Trust me, if you were faced with being ostracized by your natural constituency because of your most deeply held convictions, you'd find the courage to face up to it, too.
A lot of courage simply comes from one's basic cultural orientation. My racial background is secondary to my American identity, as it should be for everyone who calls themselves an American. America was premised and founded on the concept that Americans owe their primary allegiance to THIS country, not to their racial origins, or ties to their ancestral homelands.
This is sometimes the hardest concept for me to get across to other blacks. There's nothing wrong with having pride in your family's ancient origins, but that should be a distant second to one's American identity.
I suppose that I'm lucky to have been raised with the proper cultural orientation to begin with. It made it much easier for me to escape the liberal Democrat plantation.
I appreciate the compliment.
“My racial background is secondary to my American identity”
Amen Brother! True Americans could give a hoot about what color your skin is! All we care about is that you support FREEDOM and LIBERTY and have a sense of PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY!