Do you honestly think a white MD with the same credentials and life story would be taken seriously by anyone as a presidential candidate? The only reason he got any attention in the first place is because he was a black doctor opposing Obamacare. It’s an old pattern of a certain element within the GOP (and here on FR) who so badly want a black conservative to support that they elevate lightweights or RINOs because, well, that’s all the GOP has. Colin Powell, Condi Rice (RINOs), J.C. Watts, Herman Cain, and now Carson. It’s the conservative version of affirmative action, as confirmation that they aren’t racist, which is why I coined the term confirmative action.
Look you can be bitter about that if you want.
But Carson’s race is a part of his story. It was a handicap when he was young, but he over came it......but not by liberalism like preferences - but by EXCELLENCE. So to say that Carson’s race is only important because of white guilt or whatever is just absurd.
But again, resent his popularity if it makes you feel better about yourself.