Prometheus 6

Negrophile linked to "Why Black Republicans Keep Losing", which lives behind The New Republic's financial firewall.

And, while so doing, it should take notice of a different trend: In contrast to almost every other demographic group, wealthy blacks are more likely to identify as Democrats than impoverished ones.

Might be an interesting read, if I could read it...I think I got one of those famous research papers that supports that statement.

Evidence indicates that moving from a minority to a majority position has little impact on group identification. The present study investigated how reactions of former minorities and stable minorities to the group as a whole and their own faction were moderated by the quality of support they received for their position (genuine vs. superficial vs. unexplained). Former minorities identified more strongly with the group when others converted to their position for genuine than for superficial (or unexplained) reasons. The group identification of stable minorities did not vary as a function of the quality of support. Both former minorities and stable minorities identified more with their own faction when they received genuine than superficial (or unexplained) support. These findings clarify the important role of quality of support in group and faction identification. Moreover, they show that former minorities do identify with the group when they receive support they can trust.