Yeah, I think there will be a Republican that will come along at some point who is able to pull off the impossible. That is, promise black people specific tangibles that matter, up to and including reparations and still be able to get the white racist base to vote for him/her.
Let's face facts. Most of the white Republicans, especially males are racist to varying degrees. Someone will be able to parlay their racist base and offer blacks tangibles.
I think if it happens how he or she will be able to pull it off is the white base will be sold on it privately either as
1. A 3D chess move to get Blacks to vote but f*ck us over afterwards. Do what the Dems did and make them think they are getting something or
2. They support it as a way to get back at white liberals. "See, we stole your base". White Republicans hate White liberals the most because they see them as straight up traitors to white race.
Anyway, my guess is it will happen by a Republican within a state as state senator, mayor of a major city or governor, before it happens in a national campaign. It worked in the past. LBJ was never, ever known as a friend to black people. He was the House Speaker from Texas. The only reason he was on the ticket with JFK was because JFK needed southern states. Politically both men were very different. LBJ was always known privately to drop n bombs and didn't do anything for Blacks when he was in Congress and is on record for giving white supremacist speeches when he ran for Senate.
So he was the most unlikely champion of Civil Rights. My guess is someone like that, will be from the Republican side. Trump could have I think. Had he built on his 'what have you got to lose?' with some specifics he could have gotten more black people to vote for him. Don't get it twisted, he's racist. He deals with blacks on a transactional basis only prior to being president.
