"There is no factual basis for your conclusion."
Exactly my point. There's never been a black nominee for POTUS from a major party. Even the Dems have never come close to nominating a black. When it finally happens, it'll be an historic event for the black community. And if the nominee is a Republican, it will indeed, shatter the current group think among blacks. You can call a black Republican a "token" if they're just a Congressman, a Mayor, even a Senator or Governor. But if the so-called "racist" party nominates a black for top dog, it'll cause plenty of political soul searching within the black community.
"Jesse Jackson, Cornell West, Farrakhan, Tavis Smiley, etc. are much more connected to the black community than Crouch or Sowell every will be."
I'll bet that Bill Cosby is still a loyal Democrat. And if he's now being portrayed as some sort of traitor because of comments that he's made over the past few years, that's just more evidence that the Jesse Jacksons are losing their relevance and the Stanley Crouchs are gaining relevance. The popularity of a movie like "Barbershop" is proof of this. More and more blacks are getting sick of ebonics, gangsta rap, and white left wingers defending the right of young blacks to address each other as "nigga'". They don't all have to become Republicans overnight, they just have to start questioning the rhetoric that's been shoved down their throats for the past 35 years. Many of them are already doing just that.
The popularity of a movie like "Barbershop" is proof of this. More and more blacks are getting sick of ebonics, gangsta rap, and white left wingers defending the right of young blacks to address each other as "nigga'".
I don't know where you are getting your facts from, but a Hollywood movie is not a reliable source. Even if I were to buy your unsubstantiated assertion (I don't) that "blacks are getting sick of gangsta rap," the popular culture has embraced rap music and the dress. It is mainstream and selling bigtime.