I'm grateful that we have black citizens like Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, Walter Williams, Condi Rice, the Rev Jesse Peterson, and even Colin "On the Other Hand" Powell. It is my sense that a strong black middle class is emerging to take their rightful place in the governing of the Nation. Black conservative leaders are having a positive impact to balance the race baiters and some of the more immature athletes. Now if we, white and black, can get a handle on out-of-wedlock birth rates and reintroduce the idea of accountability then we have a chance to pull back from the brink of cultural suicide.