Editing Racism and the Democratic Party

In the [[United States]], there is a common phenomenon of [[racism]] within the [[Democratic Party]], one of the two major American [[Political party|political parties]] that make up the [[corporate duopoly]]. This phenomenon dates back to the founding of the party by [[Andrew Jackson]] in 1828, with the Democrats invoking [[Indian Removal]] as a major campaign platform in the [[1828 American presidential election]].<ref>[https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/history/the-trail-of-tears-essay-by-dee-brown/ THE TRAIL OF TEARS – ESSAY BY DEE BROWN]</ref> Democrat [[Martin Van Buren]] later oversaw the infamous [[Trail of Tears]].<ref>[https://ictnews.org/archive/martin-van-buren-the-force-behind-the-trail-of-tears Martin Van Buren: The Force Behind the Trail of Tears]</ref> In the decades leading up to the [[American Civil War]], the Democrats were viewed as a [[Vanguardism|vanguard party]] for the [[Slavery in the United States|institution of slavery]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1864/02/20/archives/slavery-and-the-democratic-party.html Slavery and the "Democratic" Party.]</ref> During the Civil War, [[Confederate States]] was run by Democrats as a [[one-party state]]<ref>[https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/exhibits/show/john-henning-woods/1-121-alien-enemies-act MEMOIR 1, PAGE 121, ALIEN ENEMIES ACT OF 1861]</ref> and racism was publicly declared to be the cornerstone of the short-lived government.<ref>[https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/cornerstone-speech Cornerstone Speech]</ref> After the Civil War, Democrats established the [[Ku Klux Klan]]<ref>[https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/readers/2016/08/29/kkk-tied-democrats/89565738/ KKK tied to Democrats]</ref> and implemented [[Jim Crow laws]] in order to subjugate [[African-Americans]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ted-cruz-reminds-aoc-her-democrat-party-founded-kkk-wrote-jim-crow-laws Ted Cruz reminds AOC her own Democratic Party founded KKK, wrote Jim Crow laws]</ref> By the 1960s, the Democrats openly advocated "[[segregation]] forever"<ref>[https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1963-george-wallace-segregation-now-segregation-forever/ (1963) GEORGE WALLACE, “SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION FOREVER”]</ref> and served as the largest opponents of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_a7dQXilCo The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party]</ref> Since the [[Deep State color revolution]], however, the Democrats have become infamous for reweaponizing racism against [[White Americans]] and have attempted to rebrand themselves as the inheritors of the [[civil rights movement]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6lrqzdqzgQ Warning My Past Self About 2023 (RE-UPLOAD)]</ref> although incumbent Democrat [[President of the United States]] [[Joe Biden]] has expressed various [[White supremacism|White supremacist]] opinions in recent years.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/joe-biden-didn-t-just-compromise-segregationists-he-fought-their-n1021626 Joe Biden didn't just compromise with segregationists. He fought for their cause in schools, experts say.]</ref><ref>[https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/28/18965923/joe-biden-school-desegregation-busing-democratic-primary Joe Biden’s record on school desegregation busing, explained]</ref><ref>[https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/22/biden-you-aint-black-if-you-have-trouble-deciding-between-me-or-trump.html Biden tells African American radio host: ‘You ain’t black’ if you have trouble deciding between Trump and me]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmMod8ajuuA Joe Biden once said Blacks can't use the Internet]</ref>

== Origins of the Democratic Party ==

== Indian Removal ==

== Slavery ==

== Confederate States ==

== Reconstruction ==

== Jim Crow ==

== Civil rights movement ==

== Reverse racism ==

== See also ==

* [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany in the United States]]
* [[Democratic Party]]
* [[Fascism and the Democratic Party]]
* [[Ideology of Barack Obama]]
* [[Ideology of Joe Biden]]
* [[Indian Removal]]
* [[Jim Crow laws]]
* [[Trotskyism and the Democratic Party]]

== References ==
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