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Iowa Republican Party Posts Graphic Mocking Racism
Iowa Republican Party Posts Graphic Mocking Racism
By Rebecca Leber
The Iowa Republican Party posted a flowchart defining racism on its Facebook page Friday evening, pictured above. The post, captured by The Daily Beast’s Ben Jacobs, capped off a rocky one-year anniversary since the Republican Party announced it would redouble efforts to appeal to minority voters.
The flowchart instructed the reader to determine racism as whether the person saying it is white and whether you like him. It includes the note, “If you think this flowchart isn’t funny, then this flowchart is racist.”
According to the Daily Beast, the Iowa GOP quickly removed its posting from Facebook that night, and in its place now is an apology from Chairman A.J. Spiker. “Earlier tonight, a contractor of the Iowa GOP made a post referencing a discussion on race that the GOP believes was in bad taste and inappropriate,” it says. “We apologize to those whom were offended, have removed the post and are ensuring it does not happen again.”
This week, the Republican National Committee gathered for a strategy meeting before the 2014 midterm elections, nearly one year after its so-called autopsy report declared the GOP would “grow the Party and improve Republican campaigns” by appealing to African-Americans and Hispanics demographics.
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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/25/3205601/iowa-gop-racism/
By Rebecca Leber
The Iowa Republican Party posted a flowchart defining racism on its Facebook page Friday evening, pictured above. The post, captured by The Daily Beast’s Ben Jacobs, capped off a rocky one-year anniversary since the Republican Party announced it would redouble efforts to appeal to minority voters.
The flowchart instructed the reader to determine racism as whether the person saying it is white and whether you like him. It includes the note, “If you think this flowchart isn’t funny, then this flowchart is racist.”
According to the Daily Beast, the Iowa GOP quickly removed its posting from Facebook that night, and in its place now is an apology from Chairman A.J. Spiker. “Earlier tonight, a contractor of the Iowa GOP made a post referencing a discussion on race that the GOP believes was in bad taste and inappropriate,” it says. “We apologize to those whom were offended, have removed the post and are ensuring it does not happen again.”
This week, the Republican National Committee gathered for a strategy meeting before the 2014 midterm elections, nearly one year after its so-called autopsy report declared the GOP would “grow the Party and improve Republican campaigns” by appealing to African-Americans and Hispanics demographics.
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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/25/3205601/iowa-gop-racism/
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I can't with some people. 
