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Actually, he has not said anything out of line. He did not suggest any particular policy that smacks of Leftist thinking, or blaming one race for another's problems. He correctly states that the GOP has neglected Negro communities.

I absolutely oppose the approach to racial issues that has been offered by the Left leaners in both parties, since the late 1940s; have steadfastly opposed the NAACP, SPLC, etc.. But frankly, that does not mean that I would not be willing to encourage initiatives in every community for self-improvement, for building a better community, for recognizing, as Booker T. Washington recognized, that while we all have separate interests, we also have common interests.

In rejecting Governmental intervention in society--in rejecting every form of social engineering;--there is not a logical basis for also rejecting a recognition of common interests. Right now there is an immense common interest, in Republicans' reassuring the law abiding residents of Black neighborhoods, that we all have a common interest in making sure that they are protected from the expanding criminal elements, which have been unleashed by corrupt local figures in their neighborhoods in such places as Baltimore, Ferguson, etc..

And given the displacement of working class Blacks by the flood of illegal entrants from South of the border, Republicans who show an interest in the welfare of the subject communities, have the best opportunity since the New Deal began the systematic corruption of Black neighborhoods, to actually reverse the trend.

Now, for the necessary disclaimer. My leaning politically, is definitely for Cruz or Trump at this point. But I believe that Dr. Carson clearly deserves our respect.