Noted Conservative Columnist Bruce Bartlett author of Wrong On Race: The Democratic Party's Buried Past appeared on the February 13th edition of "The Cedric Muhammad and Black Coffee Program," for a wide-ranging discussion on the 2008 election; the Barack Obama phenomenon; Immigration; Reparations; Republican outreach to Blacks; Richard Nixon's Southern Strategy; and the racist history of American political parties.

"Bruce Bartlett has written an important book about racism and American politics and we asked him some unique questions about it. My view is that Black voters have had only one relationship with the two-party system in this country - one party ignores us while the other takes us for granted. Wrong On Race: The Democratic Party's Buried Past and Bruce Bartlett provide evidence that the Democratic Party has done the former as much as it has the latter.  The question that remains to be asked is - can Black Americans really find an alternative home in the GOP tent? Hopefully this discussion and excellent interview will make all appreciate the value of the Black electorate and why its vote needs to become more predictable," Cedric Muhammad stated.

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