Those folks will always be on the Plantation, kowtowing to them would be counter-productive in the end.
But, there certainly are middle-class and upper-class blacks that want to get away from the Democrats, but up to this point the GOP has given them little reason to do so.
Trump only needs 15% of the Black vote to destroy Hillary. She will not get Obama’s 95% or even 93% but maybe if he keeps her to 85%... that equates to millions of votes switched.
It's not kowtowing. Did you listen to Trump's speech in West Bend WI? He succinctly pointed out how Democrats have destroyed the black communities.
If you listen to Andrew Wilkow, he goes further. He connects how corrupt city councilmen and aldermen aren't doing anything for their residents. Meanwhile, they live in suburban, affluent neighborhoods and their kids go to the best schools. While black kids attend crappy schools.
Most Republican candidates, since American blacks entered the Dem plantation early in the 20th century, know they can’t successfully woo black voters with a conservative message of self-reliance, law and order, and the work ethic. So they didn’t try. They know it’s not what the vast majority of black voters are looking for. With the exception of about 5%, they are looking for government handouts, having been conditioned to expecting them for generations (not that they ever get enough from the Dems to satisfy them). Rebublicans (like Trump) will never out-promise the Dems, and their conservative message won’t resonate; ergo, they will continue to be relegated to low single digits in the black vote. If Trump is elected he might get more than 5% of the black vote in a re-election bid, but nothing approaching 95%.