July 01, 2011 11:19 PM UTC

Color-Coded Query

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• by: Colorado Pols

We get a lot of emails/press releases from a conservative group called “Pajamas Media” that is always pushing some random issue or another. Normally we ignore their emails because they either aren’t particularly relevant or they just aren’t interesting, but we had to pass this one along.

Today’s email from “Pajamas Media” basically answers its own question in the headline:

Why Do Blacks Vote for Democrats?

Hmm. Well, if you’re a Republican asking this question, maybe you should try a different one first: Why are you using the term “Blacks” to discuss a group of people? Maybe they vote for Democrats because Democrats don’t call them “Blacks.”

We won’t get overly politically-correct on you here by insisting that “African-American” is the correct term to use in a case like this. We have no problem with the term “black people” or “black voters,” but “Blacks”? Think of how absurd this looks if you switch out the color noun for another:

– Why Do WHITES Vote for Democrats?

– Why Do BROWNS Vote for Democrats?

We didn’t click through to see what the “answer” was from “Pajamas Media.” We’ve got a fairly good idea ourselves.