This is bunk, and you’re overselling it.
How do Republican’s/Conservatives ever get to “use” talented, conservative minorities? By letting them be the talented, thinking people that they are. Only a Liberal/Democrat, who sees all people in light of their usefullness to themselves, can see it any other way.
There’s a big Black Hole through this contorted, rambling writing, and his name is Clarence Thomas. He does more for the Conservative cause by being a brilliant Justice than he ever would as some kind of poster-child that this so-called author thinks all people can be reduced to. So, who tried to “use” him?
Conservatives can support Dr. Ben Carson because they know he is right on the issues. Whether the Liberals in the Media will let Blacks hear the message is the real issue, and this stupid author gives them a pass.
No, what's actually happening here is you misunderstanding my point. I am in no way DEFENDING McWhorter's opinions. What I am doing is marveling at how close to the truth he actually is with his accurate assessment of affirmative action and liberal hypocrisy when it comes to accusations of racism. Unfortuanately, he remains unable to reach the ultimate truth because he clearly gets ALL of his information from liberal new sources. Perhaps this is innocent habit. Perhaps he has been indoctrinated to believe that conservative news sources always lie, even as it has become clear to him that liberal news sources also lie at least some of the time.
In this case, what he believes is less relevant than how he arrives at his conclusions. Whether you like him or not, the man IS an intelligent black man, similiar to many I am in contact with every day at Columbia. He doesn't necessarily think all Conservatives are evil. He is positive that conservatives aren't always wrong. But he as been brought up to believe that conservatives are wrong most of the time, and that colors his thinking. In the future, it is going to become more and more difficult to win popular elections in this country with huge disadvantages in the minority vote. Understanding how they arrived at supporting candidates who do not have their own best interests at heart is more important than understanding why those positions themselves are wrong.