OK, now this makes sense to me.
Previous generations of black Republicans, says Williams, "may have been too quick to attack the old civil-rights establishment. There was no need to be disrespectful." Scrupulously avoiding names, he says that "there was a pressure to disregard one's blackness." Black conservatives would say they were "American first and a black man second."
Williams' rejoinder: "God made me black first and an American second. I'm not going to second-guess God."
Once black Republicans are indeed perceived as 'black,' "The community will respect us," he concludes.
Williams doesn't pretend blacks will start giving Republicans 50 percent of their vote, but he does believe the new black Republicans may be able to start changing the party's image.
I have to agree with you in this instance. First let me say, I have never been of fan of Micheal Williams and his colored cohorts since their association with the infamous Reagon era in DC of the 80s. And the Clarence Thomas hearing debacle is case in point for me. I just can't get past it wholly enough. However, his analysis of black republicans attitudes and actions towards their own community and history, strikes me as honest heartfelt and makes tremendous sense.
Posted by: GDAWG at September 7, 2004 06:11 AMStill, I believe, there is a "pox" on both demos and republican houses for the disrepectful way they treat us, and, for how we take it.
LATER!
GDAWG