# Revolution in America - could this actually happen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 13, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolution-in-america-could-this-actually-happen/578206 "2011-04-13T08:15:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![New\_Deal\_Democrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@New\_Deal\_Democrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Deal_Democrat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolution-in-america-could-this-actually-happen/578206/101 "2011-05-10T15:01:00Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > And how is voting Republican a matter of racial loyalty? Is it just because the African-American’s **don’t** vote Republican?! Since 1968 the Republican Party has won the support of lower income whites by appealing to concerns about black crime, forced school busing, and affirmative action. I am not saying those concerns are illegitimate. I am saying they are racial. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolution-in-america-could-this-actually-happen/578206/102 "2011-05-10T16:32:43Z")
> [@New\_Deal\_Democrat](#): > > Since 1968 the Republican Party has won the support of lower income whites by appealing to concerns about black crime, forced school busing, and affirmative action. I am not saying those concerns are illegitimate. I am saying they are racial. But, those concerns would be no **worse** if white Americans were to lose majority status through immigration. **(Other** concerns might be worse.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolution-in-america-could-this-actually-happen/578206.md?page=5)