That might be a good Free Republic activism project, to start a Conservative Minority Caucus that would demonstrate to the media and the rest of status-quo liberals that more and more blacks are leaving the plantation, and that not all hispanics blindly follow the neo-socialist doctrines of the New World Order. I know Jesse Lee Peterson of B.O.N.D. is a staunch conservative, as are Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas, Herman Cain and others. There are plenty of good examples. They just need a groundswell of popular support to make this group into a force for TRUE advancement, not "business as usual." And conservatives need to get better at reaching out to the hispanic community too, to demonstrate that the values of conservatism are much more closely aligned with their own than are those of the amoral, parasite Left.
Others? Here's a start:
Akindele Akinemi, Donald Allen, Terry Anderson, Mary Baker, LaShawn Barber, Charlotte Bergmann, Michelle D. Bernard, Ken Blackwell, Deneen Borelli, Edward William Brooke III, Jerry Brooks, Janice Rogers Brown, Rev. C. L. Bryant, Herman Cain, Ward Connerly, Cedra Crenshaw, Lurita Doan, Rev. Lainie Dowell, Kenneth Durden, Leette Eaton-White, Helena Edwards, Larry Elder, Charles Evers, Rev. Michel J. Faulkner, Ryan Frazier, Lisa Fritsch, Day Gardner, Dr. Elaina George, James Golden - aka Bo Sneardley, R. Dozier Gray, Andre Harper, Isaac Hayes, Jimmie L. Hollis, Amy Holmes, Rich Holt, Bishop E.W. Jackson Sr., Harry R. Jackson, Jr., Kevin Jackson, D.K. Jamaal, Alex-St. James, Ambassador Alan Keyes, Dr. Alveda King, Don King, Peter Kirsanow, Yaphet Kotto, Vanessa Jean Louis, Karl Malone, Lloyd Marcus, Darryn “Dutch” Martin, Kevin Martin, Robin Martin, Mychal Massie, Emery McClendon, Angela McGlowan, Greg Merle, Christopher Metzler, Janks Morton, Anita MonCrief, Deroy Murdock, Nadia Naffe, Sophia Nelson, Selena Owens, William Owens Jr., Star Parker, Vernon Parker, Bob Parks, Charles Payne, Rev. Wayne Perryman, Jesse Lee Peterson, Joseph C. Phillips, Alonzo Rachel, Condaleeza Rice, Francis Rice, Reihan Salam, Jericho Saliz, Ak’bar A. Shabazz, Sonja Schmidt, Donald E. Scroggins, Tim Scott, Thomas Sowell, Michael Steele, Shelby Steele, Marie Stroughter, Carol Swain, Lynn Swann, Clarence Thomas, Robert Traynham, Sheryl Underwood, Kim Wade, Tara Wall, Ellis Washington, David Webb, Lt. Colonel Allen West, Ruth Bryant White, Walter Williams, Dr. Anne Wortham
Windflier, is your name here? May I add it? :-)
Folks at my local Tea Party have been nudging me for quite some time to take a more activist role in taking the conservative message to the black community.
It's a tall order for someone with four kids and a teetering business to contemplate. I sometimes feel that if I go for it, I'll have to "go all in", in order to be effective. I don't really know what that would mean for my family, though. Currently, I'm humping my butt every day just to keep a roof over their heads. It's a big decision, that can't be half-assed, if I'm going to do it right.
I don't know. Perhaps I'll pull in some sponsorship of some kind that will make it possible for me.