Leonard, you got it wrong

Leonard,
You got it wrong (as usual). The southern Republicans don't blame those groups for anything. They blame the federal government for pandering to them by passing laws that promote racism and sexism through affirmative action programs. I am really surprised that we are all not insulted by the lowering of hiring standards in order to get a quota of some particular group into a profession or job.
It is our federal government that promotes these things as they have slowly eroded the power of the states to have and use the powers under the United States Constitution. You remember, those powers not specifically granted to the federal government were reserved to the States. The federal government usurps more and more power, even to the point of performing acts not authorized under the Constitution.