Chidike Okeem: The Black Conservative Intellectual Civil War
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| Published on May 28th, 2013 |
The leftist assessment of the black conservative is that such a
person is angered and frustrated at being born black, which leads to the
adoption of conservative views in order to compensate for this perceived
“congenital deficiency.” While this is a preposterous accusation to make against
all black conservatives, it is intellectually dishonest to pretend as though
this characterization of the black right came into existence wholly out of left
field. Indubitably, there are some black conservatives whose proclamations and
behaviors lend credence to the stereotypical leftist view of black
conservatives.
Black conservatives are not intellectually monolithic, and we
certainly do not read from the same script of talking points. Essentially, black
conservatives can be divided into two groups: solution-oriented black
conservatives and fame-oriented black conservatives. Solution-oriented black
conservatives prefer to use their platforms to intellectually engage with people
and offer serious ways to move black people forward. Inevitably, this
encompasses astutely criticizing both the left and the right when criticism is
required. Hip Hop Republican
