It’s a shame you are put between a rock and a hard place. It shouldn’t be that way. It is the black conservative who tends to be most educated, well adjusted and content so the African Americans who cry racism and feel they are being held back by the white man, or by the conservatives in general are shooting themselves in the foot when they do because they are alienating those amongst their race who have the most to offer, who’ve had the most success and have achieved exactly what they wish they could. When they degrade you, it is because they envy you. They envy the fact that you are part of functioning society (what they like to call “white” society which does indeed speak volumes about their self loathing issues I guess) They envy the fact that you don’t walk around with all the hatred in your heart that they must live with on a daily basis. These are people who actually welcome segregation. They don’t want to be equal, they want to be special. But that is not what this country was founded on. And no race is superior to another. Such a basic concept to understand, maybe only if one is a theist?
Thanks for the kind words and understanding, Kelly.
Being a black conservative is an interesting life, but I’m used to it. I’ve been an “odd man out” ever since I was a kid. I didn’t know that I was a conservative then, but I was, and suffered the envy, jealousy, and ostracizing even then from my black peers.
You’re right that I’m a part of the functioning segment of America. Once I got old enough to make my own choices, I removed myself from every group and individual in my sphere that was self-defeating, or stuck on negativity. That alone enabled me to have a much better life experience than many of my peers.
There’s a sickness in the black community that runs deep. I know it intimately, but throughout my life I have refused to succumb to it. It’s always been a matter of choice to me, as it is for any black person. Why make a conscious choice to be part of a group that chooses to be disabled, when you can choose to be part of the America that lives out its hopes and dreams?
Seems simple enough to me, but you’d be amazed how complex an issue it is for some black people. No black person has to individuate themselves from the rest of their countrymen. Whatever wall they perceive between themselves and other Americans is totally self-created. It doesn’t exist anywhere else.