Salmon

I watched the Republican convention. A very interesting question was posed because of the very talented minority speakers. Why don’t more minorities choose the Republican party? As one who has traveled down both roads I found this to be an intriguing question. It points to the advantages and deficiences of both parties. The Republican party offers opportunities to minorities who are salmon to get into office. Salmon swim upstream to spawn I am told, thus those minorities that go against the prevailing thought of their fellow minorities I call salmon. The democrats have created ghettoes for minority politicians to inhabit. To wit, isolated positions that are reserved for them, however they are required not to invade other neighborhoods ( Governor, U.S. Senate, etc.). Neither of which I find satisfying. I am aware of the outliers ofGovernor Douglas Wilder and  President Barack Obama, however as in marbles slippers don’t count.