votes republican? Granted, most black athletes keep their political views (if any) to themselves. But of the ones that didn't, most of them seemed to donate to republicans. Guys like Spencer Tillman, JC Watts, Tiki Barber are all known republicans. This is some thing I've always been shocked by. What is your opinion on this?
I think the fact that you're shocked means that you stereotype Blacks as Democrats and reliant on govt programs.
Prior to LBJ and FDR, Blacks were diehard Republicans because of Lincoln; and Southern Democrats supported segregation. Sure Nixon employed his Southern Strategy against Blacks in the 70's, but that was 40 years ago.
Reagan was very popular and won all but 2 states so many people became Reagan Democrats. It was only during Bill Clinton's years that people started coming back to the Democratic Party.
Therefore, a lot of wealthy Blacks are Reagan Republicans who are primarily concerned about Fiscal issues rather than social Black issues. I think Race is not as big of an issue as it was 40 years ago. There is certainly more education and opportunity available to Black Americans than ever.
