Slavery abolition is a progressive position, and in the Civil War era the Republican party was the more progressive party. In the 20th century there was an ideological shift in the Democratic and Republican parties.
It's pretty clear that the modern Democratic party was the one pushing for civil rights.
"The transition into today's Democratic Party was cemented in 1948, when Harry Truman introduced a pro-civil rights platform and, in response, many Democrats walked out and formed the Dixiecrats. Most rejoined the Democrats over the next decade, but in the 1960s, Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. The civil rights movement had also deepened existing racial tensions in much of the Southern United States, and Republican politicians developed strategies that successfully contributed to the political realignment of many white, conservative voters in the South who had traditionally supported the Democratic Party rather than the Republican Party. These approaches are known as the Southern strategy. Anti-civil rights members left the Democratic Party in droves, and Senator Strom Thurmond, the Dixiecrats' presidential candidate from 1948, joined the Republican Party." [1]
Also, look at a map of the Confederate states. Look at a map today. Why are they mostly red states today? The people/families that lived there then mostly stayed, except for the millions of African Americans that migrated to the north.
The modern Democratic Party is outraged that the US Supreme Court told them this month that “there’s too many Asians!” isn’t a legal basis to engage in systemic racism at universities like Harvard and UNC.
Multiple Democrat politicians publicly have condemned that victory for civil rights — because their platform is rebuilding institutional racism.
I don’t know how twisted up you have to be to think the same party that founded the KKK, implemented Jim Crow, implemented racial quotas, and implemented systemic racism against Asians is somehow the one fighting for civil rights — but it’s factually untrue.
Democrats right now, today, are fighting to rebuild organized racism.
Weird then that the major wins of the Civil Rights Era like the Voting Rights Act are being attacked by GOP state legislatures and dismantled by Supreme Court Justices that were appointed by GOP presidents.
Yes, the people who had the affiliation "Democrat" in the 50s and 60s were the most visible drivers of segregationist policies. So what?
Even if you were to conclude that right wing activism was motivated by protecting asian enrollees and was a continuation of the project from the Civil Rights Movement (which I don't, considering the arguments made in Fisher and the fact that conservatives opposed the provably race-neutral merit lottery proposal for TJHSST), you still need to contend with the very real fact that the specific legislation passed in that time period is being attacked and dismantled by one party.
And add to this the fact that the GOP voted for a man whose primary campaign message included policies explicitly denying basic human rights (travel) to an entire religion.
Shelby County v Holder is a good example of dismantling of the Voting Rights Act.
I also referenced the specific merit lottery policy for TJHSST.
The actual ban that eventually stuck was not his first attempt and it was not nearly as strong as the campaign promise, which is what drove people to the polls. Trump was very clear.
According to [1], they made $82.7B in 2022, up from $67.4B in 2021, for a profit of $3.1B. Also looks like they have ~$100B in assets. Pretty sure they're doing ok.
No you are not. Disney isn't broke and invoking southern democrats of the 50s and the kkk to score a point against the democrats of today betrays ignorance of history from your side.
Not to defend the troll you're arguing with, but conservatives moved to the GOP early to mid 1900s. Look up Strom Thurman for example. Reagan was another of many.
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