Never give up!
This is wonderful news!
To quote you: "We Black Conservatives do have something in the works. I am hoping to bring Project21 BOND BAMPAC The New Black Leadership Council and other black conservative groups together in the next two months to offer solutions and not excuse for black Americans."
My fellow conservative black American, you just lost the war right there. Let's look at it.
First, you are engaging in battle using the Left's weapon. What weapon is this? Their language!
I know what you mean, but I must point out that you are using the infantilizing rhetoric of lefties, which, when taken and parsed correctly, looks at the whole of American blacks as children.
"Leadership," "civil rights leader," "black leaders," "black leadership." Leaders? Who says that grown men and women who are free to make up their own minds need anyone to lead them? The media looks to this so-called "leadership" in the persons of Jackson, Sharpton, and Mfume when they want the so-called "official" word on the so-called state of "black America." They look to these charlatans as though the embody the whole of American black citizens. No, we need to cease using this language and start anew.
Since we are talking about the political realm, we must choose our targets and pick our battles wisely. The first step in this, IMHO, is using language that defines us as we see fit. Therefore, I stopped calling myself a "black conservative." Politically speaking, conservatism is equated with racism, and the adjective "black" modifying the noun "conservative" defines "black conservatives" as Uncle Toms. All they need to hear is that a brother is a conservative, and the message of "sell out" is loudly uttered and the message attempting to be heard gets lost.
Let's flip the script.
Instead of calling myself a "black conservative," I refer to myself as a "conservative black." Why? Let's parse it.
Since true black "authenticism" is the first alleged barometer by which most other blacks will listen, we need to keep the focus on the word "black." Yes, we are conservatives. Yes, we are black. Therefore, we are "conservative blacks" because we in no way feel ashamed of our history or heritage.
Think about it. The swapping positions of two mere words changes the meaning, doesn't it? It removes doubt in more ways, but I'll give you just one more instance of it. Language is powerful. When the word black is used to describe something, like a black sweater, it is viewed subconsciously as something you can put on and/or take off at will. Just switching the two words throws a monkey wrench in the propaganda game. The emphasis stays on the word "black."
NOTE: For white brothers and sisters who are reading this, do not mistake what I'm saying as if it is more important to be black than it is to be an American. I'm not saying that at all because I am an American first and foremost, even before being a black man.
Moving forward, the same game applies to saying "American blacks" as opposed to "black Americans."
I see you mentioned on NewsMax.com and here sometimes as a "civil rights leader." I see the same thing when it comes to Rev. Jesse Peterson. Each time I hear the term "civil rights leader" to describe you I cringe. Why? The term "civil rights leader" has been burned permanently, indelibly into the American psyche as belonging to the left. Therefore, it is to be shunned vehemently.
We need a new way of describing what you are attempting to do with conservative black groups. I don't know what to call it right now, but there needs to be a way to define it differently. If and when you convene this meeting, it will no doubt be called a "civil rights" meeting. I don't know, maybe you should call it a "Conservative Black Summit."
I'm extremely proud of what you are doing, and I want you to keep doing it. I wish there was a way for me to belong to your group while living here in Dallas.
Keep on truckin'.
Good to hear. May fortune smile on your endeavors.