The Rise of Black Candidates and the Changing Landscape of American Politics

0:00 Speaker 1 Sunday morning. Well, now we have the governor, the former governor of the state of the great state of New York. That might not be great anymore, but let’s find out what’s on your mind, Governor Patterson.

0:13 Speaker 2 Well, you know, John, in this election cycle, there are going to be eight black candidates running for governor in different states. Eight Now, there were only three black governors up to that point that had been elected.

0:32 Speaker 3 And all of these people are running at the same time.

0:35 Speaker 2 And I know you had Andrew villelo On and he was talking about how words matter, and I think prayers matter as well, that this country has come a long way from where it used to be. And there are some people who are deniers, they’re haters, or they just don’t like seeing change in a positive way. But just

0:55 this situation, I think is incredible. And of the eight black candidates are running, three of them are running as Republicans. So it’s even better than that because now you’ve got people on both sides of the Isisleand.

1:10 Speaker 1 Let me make a point. It started with Abe Lincoln, the Revolution of one hundred and twelve, thirty years ago, whatever it was, all the black people were freed by the Republicans and then somehow there was a switcher roo.

1:28 It turned to be Democrats, and now it looks like the black people are going back to being Republicans.

1:35 Speaker 3 What say you, Well, that’s right.

1:39 Speaker 2 Abraham Lincoln started it, and really toward the end of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century, particularly in the South, the Democrats ran everything, and they promoted segregation and all kinds of horrible treatment of the black citizens that lived in those neighborhoods, and the Republicans were actually the ones that were fighting for freedom in those days.

2:02 And then it kind of got switched around a little more, perhaps when John F. Kennedy became president and some of the things that he did, and then you know, the unfortunate death of his brother Robert F. Kennedy was going to try to carry that on. But I think what’s good about the whole situation is that the arguments now

2:21 are not about race. The arguments are about housing, they’re about affordability, They’re about individuals getting an opportunity. Those are where the argument’s going, and how people conduct themselves is going to be very important in this, you know, off year from the presidential race, and I think it’s really quite an incredible thing. And I think what really caused

2:52 it to happen is that the more people meet each other, the more people get to know each other, the more they respect each other.

3:02 Speaker 1 I agree with you one hundred percent. Uh, Sunny Moillian, What else do you want to talk about this Sunday? I mean, as the world I remember as the World turns. Yes, soap opera, your soap opera. But the world is skinning to be a dangerous place. I mean, we used to watch James Bond movies. He used to be good against evil.

3:27 It looks like we’re back to that.

3:30 Speaker 2 There are too many people who, for whatever reason, have lost their humanity and have taken their ire out on other people.

3:39 Speaker 3 And you know that goes back to the Bible. John.

3:43 Speaker 2 That was Cain and Abel. The Lord asked Cain and Able to do something. Kin didn’t want to do it, Abel did. Kin got so upset because Abel was, you know, thanked for what.

3:55 Speaker 3 He did, that he kills him. He didn’t even kill him.

3:58 Speaker 2 Because he thought he should have been selected. He killed him because he hated him. That’s all he did. And that down throughout the centuries has happened more and more, and it’s multiplied in this century.

4:14 Speaker 3 And it’s very.

4:16 Speaker 2 Sad with all of the religious doctrine, with all of the teachings, with all of the trying to get people to learn how to live with each other rather than reacting to each other particularly violently.

4:28 Speaker 3 And we’ve still got a ways to go.

4:31 Speaker 1 Understood well, Governor David Pattison, and thank you for always having come and common sense and we can we have more people have common sense.

4:44 Speaker 3 John, as long as you’re on the air, we will.

4:46 Speaker 1 As long as you’re on the air too, Thank you, Thank you so much. On a Sunday morning, and God bless let’s light a couple extra candles this morning. Absolutely