From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party

[@Arian545]

I can't believe how some people get angry at literal facts

[@borcolfasno3749]

um....ok then

[@SASUSERNAME]

Arian hmn yep look at liberals. Can't handle facts

[@newday2310]

thewanderandhiscomp Wowwwwww, did this^^ dumba** really just cite Snopes? What's next, rawstory?? -idiot

[@Arian545]

thewanderandhiscomp Nobody in the republican party seems to believe in climate change, and many of them are anti-vaxxers as well.

[@newday2310]

thewanderandhiscomp Graduated 2nd in my class from Shaw U. Please, educate me a little more on race and racism. -whitebread

[@mintysoldaccount7266]

"the Republican party was unpopular among white southerners" oh how the times have changed

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

Mostly because Republicans keep the South prosperous

[@cojo582]

minty's old account no times changing have nothing to do with it,the democratic party changed,your dog whistle about whites says all i need to know about your racist ass.

[@josecarranza7555]

White southerners refused to turn to GOP because they always saw it as the party of Abraham Lincoln that beat them in the civil war. Southerners still don't like Abraham Lincoln.

[@josecarranza7555]

Gabrielia 69 The South is the poorest region in the country.

[@cojo582]

Michael Carranza lets see PRESIDENT TRUMP won the south,you have no idea what you are talking about. the problem is the socialist democrats are pissing on out gg grandfather's graves ,including mine. my gg gf served in the 6th LA CAV C.S.A. he did not won any slaves,as most of the men that served did not. "Less than 5% of the whites in the South owned slaves. Fully 3/4's of the white people of the South had neither slaves nor an immediate economic interest in the maintenance of slavery or the plantation system. This was written by none other than the late John Hope Franklin in From Slavery to Freedom, McGraw-Hill, 1994., p. 123. Franklin was a Harvard educated Professor Emeritus of History and Professor of Legal History at Duke University. Dr. Franklin also happened to be a Black man. This may come as an inconvient truth to some here". no one hates LINCOLN

[@noahwiltsie6799]

Let's just pass over how Wilson continued to push anti-Black policies

[@leehongjin6884]

Franklin Roosevelt too for the Red-Lining policy, which affects the US even today.

[@obiwankenobi4252]

And how Wilson indirectly caused the rise of communism and nazism

[@kylewolnik1789]

Wilson also only let women vote after he got the thought that the would re-elect him because he gave them voting rights

[@slimestoneexpert9804]

Kyle Wolnik yeah that’s a good thing

[@slimestoneexpert9804]

Obi Wan how?

[@lukastheise1900]

"The republican party was bitterly unpopular among white southeners" is the strangest sentence from todays point of view xD

[@joshuak2810]

How?

[@lil18thletterking77]

@@joshuak2810 I know right...I was looking through the southern state legislatures and in for example the state of GA did not have a republican legislature all the way till 2011..barely 10 years ago

[@kkandsims4612]

I think cuz the parties flipped most northern s are not liberals progressives while the white southern are now conservatives and loyalists and history lovers they started democratic and the north was republican they wanted no slavery and much change now it’s largely the south that’s against it and the north is for change.

[@SoCalRonnie]

The Republicans voted blacks in to congress. The Dems were against it. When the Republican whites aligned with the blacks they were targeted and killed as well. We are all black out of Africa with Eve passing her mitochondrial DNA to all humans alive today.

[@jamesryansaluta3513]

@@lil18thletterking77 Louisiana also has a Democrat governor

[@boatygatling4782]

Half the time Vox is a liberal network, other half it just tries to educate us. This is the time when it tries to educate us about our history, why hate on this video?

[@dimon310192]

because people themselves are biased and have defense mechanisms in place to prevent any challenge to their reality.

[@Ryekenhoshin23]

Perhaps you need to look up the word "Liberal"

[@newday2310]

Boaty Gatling Because you're a complete f**king idiot if you think VOX is educating you. Democrats are still the party of racism and segregation. Minorities didn't elect Obama; Goldman Sacs and Citigroup did, and then they selected his first 31 cabinet appointees. This garbage is just more propaganda for sheltered white snowflakes. #pseudointellectuals

[@janmarkiewicz6246]

u forgot about the hip hop

[@pizza9213]

yeah democrats the racist party... the kkk is republican

[@aumnia]

There is no good party just good people

[@aumnia]

@Don't worry about it Why don't you elaborate

[@sebas.4524]

@Don't worry about it good thing republicans only do good.

[@bab2thebone1]

I agree

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

You can have a better party, which is historically the Republican Party

[@aumnia]

@@ulyssesgrant4324 Well until you count the party switch when Republican policies back then aligned more with the Democratic Party. But once again no good party, just good people.

[@dp28784u]

Prager U and Vox should really have a debate on something...

[@brandonchan5620]

Doesn't Prager U have no credibility? I heard that they distort facts, data and generally don't explain history correctly or fully.

[@Jerweh]

who says vox doesn't either how do we know there facts are reliable

[@fattyspapers9102]

Watch some and do your own research. Vox lies in every video as a rule.

[@mingkeng7305]

@@brandonchan5620 so is vox

[@laylamorrison9596]

That would honestly be epic.

[@BosleyBeats]

What’s funny is in the black community we are very aware of this history. And when we were used for votes it was for hope of new opportunities and the tone flipped aligning to a new era of stereotypes and agendas. This is why it’s important to study history and listen to everyone’s voices and how they were affected

[@JohnWarner-lu8rq]

Yep... and that mostly started with Pres. Johnson, and ever since the left gets and keeps as many Blacks and minorities as possible on the government plantation.

[@gregorymckenzie-moore6621]

You are not "we." I hope YOU have read things about...say Ida B. Wells. Of course... I doubt it.

[@JohnWarner-lu8rq]

@@gregorymckenzie-moore6621 Obviously he was speaking of people he knows, which isn't you.

[@stivsham]

just put God 1st, and live by his rules, no politician will make your life better, trust me, am 100% sure about that,

[@polyento3535]

@@gregorymckenzie-moore6621 Liberal hurt detected.

[@firstnamelastname7113]

Woodrow Wilson: **exists** Vox: I’m pretend I didn’t see that

[@bradleychandler8512]

@First Name Last Name Precisely. They also left out how only 1 of 21 southern democratic senators ever switched parties. The one who was Biden’s best buddy and mentor.

[@Steph-sb9tc]

Lute Pehin i dont think a lot of people know this...

[@henk-3098]

@@bradleychandler8512 But eventually they died off, and white southerners started to send republican senators to congress instead.

[@bradleychandler8512]

@@henk-3098 Do you think “white southerners” are the same people in 2020 that “white southerners” were in 1820? Do you think every racial or geographical demographic has been completely stagnant for 60 years, or 160 years?

[@kristjanrom9429]

Lol

[@The.Renovator]

i always wondered how the parties ended up switching ideoligies and values so much

[@mikejennette8478]

Calikid331 nixons southern strategy sparked it more than the civil rights act

[@andymorejon2am]

It has not mate, democrats are still white supremist in disguise. They just need them minority votes.

[@DanJuega]

Andy Morejon ehhhhh nooooo....

[@Dantewinning]

they didn't I think the democratic party is still racist they just hide it more

[@andymorejon2am]

Dante Cammz exactly

[@nowhereman4319]

These two parties have ruined this country

[@nevergetsthejoke3169]

Really have, I wish people voted for the candidate, and not the party

[@williambrewer9069]

@Nowhere Man It's why alot of people don't understand why and how Trump got elected. People are tired of both parties and coincidentally what you said goes over people's heads as they now believe the parties don't like Trump for legitimate reasons, and not just to place blame on the person trying to actually purge the Washington Mafia Machine.

[@1232-z4n]

Bushx2 Nixon and Trump are from the same party

[@Syrup__Maple]

Hello, based department?

[@aarontactical]

It’s mostly the Democrats

[@PappyP]

Imagine telling Lincoln that the we had a black president and it was in the democratic party

[@naijaplayer]

It just might blow his mind

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

Lincoln: SO WE WON???!!!! My ideals came true??? We: Yes, but actually no 😂😂😂

[@Freespazfreesumo]

@@GustavoSilva-ny8jc Lincoln ideas never supported a black president in the first place so I can imagine that revelation would be very big for him.

[@r_pqi4355]

Bruh moment in the comments

[@anawilliams1332]

BRUH

[@TrenchTheMenace]

Bruh

[@Raul-ku8fb]

Bruh comments

[@andrew-ql6pi]

Bru

[@KingBoomBox]

EquinoxHD :p Your comment is ironically more useless

[@awesomepeter2166]

"The Republican Party was bitterly unpopular among white southerners." Ohh how things have changed

[@ericclaeyborn8359]

The same people don't live in the south or the north because they have all died. So naturally, they aren't the same. Opinions do change.

[@robesterd8132]

@@ericclaeyborn8359 LOL pretty sure the whole white southern racist thing hasn't changed.

[@devioustea]

@@robesterd8132 I haven't seen any white racist. Only a bunch of blacks being racist.

[@josecarranza7555]

@@godswatching2863 What do you think of the confederate flag?

[@tannermoorehead1536]

@@josecarranza7555 The confederate flag doesn't mean "I love slavery." Do your research and stop listening to your gender studies professor. No, I don't agree with slavery, but the confederate flag was based off of states rights not slavery. Thats what the left tries to put into people's brains. Slavery was a democratic ideology not republican

[@StevenSeagull6969]

I still don't know why they took me off the grocery store shelves.

[@arshan6760]

Lol

[@lol-ku1wl]

Maybe the democratic party hasn’t changed. They didn’t like you then and they definitely don’t like you now...

[@xX_wiLLiam_Xx]

Rakist!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@root-beer]

RIP

[@dartagnan9094]

@@polecat3 what's so racist about it

[@PeterPan-qb3tb]

The democrats party have not changed they become smart with marketing and manipulation what they say is not the policy they push. Very clever

[@LarryBonson]

Bingo.

[@NieshaDior]

Yessss !! The cover it up !!

[@jhangxina124]

👌👌

[@joshuafay5975]

Literally skipped over 50 years. 1950s to 2000.

[@matthewarnold4557]

You're right, I'm very interested in the Johnson and Goldwater era

[@davilimalol4612]

4:02 until like, the end of the video? They didn't brush over that.

[@naysaynetwork5271]

Democrats don’t read. Y’all read the headline and develop an opinion.

[@michaelgarybell2010]

The civil rights act of 1964 occurred in 1964 an important fact that was highlighted because it demonstrated 4:30 how "segregated" the democrats were on civil rights. The anti-civil rights democrats would become known as "dixie-crats" and ultimately republicans.

[@RangeMasaca]

A J Lincoln was racist too. You should go look up some of his views. He didn’t even want to abolish slavery if he didn’t have to, he just didn’t want it to expand into new states. 🥴 All this proves to black people like me is that white Americans, regardless of party, have by and large been racist for the majority of this country’s history. Only white people care about dunking on each other over transitory party platforms.

[@thatsjustmygame5148]

I've always wondered where the donkey for the democratic party originated from. You learn something new everyday

[@jdamah]

It represents the intelligence of Democrats

[@ronmc1677]

@@jdamah Ha! Good one

[@jdamah]

@@fernandocarloto2291 elephants are smarter than donkeys

[@HP0134]

@@jdamah That doesn’t apply in real life though!

[@Tokomi]

@@HP0134 really does, whole world is pretty much under democrat/liberal control and its been getting nothing but worse. Then you all conveniently blame covid and fear mongered a flu like virus kept lockdowns going but let big business run. Yeah it does apply to real life. A bit too much sadly

[@topherkrock]

Woodrow Wilson is the hero you chose? Here's something this facetious film won't tell you: "During Wilson's term, segregation was ordered in the Washington offices of the Navy, the Treasury, and the Postmaster General, and photographs became required for all new federal job applicants. After black leaders pressed him, President Wilson explained he was trying to 'reduce friction,' and that he 'sincerely believe[d] it to be in their interest.' Under Wilson, racial segregation was quickly implemented at the Post Office Department, and many African-American employees were downgraded and even fired. Employees who were downgraded were transferred to the dead letter office, where they did not interact with the public. The few African Americans who remained at the main post offices were put to work behind screens, out of customers' sight." #LearnHistory

[@kenneth9452]

@Jesus Christ It was the Democrats who implemented the trail of tears, it was the Democrats who put millions of innocent Japanese American citizens in concentration camps, it was the Democrats who advocated for Eugenics.

[@g.a.b.e7085]

@@blessedbybelldandy3765 preach!!

[@daveyjones3016]

@Jesus Christ amen

[@gibransaliba8801]

The Democrats protected slavery thinking they did blacks a favor. Woodrow Wilson thought he was protecting blacks from white people when he allowed Jim Crow. The Democrats will always hurt black people unintentionally

[@joshuasmith6668]

@@gibransaliba8801 it is completely intentional, how is keeping them as slaves helping them you fucktard

[@jeffb8562]

I remember some of this, when history was actually taught in school. Didn’t understand all of it, because politics was left out of it. Scary they are slowly teaching less and less of this

[@dlop3780]

Be careful because the big lie was taught in public schools. The lie that the two political parties switched.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Powered By AWS

[@Febreze99]

😂... They're not teaching it at all.

[@Mezoaro]

That is wrong, my history class taught me all about this. Just a week ago we discussed the new deal

[@georgeo7167]

The irony now the Democratic Party want to teach lgbtq agendas

[@parkerlarson6692]

This states the right facts just not all the facts

[@améliehester6996]

Looks like you didn't listen.

[@louisfoley6955]

Tell me some of the facts they were missing. Besides FDR and the Japanese. Repubs would've done a similar thing.

[@morganmarsh1276]

@@louisfoley6955 but Republicans gave them their money and released them...

[@Evili555]

@@louisfoley6955 nah republicans wouldn’t have done it because republicans don’t believe in big government

[@NT-gu8ql]

@@Evili555 No, republicans are big government too. Just look at the federal budget deficit under Donald Trump.

[@SweetjamesjonesII]

They never changed they just switched their strategy

[@FilthyTrot]

Well, at least they're no longer the more racist party in the US.

[@ManuelPerez-ef2ym]

@@FilthyTrot they switched strategy, not ideology silly

[@FilthyTrot]

@@ManuelPerez-ef2ym Yeah, a racist political party would definitely make Barack Obama its nominee.

[@ManuelPerez-ef2ym]

@@FilthyTrot yes. Look at all the progressive racial work that obama did... the black community is disappointed in the sweet nothing that Obama turned out to be for 8years.

[@FilthyTrot]

@@ManuelPerez-ef2ym Obama sure accomplished a lot. He ended the war in Iraq and gave the order that led to Osama Bin Laden's death. He also signed the Affordable Care Act in 2011. The point is that if the Democratic Party didn't change since the 1800s, it wouldn't have gone from the party of slavery and white supremacy to the party that nominated the first African American US President.

[@daborinkid7279]

why are people mad over facts? what ever happened to facts over feelings?

[@last2first167]

As a Hispanic I believe Hispanics are transitioning to Republican since last year.

[@daborinkid7279]

Last2First 1 yeah but since the black lives matter thing happened and since trump has handled COVID 19 poorly alot of people have moved back to the democratic party

[@last2first167]

@@daborinkid7279 All people I know who was Democrat hasn't moved back LOL. Black Lives Matter made it worse because they demonize a lot of churches and made riots. I use to hate trump when he got elected but I realized Republican are Pro God and I agree with most of the stuff they speech. I agree with the part you said Trump handled the pandemic badly I give you that.

[@daborinkid7279]

Last2First 1 yeah thats the people you know, alot of people i know from across the country switched parties bc of blm, (not saying BLM accomplished anything just saying that alot of people support it)

[@last2first167]

@@daborinkid7279 I live in California a (Blue State) over here they have mixed parties now weird because they would always be on the Demo side. Alot of people supporting BLM is a sign how evil will over take and disguise itself as Heroic, Black lives do matter also Every life Jesus brought us here.

[@musicaddict4214]

If you're scrolling through the comments and don't see horrible comments, go to the recent section

[@jamesmorrison4598]

Thanks for making me do that

[@c.i.a.932]

D Lenon newest first

[@user-es3dr5xk8f]

*c e n s o r*

[@Old_Hickory_Jackson]

Thanks

[@ericgabrielbautistajaimes9187]

I’ll do it

[@mrlearningscholar4078]

I am a liberal Democrat and I acknowledge the parties history

[@malikjohnson4772]

Good

[@drexel4290]

Funny seeing as your party was originally the liberal republican party 😂😂😂

[@BlitzzOrAnt]

@@drexel4290 and I've been democracy since my family went to America

[@BlitzzOrAnt]

@@drexel4290 and they were pilgrams

[@drexel4290]

@@BlitzzOrAnt were not a democracy though we're a republic

[@starfishprime7721]

I feel like they missed some stuff with Roosevelt and the Japanese

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

TBF there are still racist Democrats today, just not as many as Republicans

[@luigiinfinite5305]

@@alessiodelcastillo1613 there are way more racists in the democratic party. They are just racist towards white people.

[@zachi2901]

@@luigiinfinite5305 how are white people being racist towards white people lol

[@luigiinfinite5305]

@@zachi2901 yes that is a thing, if a black person said Whites are Superior to blacks then even though he is black it is racist against blacks. What the democratic party does is it calls all Republican white people white supremacists and treats all blacks and women as victims while white men are the big bads.

[@Hhhhhh-sz9ud]

Luigi Infinite What Democratic official has done that?

[@PikachuPromo]

The Democratic Party never changed at all.

[@FilthyTrot]

Eleanor Roosevelt also played a pretty significant role in the transition with her support of civil rights which caused the Democratic Party to gain African American votes.

[@jamellfoster6029]

So true. She was instrumental in changing the Democratic party to one that champions Civil Rights...

[@r.d.9399]

It was all for votes. They never did anything to help black people. Look at the large majority of their communities today. Underfunded, bad education, terrible infrastructure, gang violence and broken families all because of democrat policies.

[@FilthyTrot]

@@r.d.9399 While the Democratic Party may be less open about their racism than the Republican Party, the truth is neither party is truly willing to fight capitalist exploitation-the root cause of economic inequality between black Americans and white Americans.

[@gdiaz8827]

@@jamellfoster6029 really which cities controlled by Democrats have been successful in combating racism and poverty

[@shaft9000]

Innit odd how Minneapolis is a D city, and that's where Floyd died. Innit odd how Chicago had over 150 people shot in a single weekend - the same weekend after Floyd died - and is run by Democrats. (Don't mind me...just noticing a thing or two.)

[@WillyTheComposerOfficial]

Awww come on you didn't mention John F Kennedy or Lyndon Johnson! They're entire reason the south went Republican!! (they did temporarily go back once for Carter, but that's just because of Nixon's folly)

[@AngryKittens]

Yeah, they omitted the Dixiecrat part and just glossed over how massive the issue of desegregation really was in post-WW2 US.

[@plzfixwolves955]

thetick532 because he was from the South and also they weren't happy with George H.W Bush.

[@robinsss]

and no mention of McGovern or the DLCIt's incomplete without them

[@samlipton7872]

Super late comment, but if you check out their video on the history of Republicans, they go over this in more detail.

[@durojayieheru74]

WillyTheComposer Go to prager

[@ethantaylor9613]

I do think it’s important to note that despite how terrible Jackson was in most respect he did remove the property requirement from the vote.

[@ivanpcr6732]

for white men only*

[@temper1337]

@@ivanpcr6732 What he did was still a step in the right direction. Otherwise when black people were finally able to vote, they wouldn't be able to do it because they weren't property owners. Jackson also fought against banks and against the electoral college. He is considered by historians to be "the people's president" for a reason, not the "white man's president". Read up a bit on history and you will see that it is not black and white as you think it is. Abraham Lincoln for example proposed that blacks should be sent back to africa.

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

He also removed the National debt for two years

[@ulyssesgrant4324]

@@kevindebruyne4814 comparing hitler and Jackson is a not a good comparison

[@adawm]

@@ulyssesgrant4324 I agree with you but I see his point, both were horrible men in history who had full hate and discrimination. You don't have to have a brain to hate Hitler, but it doesn't make sense to me why there are still so many Americans who like Andrew Jackson. He may have done little good for our democracy, but it was only in spite because he lost the election to John Quincy Adams.

[@capncake8837]

5:48 That was a reasonable prediction, but it aged poorly. 😂

[@ZaidKhan-dc4wo]

Democrats be like: we were bad but now we are good. Hahaaha

[@mojojoji5493]

Republicans be like :we were good but......

[@ryanskalman7725]

If you're referring to the big switch it was a lie the parties are still the same just with a different platform the core philosophies remain the same

[@FilthyTrot]

@@ryanskalman7725 Oh yeah, that must be why the Democratic Party made Barack Obama its nominee and why Donald Trump who's essentially become the Republican Party empathizes with and is as popular as he is among white supremacists.

[@KeshawnPro2016]

democrats underwent a face turn

[@tablo1394]

Ryan Skalman both parties support big government, they always have. Just their stances on small issues have reversed.

[@mfwhom5214]

I'm a simple man. All I want are videos on Bees or hip hop.

[@Moscato_Moscato]

MF Whom ? How about The Bee Gees?

[@WerewolfEnjoyer]

MF Whom ? and hip hop bees.

[@maine2detriot]

MF Whom ? been boys

[@maine2detriot]

bee boys

[@xandocommando]

whoms mans this

[@desertshadow72]

They're still obsessed with race

[@FilthyTrot]

Well, what do you mean? The Democratic Party in the US has overwhelmingly the most support from minorities and nominated the first African American US President.

[@fadli_1577]

@@FilthyTrot obama mother was white

[@FilthyTrot]

@@fadli_1577 So what? Doesn't that help my point?

[@therambler3713]

@@FilthyTrot Racism doesn't just come from white people. It can come from anyone. So it doesn't matter how diverse the Democrats are.

[@FilthyTrot]

@@therambler3713 Well, it's not like there aren't white Democrats. The Democratic Presidential nominee's white, just as the Vice Presidential nominee isn't.

[@kingleonidas6092]

People do realise that they still think this way right?

[@user-mx6ut6tm1t]

unfortunately they don't, the dems got them so braindead they can't even see such an obvious fact 🤦‍♂

[@amoltandon2900]

The amount of baseless comments that "you liberals are like this" and "you conservatives are like that" is sheer stupidity and the cause of the internal problems we face as a nation today.

[@Emmatriaaa]

And I’m here for those comments. They’re hilarious to read, seeing how people who clearly haven’t mentally matured are still seeing politics as a form of “bad guys vs good guys.”

[@manmadehighlights5648]

2 years later and this comment still stands

[@sidbell2722]

I feel like they've already made this video before

[@schmurble2254]

Sid Bell Nah, that one was about the Republican shift from Lincoln to Trump. This one focuses more on the Democrats.

[@alexanderdavidsonbryan7264]

there was a very similar one about the Republican Party.

[@christianvennemann9008]

Sid Bell They made one about the Republican Party and how they started with Lincoln but ended up with Trump.

[@JayTuberTaken]

They have, but for the Republican Party.

[@vaibhavgupta20]

Sync can you provide the link.

[@jamiegomez162]

Hey, is never late to change your values and standards. Is not the a party to blame is the ppl.

[@ryanskalman7725]

Actually no the party is still the same if you look at both of the Parties core philosophies in 1860 and now they are practically identical

[@torikens7797]

@@ryanskalman7725 hummm NO

[@kingvolt8694]

Torikens um YES

[@kingvolt8694]

Arturo Carrillo if you’re here illegally then I agree. Go back. If you’re here legally then nah stay. Democrats are the most racist to me.

[@dougbutcher4452]

They never changed their values, just their tactics.

[@sunshinedoesit8272]

Thank you for keeping it real! Real American history 💯.. I will forward this because this was well put and I've been trying to tell many people this for a long time.❤

[@Lukeannulis]

You think vox tells “real American history” 😂

[@muskrrat5585]

I feel dislikes in the force.

[@somethingserious2108]

Llama Gaming we all do

[@newday2310]

Llama Gaming Yep, still beating a dead horse. Democrats are still the party of racism and segregation. Minorities didn't elect Obama; Goldman Sacs and Citigroup did, and then they selected his first 31 cabinet appointees. This garbage is just more propaganda for sheltered white snowflakes. #pseudointellectuals

[@BlackStarrSoul]

Kyle H. Your comment made me laugh. Your profile picture is a picture of a racist-ass team. What race and gender are you?

[@negsen4817]

How? It seems pretty historical to me

[@elidoubleday8080]

Llama Gaming if it was negative toward Republicans it would have more

[@ruiningwang1644]

Thank you for these two videos! I think they show perfectly how meaningless partisanship is. There is really no such thing as a Democrat or a Republican. Political parties are defined at each moment by their leadership, their voter base, and other key actors they want to draw support from. Maybe we need to recognize that we all want the same thing: a safe humane and thriving environment in which to live and prosper. We might focus on different issues but we have to recognize that the concerns on the other side are just as real. And we might disagree on the methods but on what basis should we start hating and feeling disgust toward each other? Before it's too late we need to re-learn to feel empathy toward the people we strongly disagree with.

[@wes4522]

One is racist and lies and the other wants to help the country?

[@TheJoseG]

@@wes4522 which is which?

[@TheJoseG]

Well put Rui

[@godjhaka7376]

We don't all want that. Democrats and Republicans want wealth for themselves so they take money from corporations, keep all other races beneath them in the name of white supremacy

[@orkkojit]

@@wes4522 partisan

[@coolmdj111]

Hey *+Vox*... These videos have major effin' quality! Makes me think that the resources you use to show the data *visually* may not be that big of a deal to acquire in general, as much as I'd imagined. More so, the portrayal of that data is appealing to watch and I *want to* keep my eyes on the screen for it. Kudos to the guy who made the video. Although I sometimes *cringe* upon some of the voiceovers you have when they don't always pronounce their consonants completely. I hope you can change that... Other than that, I really like watching what you guys make and "thumbing up" when I can.

[@Vox]

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you like the videos. Sorry my voice over makes you cringe. -Johnny

[@pizza9213]

Vox can you make more videos like these, I prefer them.

[@theharristrain]

wow. this does not belong in the youtube comments section. you can't be nice. you need to be angry and racist and swear at people who disagree with you. get out

[@newday2310]

Mak Shethiya God forbid I hope you don't go off and quote any of this bullsh** to real black intellectuals (and not the Leftcoast/N.East -pseudo variety). You'll look like a total dumba**.

[@pedromaxadinho]

Ikr? And sometimes he vocalizes too much, like, it's too much air coming out

[@Arkstromater]

As a white man with a black wife whom I love with all my heart….learning the history of my country gets me a little emotional

[@HardRocker-zc8rr]

Dont feel bad lot democrats owned slaves

[@brendan9218]

It makes me realize how far we have come. We the people united are what we need it's not about race its about what race they are going to use next. Illegal immigrants democrats next catch.

[@abeIincoIn]

Everybody: wiLSon fRom 120 yeArS aGo wAs rAciSt sO deMonCraATs aRe What they forgot: *Calvin Coolage* and *Barry Goldwater*

[@Skipxl]

Calvin Coolage racist? This has to be a joke post

[@abeIincoIn]

@@Skipxl He signed one of the most racist things ever.

[@arnavthegreat4483]

@@abeIincoIn you were also not a saint you only banned slavery so that it would not hurt white working class

[@abeIincoIn]

@@arnavthegreat4483 only? so if someone banned something where you grab someone out of there country and make them work without pay and get treated like property. yea that's "only" one thing. Also abe freed the slaves not bc the white working class but because the conf. shot first. Did you even do your research?

[@abeIincoIn]

@@arnavthegreat4483 And so I can't disavow racism without being a saint? When did I say I was a saint???

[@MrGscp]

democrats changed from right to left and republicans changed from Lincoln to Trump

[@FilthyTrot]

Yep.

[@PixelGunZodiac]

Dems are still sorta right wing

[@ismailthaoutlaw]

@@PixelGunZodiac You're not totally wrong but they are closer to liberalism while todays gop is further right

[@anakinskywalker9129]

@@PixelGunZodiac in europe democrats wouldnt even exist cause of the normality of left leaning in other countries

[@mike_404]

@@anakinskywalker9129 turkey?

[@shinypinecone]

Sadly the Democratic party is becoming more corporate than anything else. we need to prevent this by voting for candidates such as Bernie and Elizabeth Warren. Edit: Looks like being Corporate just cost Hillary the election...i'm both frightened and oddly satisfied to see her lose.

[@danielsingh789]

shinypinecone agreed, but so is the republican party. there should be a change in the political system as a whole. they all are corrupt and the only thing that can really stop someone is a lack of money for funding.

[@themasstermwahahahah]

shinypinecone But they are not running, so we should vote for the next best thing, Hillary

[@calebh.9996]

Or stein, who is running currently.

[@kierasher1]

We did. Tons of us voted for Bernie and our voices were heard. The DNC platform has changed to include a lot of what we want, and we are not stopping there. We are going after local and senate races, and will keep bringing a storm of new and young voices to primaries to ensure that our desires are met over big money. If they want to keep that vote, they are going to have to remove a lot of the money from politics because that money will be used against them for having to listen to their voters.

[@danielsingh789]

Kier Simmons love what u r saying, agree with ur thoughts but not enough is happening to stop this.

[@echelon8197]

"Today's Democratic Party is still a wolf, but a wolf that has learned to wear sheep's clothing..."

[@NoCluYT]

You missed the point of that. He didn't clear the republicans. They were the obvious enemy. They didn't hide their hatred. The dems do though.

[@darklight9450]

Is not weird that people from todays Democrats party are leaving the democrat platform to endorse Donald Trump. For example Rfk JR He was a democrat until 2024 when He endorsed Donald Trump.

[@darklight9450]

Only conveniently left the democrat when they realize He was going to lose the election of 2024 elections when he was running as an independent party.

[@nathanpratt3058]

I dont support the Democratic party... Imma Republican

[@Holly7500]

Ok, Nate.

[@thetecno5800]

Cool as a Democrat I respect your opinion

[@nathanpratt3058]

Very respectful 👌👌👍👍 Thx fo understanding different opinions

[@mateojames3231]

TheTecno me too.

[@masonburgess1599]

Stay that way and it will be appreciated by many

[@mick8669]

When you think about racial equality and civil rights, which political party comes to mind? The Republicans? Or, the Democrats? Most people would probably say the Democrats. But this answer is incorrect. Since its founding in 1829, the Democratic Party has fought against every major civil rights initiative, and has a long history of discrimination. The Democratic Party defended slavery, started the Civil War, opposed Reconstruction, founded the Ku Klux Klan, imposed segregation, perpetrated lynchings, and fought against the civil rights acts of the 1950s and 1960s. In contrast, the Republican Party was founded in 1854 as an anti-slavery party. Its mission was to stop the spread of slavery into the new western territories with the aim of abolishing it entirely. This effort, however, was dealt a major blow by the Supreme Court. In the 1857 case Dred Scott v. Sandford, the court ruled that slaves aren’t citizens; they’re property. The seven justices who voted in favor of slavery? All Democrats. The two justices who dissented? Both Republicans.

[@commscan314]

You generalize about the post-WWII Democrats. The Democrats were basically split into two factions running under the same name: The New Deal Democrats, and the segregationists. You forget that it was Harry S. Truman, a Democrat, who desegregated the military in 1948. It was Lyndon B. Johnson, another Democrat, who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. The Republican Party did have its integrationists, in the 1960s, such as President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Senator Barry Goldwater, but this is much more indicative of bipartisan opposition to segregation than it is Republicans being inherently anti-racist.

[@ericcardenas702]

I’m just here for the comments.

[@under3089]

Eric Cardenas lol

[@chatnoir1579]

Yeah me too bud XD

[@arvindhmani06]

I'm just here so I don't get fined.

[@KDH-br6hy]

Why

[@scrizvevo7660]

Hahahaha yup!!

[@JR7noir]

Abraham Lincoln>every southern

[@JR7noir]

@Awesome Sauce yeah, the Democrat Party has now the left inside.

[@newfielass40]

@Awesome Sauce Republican party was formed in 1854 as the anti-slavery party it has fought for the blacks every step of the way from abolition of slavery, to right to vote, to civil rights. Even MLK was a card carrying republican. Under trump precovid unemployment numbers were lowest across all ethnic groups.

[@FilthyTrot]

@@newfielass40 What do you mean? Martin Luther King Jr vocally endorsed and worked pretty closely with Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat. He also said he voted for him in 1964.

[@FilthyTrot]

@Awesome Sauce The Democratic Party in the US is now center-right. If it were 'far left' or even left wing, it would have far more support for universal health care and there wouldn't have been nearly as much opposition within it ( including from the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden ) to Bernie's policies. It's just generally too willing to compromise to the status quo.

[@FilthyTrot]

@Awesome Sauce How could he have been a Republican if he supported the Democratic President? What's your source?

[@UnknownHuman94]

Now its become woke supremacy

[@tavenstrickert9658]

Can you even define what that means?

[@larrykang2586]

Fr 💀

[@ismailthaoutlaw]

From white supremacy to Barack Obama to Joe 🅱️iden From Lincoln to Trump to Marjorie Taylor Greene

[@ismailthaoutlaw]

@FedEXfright My sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Unemployment Rate. For the 11% of black people voting Trump statistic, it's the Exit Polling section under the 2020 Presidential Election's wikipedia page.

[@jdamah]

@@ismailthaoutlaw exit polls? Created by the media lol.

[@jdamah]

@@ismailthaoutlaw and the US Bureau should tell you the unemployment rates

[@darkutopia0423]

if that is true why did Trump have a larger share of the Black vote in 2020 than in 2016 ?

[@ismailthaoutlaw]

@@darkutopia0423 What does this have to do with anything, I just said how he is what the GOP has been today? Plus he still lost the black vote 87-12-1 lol (the 1 was for other candidates)

[@dcamron46]

'Democrats still support slavery but now its slavery of votes' is the dumbest idea. Oh no I hope my politician isn't doing things just so I vote for him! What would that be called? Democracy? Yeah, minorities are fine with Democrats pandering to them for once, it's called having representatives, ya know, the thing Southerners didn't give blacks -- the vote!!

[@Kriscuit_Bonkin]

Do you even hear yourself 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@sh__10]

You have to be poor to benefit from Democrat policies and vote for the party. This is why the Democrats target ethnic minorities and immigrants. They see them as votes.

[@Kriscuit_Bonkin]

S Howe And you gotta be rich and White for republicans to give a crap about you.

[@djjazzyjeff1232]

They don't actually care about the people, they care about their vote. They're not people, they're numbers. The American Republican party has lifted more people out of poverty than any other in any country in the history of the world. You can hate Trump, which I know you didn't say, but I'm sure you do, it's pretty obvious, but did you know that under Trump, this "evil bigoted racist who only cares about money" has: Cut Taxes FOR EVERYONE Eliminated the inheritance tax Pulled out of the Iran deal, "which gave Iran a path to nuclear weapons over the next 10 years." Pulled out of the Paris Climate agreement, "which didn't accomplish anything other than waste Billions of US taxpayer dollars" Moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem Slashed Regulations giving the economy a chance to boom, which it has Lowest Unemployment Rate IN HISTORY Lowest Minority Unemployment Rate IN HISTORY Highest Stock Market increase at any given time IN HISTORY But you're right, the Republican party is evil and the Democratic Socialists are the way to Utopia. If you think that, tell me what happened in NYC, Chicago, and DC, the most socialist cities and also the most riddled with poverty and crime in the entire country, go ahead, I'll wait.

[@sh__10]

@@Kriscuit_Bonkin Think about it. If the Democratic party wanted minorities, let's say the African-American community, to move upwards through economic classes. Why wouldn't they support school voucher programs? Which would allow intelligent, driven African-American children to attend better school systems. Instead, they advocate throwing other people's money at the problem, in order to keep the unproductive schools and the democratic voter base full. They don't want you to succeed. If you succeed, you have nothing to gain from them because you are longer their slave.

[@quinnreverance611]

Every Republican in a modern debate: “Well we freed the slaves” *DEMOCRAP REKT LMAO, AND THEIR LEGITIMATE ARGUMENT FOR THIS MODERN DEBATE IS NOW COMPLETELY INVALID*

[@DoubleGoon]

Quinn Reverance WTF? lol Did you skip the last two minutes of the video and your American history classes in high school?

[@Raveneye2000]

@@DoubleGoon Read it again man. He's making fun of the argument, not supporting it.

[@earlycuyler9760]

“I’ll have those (omitted) voting democrat for 100 years” LBJ

[@sth02]

Never confirmed to have said that. It was recounted by a flight attendant who claims they overheard it while LBJ was speaking to someone else a few decades after the fact.

[@dougbutcher4452]

They never changed their values, just their tactics.

[@FilthyTrot]

What do you mean? The Democratic Party in the US now has overwhelmingly the most support from minorities and nominated the first African American US President. Didn't you watch the video?

[@dougbutcher4452]

@@FilthyTrot if you care so much about what videos say then watch one with an opposing view point.

[@FilthyTrot]

@@dougbutcher4452 Well, then it wouldn't be telling the truth, would it?

[@dougbutcher4452]

@@FilthyTrot you've made your mind up then. I hear ignorance is bliss..

[@FilthyTrot]

@@dougbutcher4452 I just explained how the party changed. You didn't give any response to the points I made.

[@Shalalalala_666]

Am I literally the only Independent in America? Why can't we all just be Individuals and represent our own ideals?

[@yesno-xd8bd]

When you have a lot of people forming their own political parties, you'll see that the democratic system will be fractured and no legislation can be passed as it'll be hard to achieve a majority. Just look at the Weimar government in the 1920s. However that's not to say that having only 2 parties is good. It isn't.

[@Shalalalala_666]

@Coconut Pal My ideals are also mostly pretty Democrat but there are still a few controversial things about the Democratic party that I simply can't agree with. And I don't want someone in DC to say they represent me when they really don't.

[@Shalalalala_666]

@@yesno-xd8bd True.

[@N9012-p6n]

Declaration of Independence you should enjoy as an individual grants you that right. Unless you are for being governed by a large government. You as an American individual have the right to remain independent. And nobody will take that from you except people who want more government intervention and control in your life... then you will have that right stripped from you in that case.

[@Shalalalala_666]

@@N9012-p6n How does large government take away my Ideological Individuality?

[@Laughwithmelol]

What about the fact Lyndon B. Johnson one said I will get those N -words voting for us for 300 years

[@DJT820]

Rio trut

[@billybobproductions2261]

Rio truths sources

[@mobilegamingexpress7711]

*200 years

[@sideswipe8469]

He actually said 200 years. But let’s not split hairs.

[@josecarranza7555]

Fake quote. It's sad that people say that like if it's real.

[@lomax7871]

Absolutely nothing has changed in democrats

[@jaitomar5567]

it hasnt been 6 minutes and there are already dislikes. just shows how many people click on videos just to press dislike.

[@vgames89]

A note to the people saying things like "if Democrats knew their history they'd switch parties." No. I am very well aware of the history of the Democrats, yet I don't plan on switching parties. That's because what the Democrats did all those years ago is now irrelevant. Agendas change, and changes are usually more important. People in Germany are well aware of the atrocities committed by their country during WW2, yet I don't see them changing their citizenship. Focusing too much on the past doesn't help solve our current problems.

[@daltoncampbell887]

vgames89 if you knew about the present you would switch parties lol. Democrats are a mess rn

[@PKMNFan4664]

@@daltoncampbell887 I'm not sure why you say that, any party that wants me to be married makes me happy...

[@BarbaraCerda]

I think the scariest part about this content is the more things change the more they stay the same....we don't seem to learn. The distraction of demonizing the "other" still works when you want to engineer more or maintain unequal power

[@josepreciadocortes8224]

Every 4 years like clockwork

[@CurtDaniel1000]

There was never a party switch

[@NoCluYT]

Explain how. I promise you, I won't laugh.

[@darklight9450]

No there was no party switching. Republicans from Today still prefer states rights . While Democrats today still prefer federal government regulation. The only thing that has changed is society in the USA and what society deems unjust . The only thing that happened through history was both parties adapted to problems of society and how to approach them and fix them.

[@Iukereigns3460]

Then the clan, confederacy, segregation movement were all liberals right? (They weren’t)

[@DinoDaley-xp2eo]

Keep telling yourself that to make comfortable

[@cactusjack2264]

Then you have ignorant people always asking why black people always bring up race? This is why, racism is INGRAINED in our government and tbh currently still affects things today.

[@JosephJaneth]

"Democrats From slave rights to murder rates" #ProLife

[@spamemail5856]

*rights

[@TheCr0wing]

I wouldn't say they switched, they just changed. Neither were representative of what they are today

[@linzithelord]

From the abolishing of slavery to "they will not replace us": The History of the Republican Party

[@YorkerEli]

What do you mean?

[@alexanderishere6205]

@@YorkerEli at the Charleston riot the white supremacy where saying that

[@mentallyunstable5238]

because democrats want the black vote. They give them false promises and say they support blm. they are trying to make the US mostly black/democratic so they win

[@marisakirisame2366]

@@mentallyunstable5238 *all votes not just black

[@bodlefamilyvids]

Those racists were rejected by all mainstream Republicans. Too bad the mainstream Democrats refuse to reject racism and hate.

[@These-nutz]

Didn’t Joe do a eulogy for a klan member?

[@johnsusedik8363]

Yes Robert BYRD Klan Grand Wizard

[@michaelarmstrong6483]

True, I wish we weren't so uninformed. ❤

[@michaelarmstrong6483]

Joe is a k .

[@glossygloss472]

He reformed his ways and changed during his life. The irony to call others “uninformed” 😂

[@haxzaw8550]

The party's never switched sides because they are constantly changing depending on who is in office Change my mind

[@MaxSnowDude]

Well that’s just not true becuase the Dems have been center left since the 1920s

[@okey2884]

Dems would always oppose Confederacy no matter what, so your somewhat wrong

[@haxzaw8550]

@@okey2884 The Republicans will too so really your argument doesn't contribute at all. I'm talking about the party itself not the people in it. You can't say that because a few awful people joined the party they changed the entire party. That's just illogical

[@haxzaw8550]

@@MaxSnowDude You can't be center and left at the same time. You are either center or you are left. In that case republicans are center and right, and really in this age in time it's hard to define either party as completely one thing or another.

[@rockinrec22]

@@haxzaw8550 center left just means that you are left of center, but still close to it. It describes a position on the political spectrum, which is called a spectrum for a reason.

[@icantthinkofagoodname4715]

Some founding fathers said “ political parties will tear apart the country” look at us now , I might move to Canada when I’m an adult

[@justnoah2073]

It would be better if one party didn't try to overthrow democratic elections with force.

[@stormwolf8770]

@@justnoah2073 the Democrat party is just the same as the Republican party. Can't wait for the third parties to rise up.

[@justnoah2073]

@@stormwolf8770 That's a pretty incorrect statement.

[@raegonthe5]

Lol its the same there

[@justinnamuco9096]

Where there are even more political parties

[@Sunskrpt]

Vox: **literally expresses historical facts** Americans: And I took that personally.

[@lizadonrex]

Expresses some facts as they pleased

[@justinnamuco9096]

**And omits the most important ones**

[@jakeweberzwier8655]

Like how the democrats are still the party of racism

[@jamesmartin6750]

@@jakeweberzwier8655 How is the Democratic Party still the racist party? Are you even paying attention to modern politics?

[@jakeweberzwier8655]

@@jamesmartin6750 have you? Do you think all these identity politics placing people into categories of society based on race and racial radicalization of America's history in public education is not at all racist? I notice democrats talk a lot more about racism than republicans. Republicans have always been the party of antiracism

[@Backpfeifengesicht45]

Republicans: The Democrats were the racists.. Democrats: OK. Let us take OUR statues down then. Republicans: You can't do that. That's our heritage.

[@tibodeclercq2131]

Yes, good one

[@MylesKillis]

Democrats: Okay to make up for our past racism let’s pretend that history didn’t happen by destroying things that remind people of it. Republicans: Life isn’t that simple. Hence why we think you should keep them as reminders of our troubled complicated past. Yes this will embolden some racist. But it’s not governments job to deal with social issues. That’s the job of the individual citizen.

[@Hir655]

The statues are history, if you deny the stories, you are condemned to repeat it, it is best to teach it so that it does not happen again, the Republicans are right, there is

[@tibodeclercq2131]

@@Hir655 So we need statues of evil people so we know ourselves not to be evil? And , as you claim, statues are the only way to prevent worse? Bro, if you educate yourself which organization build these statues and the reason why, you will find out it is not to learn from history.

[@Backpfeifengesicht45]

@@Hir655 ah yes. I remember in history class, when we used to just travel from place to place just silently staring at statues. Do you think the Germans have forgotten their history because they destroyed their WW2 era statues? As excuses go for you wanting to memorialise traitors and racists, yours isn't a great one. Got any better ones?

[@llamamall3653]

The democratic party doesn't necessarily fight for greater economic equality. That may be what they say in their speeches, but looking into many of Obama's economic policies reveals a lack of fundamental difference from the Republicans.

[@PKMNFan4664]

Income inequality still declined during the Obama administration, though.

[@PKMNFan4664]

@Josh Traffanstedt And Joe Biden caused that how? I still fail to see how this was the case with Barack Obama or Bill Clinton.

[@Hobodeluxe960]

thing is he had to work with them to get anything at all passed. the myth that he had majorities in both houses (over 60 in senate remember because of the filibuster) is just that. sure on paper they had enough but Franken who won wasn't seated for almost a year because they tied it up in court and Ted Kenned in that time got sick and was dying. So they had all of about a week to get something passed and it was the Affordable Healthcare Act that had been watered down by the GOP and crippled by GOP governors after it came out because they wouldn't expand medicare.

[@King_Grogu-485]

😂😂😂😂 wake up your still dreaming.

[@lenculpepper9150]

@@Hobodeluxe960 lol, at least you didn't blame Trump!

[@ada636]

Learning about this right now in AP US History! I love how that and this video coincide perfectly with the election. Thank you for helping our understanding.

[@arthurmorgan1542]

Its like both parties switched 2020 Republicans: racists 2020 democrats: Non racists

[@therambler3713]

Biden 1994 Crime bill targeted minority blacks leading to mass incarceration of millions of blacks.

[@arthurmorgan1542]

@@therambler3713 that was 1994 tho im talking about 2020

[@therambler3713]

@@arthurmorgan1542 The crime bill still hasn't been repealed by the "non racists" in 2020.

[@hamzaiqbal7985]

@@therambler3713the 1994 Crime Bill wasn’t the cause of mass incarceration. REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT Richard Nixon’s War on Drugs was the cause of mass incarceration leading to 1.3 million prisoners prior to 1994. And don’t forget that Republicans tried making the crime bill harsher than it already was.

[@therambler3713]

@@hamzaiqbal7985 it still contributed significantly to mass incarceration. I don't care what Republicans did, I'm not a Republican. I thought Democrats were supposed to do better. But apparently the standard on the left is "Republicans are worse".

[@esimm595]

The Democrat Party never changed from the idea that they were entitled to someone else’s work. Abraham Lincoln, the founder of the Republican Party, said a man should be able to eat the bread from the wheat he harvests. The Republican Party didn’t change either, and it’s why it doesn’t like big government or welfare.

[@Greyareas27]

How do you explain the fact that more than 60 years ago, a high percentage of white supremacists and other anti-black racists were Democrats but TODAY IN 2024 the OPPOSITE IS TRUE? Today the overwhelming majority of white supremacists and other anti-black racists are proud and loyal Republicans. Obviously change took place.

[@LarryBonson]

​​@@Greyareas27I love how people like you bring up 60 years ago but ignore 60 years prior which was around the time of the Reconstruction era were a lot of Republicans moved down south to help rebuild it after Civil War and ended up staying their and lot of Democrats moved up north vice versa. The switch myth is hilarious.

[@hasoevo]

This is History from the world of reality. Why so many angry comments against the truth?

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

hasoevo there are actually a lot of things inaccurate in this video. Exactly white Southern’s going away from the democrats because of race issues

[@rustyshackelford6834]

The Democrats are still the party of slavery, they just stopped being racist.

[@rustyshackelford6834]

The Democrats hate the constitution because it won't let them enslave people.

[@blank1507]

American Patriot, American Patriot for God and Country, and Second amendment for usernames. Definitely reliable, objective perspectives coming from you😂

[@stephenzeigler4110]

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[@flakcannonhans]

Democratic Party: “We were bad, but now we’re good”

[@caliraider4962]

If you know you history the democrat party of that time is the identity of today's republican party. So this video basically claims republicans are racist. The 2 parties switched platforms around the 1900's

[@MikeOck88]

Cali Raider exactly

[@roxarecool]

@@caliraider4962 In the 1930’s, the Democratic Party was the party of the expanding welfare state, the new deal, and the great society. Is that now the platform of the Republican party?

[@mike_404]

@@roxarecool I think he only means on race based issues

[@roxarecool]

@@mike_404 Race based issues? Like whether or not blacks were animals or humans? Where are these Jim Crow era depictions of blacks found in the Republican platform of today?

[@jefflebowski918]

Sen Byrd(D-WV) was a life-long Democrat and was a grand wizard in the KKK during WWII.

[@raney150]

Jeff Lebowski He came to regret being part of the KKK and spoke out against racism...

[@danielblatzanich2714]

so what? American politics just ARE racist. You don't have to try hard to poke through history and find racism on either side. Guess what! Our government has been run by a bunch of wealthy white men! Shocking that racism would run deep deep deep But black people vote Democrat pretty reliably so I'll join them in it

[@josecarranza7555]

Byrd renounced white supremacy. Funny you forgot that.

[@markganus1085]

@@danielblatzanich2714 israel uses racism to keep both their borders and citizens safe with great success

[@danielblatzanich2714]

@@markganus1085 Tell me more. What's your opinion of that fact?

[@oscarlara124]

The party is still the same. It’s now against social class and wealth distribution

[@rockdoctor767]

Right… cause Reagan and Trump were great for the middle class

[@oscarlara124]

@@rockdoctor767 like I said it’s rich vs poor

[@samlee5499]

As George Washington said political parties are ruining America we need to just stop this and make compromises like we did in the past since that's how America always worked instead of splitting need to stick together

[@augustinedaudu9203]

It's a shame this isn't top comment

[@ArceeStarFan]

Sam Lee what even happen to the independent party I mean Bernie Sanders is an independent.

[@lolipedofin]

Political party was established de facto within the first year of the Washington's 1st term, colloquially termed as pro-administration party, later as Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton. 2 years after pro-administration, Jefferson created a coalition of anti-administration party, later named Democratic-Republican Party. So no, Political Party has always been the way America works. Most of the founding fathers are part or allied themselves to one of the party, even George Washington was highly sympathetic to Hamilton's Federalist Party, but chose to remain independent. What need fixing is the way your election works and how your legislative body function.

[@LazyPirate8]

Vote libertarian

[@herropreaseherro7870]

How you say? You thank the Republicans for industrializing the nation, allowing progress to advance our society. You thank the Republicans for standing against the expansion of slavery into western territories. You thank the Republicans for freeing the slaves. You thank the Republicans for backing the Civil Rights movement...

[@bennettcarlson3974]

All of that was in the cities which vote democrat today

[@bademoxy]

@@bennettcarlson3974 yes , we've been seeing the "mostly peaceful" rioting

[@bennettcarlson3974]

@@bademoxy doesn't change anything

[@johnweber4577]

@@bennettcarlson3974 Technically, as far as the 19th Century stuff is concerned, the Republicans performed the strongest in small-town Protestant America while the Democrats were already powerful in urban areas with high immigrant populations, predominantly Irish and German Catholics back then, with Lincoln himself losing New York City during both presidential runs. A major difference at the time was that the cities hadn’t grown to large enough to dwarf the rest of the states they were in. That all being said, I would agree that the original comment was ridiculously slanted.

[@CIAagent12]

now that was a perfect infographic-style video

[@libramagyk]

It's a shame that you forgot to mention how FDR A DEMOCRAT put Italians Germans and Japanese in concentration camps right here in America..

[@AGJ117]

Yeah, I didn't like Andrew Jackson. My least favorite president in history.

[@thatweatherman4411]

Exactly one of the reasons why he was impeached I don’t like Andrew Jackson either

[@PKMNFan4664]

@@thatweatherman4411 He wasn't impeached. Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump are the only impeached presidents (Richard Nixon was going to be had he not resigned).

[@thatweatherman4411]

Rodney Milner My confusion

[@belisarius1]

What they didn't note about Jackson's removal of the Five Civilized Tribes is that it was done AFTER the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional. LOL

[@JayDA820]

It doesn't make a difference if it was ruled unconstitutional or not he did it any way.

[@JayDA820]

That's an a rather bug understatement. But yeah you're right

[@CrazyandInsaneTv]

Democrat Party Will Always Remain a racist Party they just more smoother with it

[@dunkenbarger4865]

I don’t believe a political party can ever loose it’s racist past.

[@alexoxo1]

thats why republicans are the only ones that still have confederate flags everywhere

[@bug688]

I mean yeah the past is unchangeable but the present and future can change

[@josecarranza7555]

It was more of the South than a party. The South still have confederate flags and monuments and some southern states have confederate holidays.

[@tientrinh943]

They are not far from going back to segregation

[@damonledford3940]

Please explain

[@FilthyTrot]

@Ricardo Milos What do you mean? The Democratic Party has overwhelmingly the most support from minorities and it nominated the first African American US President.

[@scientificfact4050]

Well the new “Black national anthem” is a prime example because they are separating Americans by race when in actuality it’s a nationality so there is no need for racial specifics.

[@scientificfact4050]

The Keeper of the High Ground I get what your saying but I have no problems with the song itself I have a problem with it Being dubbed as a race specific national anthem

[@wserthmar8908]

Awesome

[@okey2884]

Go to the "newest first" comments, there getting mad at literal facts.

[@demehandy]

Yea I see. Someone said obama is white....lol

[@KiTheMC]

@@demehandy He's just as white as he is black.

[@giggitygoo2181]

Kiz Epic Journey In America he's black

[@Rikken552]

@@KiTheMC hes ironically whiter than trump

[@KiTheMC]

@@Rikken552 Without his makeup, he's as white as a snowball. If I painted my face black, I'm still white. And you know... racist.

[@dominicdaiute4479]

Teddy Roosevelt was the first progressive president who was a republican when he won the presidency

[@colitipal]

Do an 8-year update for this. The current title for this is now “From White Supremacy to Kamala Harris”

[@Andrew-lc2wf]

A side note: "Democratic" was supposed to be derogatory. The party was actually called the Democratic-Republicans. Opponents called them "Democrats" as an insult since Democracy was seen as mob rule, as opposed to Republic, which are defined by representative rule by law. Wow, has times changed. Now governments strive to be Democratic.

[@eymed2023]

If Vox's video's are to be believed, the Democratic party has always been consistent about one thing. They represent the will of the people. Democracy isn't inherently good or bad. It depends on the population. The people supported slavery in the past, and so the Democratic Party supported that. The people oppose slavery now and so Democratic Party represents that. It really is THAT simple. In a good society, the majority rule will be good. In a bad society, you should oppose the majority.

[@dylanlollar6045]

Oh how the tables have turned...

[@pamelacardoso748]

This video should definitely be expanded to contain policies that came along

[@dwaynetherock4716]

Hello i'll like to know more about you......

[@bill5206]

They never switched. They just got smarter to keep their Indentured people!

[@nathanprentiss7578]

Let’s just pass over how FDR pushed policies that blacks bitterly joined out of desperation and the fact the civil rights votes passed in a dominate republican senate with a much higher republican vote

[@FilthyTrot]

More Democrats in both the north and south voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than Republicans. There's also the fact that it was Democrats who pushed the Civil Rights Bill through the House and Senate, and that it was a Democrat who signed it into law.

[@AestheticSloth420]

@@FilthyTrot pretty sure that's untrue, although plenty of democrats supported it, more Republicans voted in favor of the bill across the board

[@FilthyTrot]

@@AestheticSloth420 Let me explain it to you this way: more OF the Republican Party voted for the Civil Rights Act, but that doesn't mean that more Republicans voted for it than Democrats. In both the House and Senate, 189 out of 198 northern Democrats voted for the act and only 9 out of 112 southern Democrats voted for it. Meanwhile, 164 out of 193 northern Republicans voted for it while 0 out of 12 southern Republicans did. Of course, a larger percentage of the Republican Party voted for it, unlike the Democratic Party, but that was 'cause the majority of the Democratic Party at the time came from the south. It still doesn't change the fact that more Democrats voted for it overall.

[@gwmcdonalds]

I just looked at the newest page, i regret having my soul taken away.

[@arturoregueira976]

Cubans didn’t help the Democratic Party.

[@josephhowell8158]

Cubans vote Republican

[@randomaccount-rw3bm]

The democrats will never change