Weird that this thread got bumped but I'll just say this. There's a big difference between Black conservatism and White conservatism in the American context.
Black Christians and elders who rail against certain social issues and causes don't really seek to strip them of their rights and freedom whereas White social conservatives do. White conservativism is more than about social issues. It's about protecting the status quo, White fragility, bootstrap philosophy, and being reactionary towards anyone perceived as a threat to the power structure.
To separate conservatism from race is something that can only be done in a homogenous country with little to no racial dynamics at play. But, in America, it's very hard to separate the 2. Conservatives in the 1860's were arguing that Black people were better off as slaves than being emancipated. Conservatives in the 1960's were arguing that Black people were better off in Jim Crow than having equal rights. And the list goes on. Conservatives eventually being against those things was a case of Liberals at that time influencing their opinions and changing the status quo rather than Conservatism itself evolving. Conservatism by definition is stubborn and prefers to keep the status quo or White America comfortable. The real trailblazers for Black America and others were the Liberals. Hell, MLK was slandered as a radical Marxist and Communist by the Right Wingers of his heyday despite having so-called "socially conservative" attributes to him such as being a preacher.
I'm not even talking about Democrats vs. Republicans here. I'm just saying, in general, socially liberal people were at the forefront of Black rights, worker's rights, women's rights, etc. and, if those people fell back and left things in the hands of conservatives, very little progress would be made.
Tariq probably thinks that being against Trans in bathrooms automatically makes him socially conservatitve but I would argue that it makes him more of a moderate. Supporting reparations as a movement literally contradicts the conservative mindset of pulling up your bootstraps because you're literally demanding that the government compensate you for past labor which conservatives consider to be Socialism or even Communism.
I could go on but, overall, social conservatism doesn't mean much for Black people in a multicultural country like the USA where White America's branch of conservatism is(and has always been) different from ours.
Plus, as I mentioned in another thread, getting married, going to church, not drinking/doing drugs, and having a sense of morality doesn't automatically make you socially conservative. There's plenty of socially liberal people who do those things. In fact, it's the norm for liberal minded people.
". They want the latino vote so they at least no longer have to try to cater to black people. Why? Because as you said the country is still 67% white. If they can secure the latino vote,i wonder if they will make a transformation. You cant completely take race out of politics,because its a tried and true motivator of people. But black people better really get on board with the whole "people of color" thing. Because your about a season or two away. We will be the backup minority group to latinos,who will get majority of the pandering. There will be more Adobo seasining in the purse than hotsauce. More coming out to Bad Bunny songs than Al Green.
