”
Better luck next year, the Party of Lincoln.