ZetaAce...your colors are showing, LOL
I do agree with you all, BTW. To look for this "monolithic" group of folks who will share the same political issues, philosophies and thought processes is absurd. It is OK to like the person and disagree with their philosophies. It is OK to agree with part of what a person has to say and disagree on other points. Just because someone's methods differ doesn't mean they don't share your same goals and objectives. I wish people would open their minds...we might learn something (horrors)...
For example, I am a fiscal and social moderate...not a liberal and not a conservative. That means that sometimes I will agree with a more "Democrat" philosophy, sometimes a more "Republican" one. I carefully consider the views of Independents. Sometimes I listen to classical music. Sometimes I listen to MTV-era 80's music. This is NOT the definition of my "blackness", as I am very comfortable in the "skin I'm in" (and wouldn't change it for the world, by the way) ! Change is hard, I know, but in order to grow, one must first embrace change.
And no, there is no "one" leader of black people in America, be it Colin Powell, Condie Rice, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakan or even the most respected (by me, at least) Dr. Cornell West, although I have agreed with each of these people on certain issues during my lifetime. Folks, one person just ain't gonna cut it.
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