Yesterday in my Lansing State Journal there was a long piece on how Black Conservatives may end up voting for Barack Hussein Obama this year because of the historic opportunity to have a Black man as President. They interviewed several well known and not so well known Black Conservatives to put meat on the bones of the story.
So, I have a few questions…
Can you really be a conservative and vote for a guy you know is virulently against your alleged convictions? (Yes, Yes, I know… Evangelicals do this all the time.)
How is it that voting for somebody because of their race helps to get us beyond race? Isn’t that kind of counter-intuitive?
What is it in the injured psyche of some people (White and Black) that can only be healed with the election of Barack Hussein Obama?
If Black Conservatives will vote for Barack Hussein Obama only because he is Black isn’t that a form of identity politics that Conservatives otherwise rail against?
Some commentary I read suggested that this article was a spin piece put out by the Obama campaign and pointed out the article also named some Black conservatives who, while saying they were proud of Obama as a Black Man reaching these heights, they were going to do everything they could to defeat him.
Here is the question that begs to be asked. What would Black conservatives think of White conservatives if the Presidential race was one where the Republican, Thomas Sowell was running against the Democrat, Ted Kennedy, and White Conservatives were being interviewed saying they were going to vote for Ted Kennedy because he is one of us?
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The Plight of Black Republicans… GOPs Need To Worry
The national spotlight is quickly focusing on what has customarily been an ignored … and often “unappreciated” constituent base: Black Republicans. With Senator Barack Obama’s foot literally on the doorstep of the White House, some Black Republicans find themselves betwixt and between in this election cycle.
The angst so many Black Republicans now face is: 1) not wanting to be on the wrong side of history by not casting their vote for someone who looks like them and whose very cultural roots are entwined… and, 2) not wanting to be viewed––––any worse than already labeled by Black Democrats–– as “Uncle Toms”.
http://www.vberryhill-soulvoice.blogspot.com
The Plight of Black Republicans… GOPs Need To Worry
The national spotlight is quickly focusing on what has customarily been an ignored … and often “unappreciated” constituent base: Black Republicans. With Senator Barack Obama’s foot literally on the doorstep of the White House, some Black Republicans find themselves betwixt and between in this election cycle.
The angst so many Black Republicans now face is: 1) not wanting to be on the wrong side of history by not casting their vote for someone who looks like them and whose very cultural roots are entwined… and, 2) not wanting to be viewed––––any worse than already labeled by Black Democrats–– as “Uncle Toms”.
http://www.vberryhill-soulvoice.blogspot.com
Vivian,
Could you please explain what exactly constitutes a “Uncle Tom”?
In other words, ‘what does a black person have to do to be considered an ‘Uncle Tom’?