As racial tensions have ratcheted up in recent months, triggered by incidents of actual or perceived mistreatment of black men by law enforcement, fresh consideration has been afforded to what it means to be black in America. As a black Republican activist and office-holder, I retain a unique perspective. My existence, and the existence of others like me, makes one side of the debate uncomfortable. After all, it's hard to maintain a stark whites-versus-blacks dichotomy in a world with black and biracial Republicans.
In my encounters with radical black activists, my skin color has commanded no respect. Blackness, it would seem, means how you think, not how you look. A new study seems to confirm this.
...The study concluded that "nothing the Republican Party does, even nominating African-American GOP candidates, works to win them over."
You know, we have something similar with Arabs in Israel. Neh, any similarities are strictly superficial. |