What do you think about the idea that Democrats are the party who have a history of being racist?

I have a lot of white mid-southerners tell me that in the south white Democrats are racist. I never was sure why they told me this. I don’t know if it is because they think I am aligning myself with racist people; to convince me I should not be a democrat? Not sure why they bring it up, sometimes out of the blue. When I think about political party I don’t think much about racism, the topics most important to me are education, health care, separation of church and state, and some foreign affairs. I know race might tie into some of the topics, but it is not really where my mind goes.

Recently a facebook friend of mine posted this link of a black man telling black people they have been duped by the Democrats and should be Republicans. What does the collective think about this?

My respose was, I don’t care what the party did in the past, I care about today.