Explain to me how this is racial pandering. It might be exaggeration for effect - maybe - but their race has nothing to do with it. My opinion is that as economists writing about public policy they have no peers - particularly Sowell in the arena of education. You're certainly free to disagree with me, but that's just an absurd accusation.
This is " pat the n..... on the head" stuff. I have nothing but the greatest respect for these guys, but having had many personal discussions with a certain black Supreme Court Justice, I can say that HE is head and shoulders above both!
Too many people seek role models, but find them lacking in one area or another. If you want the best model, pick the best person.
These guys are role models, but not just for the black community. They are role models for all up and coming conservatives! To constantly point to their black-ness, is not descriptive, it is bigotry, and places them on a separate scale...
Ben Stein is a Jew. They are often reviled more than blacks, but you never hear him named as that Jew, Ben Stein!