Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party Quote
Carol Swain: It's not every day I get a political prisoner in my office.
Dinesh D'Souza: For me, Carol, it's so strange because I've just seen a whole different America than I'm used to.
Carol Swain: Well you know, blacks have been used to oppression in America, and some of it has come from the Democratic party. And it's been hard for me to accept because I was a Democrat for most of my life.
Dinesh D'Souza: What made you change?
Carol Swain: It was a number of different things. Some of it had to do with becoming a Christian, and the other part had to do with me learning more about the history of the Democratic party and just seeing how they used blacks for their agenda.
Dinesh D'Souza: Carol, tell us a little about your life. You seem to be, your life has been a real success story.
Carol Swain: It is, and I believe so much in the American dream. I was one of 12 children born in the rural south in Virginia, my father had a 3rd grade education, my mother was a high school dropout, and they divorced, and so I had a stepfather, all of us dropped out of school after the 8th grade. I married at 16, had my first child at 17, and you know, according to sociological theories, I should've been on welfare, I should not have had a future. But I ended up getting a high school equivalency, going to community college and earning the first of five degrees. I became a tenure professor at Princeton, and then I was hired by Vanderbilt during a time when I was going through a religious type of transition. But when Vanderbilt hired me, they thought they were getting this hotshot Princeton professor, and they got someone who was a born again Christian, and it's been interesting ever since.
Dinesh D'Souza: For me, Carol, it's so strange because I've just seen a whole different America than I'm used to.
Carol Swain: Well you know, blacks have been used to oppression in America, and some of it has come from the Democratic party. And it's been hard for me to accept because I was a Democrat for most of my life.
Dinesh D'Souza: What made you change?
Carol Swain: It was a number of different things. Some of it had to do with becoming a Christian, and the other part had to do with me learning more about the history of the Democratic party and just seeing how they used blacks for their agenda.
Dinesh D'Souza: Carol, tell us a little about your life. You seem to be, your life has been a real success story.
Carol Swain: It is, and I believe so much in the American dream. I was one of 12 children born in the rural south in Virginia, my father had a 3rd grade education, my mother was a high school dropout, and they divorced, and so I had a stepfather, all of us dropped out of school after the 8th grade. I married at 16, had my first child at 17, and you know, according to sociological theories, I should've been on welfare, I should not have had a future. But I ended up getting a high school equivalency, going to community college and earning the first of five degrees. I became a tenure professor at Princeton, and then I was hired by Vanderbilt during a time when I was going through a religious type of transition. But when Vanderbilt hired me, they thought they were getting this hotshot Princeton professor, and they got someone who was a born again Christian, and it's been interesting ever since.
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