I think in some ways being outside of the Republican Party and the republican scene actually made people more willing to open up right that there was less risk because the network of black republicans are fairly small. As you might imagine especially black republican advocate so Everybody Knows everyone else and so to be able to come in and be someone that nobody knew right, while presenting some challenge of also created a lot of opportunity. So in the end i feel like it helped you know not being a Republican People but like we can tell this guy whats going on and we with dont have to worry about him, you know, blabbing to someone else. Where did you get the idea . It agree out grew out of on a interest and more broadly. I had done some other research on, you know, classified people doing stuff qonts expect people like them to do. And pursuing abstract of line of thought look what was the case of somebody doing something you qongt wouldnt expect someone like them to do like black peop
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Africanamerican republicans professor fields are you a republican . No i am not. So a bit of an outsider perpghtive perspective experience. Are you a democrat . Sure. I would guess i would probably classify my politic as independent, left leaning, in a lot of ways the interesting thing about it was intent to which my own politics doesnt really rise pup to the surface right in regards to doing the research or getting people to talk to me. I think in some ways being outside of the Republican Party and the republican scene actually made people more willing to open up right that there was less risk because the network of black republicans are fairly small. As you might imagine especially black republican advocate so Everybody Knows everyone else and so to be able to come in and be someone that nobody knew right, while presenting some challenge of also created a lot of opportunity. So in the end i feel like it helped you know not being a Republican People but like we can tell this guy whats