i have that book, quite an interesting read, but many people feel that his views are extremely anti-black. i find a lot of what he says very thought provoking, but many people feel that he's selling out.

Please explain to me what selling out is?!? When black people say things that aren't considered the "norm?" Why does society insist that we must have a monolithic type of thinking...and if we venture anywhere outside of that, we're selling out??

I semi-agree with you. We are not monolithic, nor, if wee have trul advanced, should we. But there is still a such thing as a self-loathing, backstabbing, sellout. While my sentiments are are decidedly non-liberal and I agree with much of what "some" Black conservatives have to say, too many of them relish denigrating Black folks to white conservative audiences and much to their delight. Many of them offer only criticism and little prescription for the correcting our ills or implementing their ideas. They only stand on their pedestal and look down while shouting "I'm a good Negro, I'm not Black like those ghetto dwelling, welfare getting, drug dealers". You are known by the company you keep, and almost all of these Black conservative critics are married to white women and distance themselves from as much cultural Blackness as possible. I'm a conservative, but I refuse to sleep with the enemy, both literally and figuratively. I won't cast my lot with Republicans.