A Breif History of African American Conservatism
"Authentic black conservatism has always had a fundamental and explicit goal of opposing white supremacy."
— Kareim Oliphant
#BlackConservatism
"Authentic black conservatism has always had a fundamental and explicit goal of opposing white supremacy."
— Kareim Oliphant
#BlackConservatism
The LARGEST long-distance, coerced migration in human history — The Atlantic slave trade is the backdrop, for the dissimilar attitudes, values, unique differences, between, Anglo conservatism, and what is referred to as African or "black conservatism".
Due to the radical nature of White Supremacy, (African) or black conservatism emerges as a reaction. It is an attempt to "conserve" black life from the claws of white supremacy,
#Whitesupremacy was an essential component of the slave trade, of Jim Crow.
And, more than anything, it is black conservatism's long and tempestuous relationship with racialism, that distinguishes it from other strains of western conservatism.
And, more than anything, it is black conservatism's long and tempestuous relationship with racialism, that distinguishes it from other strains of western conservatism.
As the African conservative writer Chidike Okeem emphasized in a recent interview, "When demonstrably immoral structures exist, the black conservative cannot ethically justify attempting to look for the positive aspects of such structures."
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