Well, like most black Americans, I grew up thinking I was supposed to be a Democrat. It wasn't even something you questioned or thought twice about. Black equaled Democrat.
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For the first half of my adult life, I was a Democrat.
Well, I grew up as a democrat.
So I'm in the Republican Party for the same reason I was in the Democratic Party: to make sure blacks are included, along with everyone else.
I was a Democrat for a period of time early on. And then I was also an independent. And then I became a Republican.
I've been a Democrat all my life.
I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.
I was never a Democrat. I went from Republican to Maoist and then back again.
My mother was a Democrat - southern Democrat, y'all.
I registered Democrat because my parents did. They were, we were. There was no thinking behind it.
I want everybody to understand that I am an American Negro first before I am a member of any political party.
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