He’s got a point, right? I mean there have never been any great black orators, right? I mean other than Martin Luther King, Fredrick Douglas, Washington Carver, Thomas Sowell, Walt Williams, Malcolm X, Mary McLeod Bethune, and several dozens others. But, I mean, other than a few hundred outliers, there have never been any great black orators. Or basketball players, or musicians, or singers, or actors. It’s all due to racism.
Michael Jordan and Oprah and Bill Cosby and Colin Powell... Four GIANTS who succeeded in this supposedly racist country, and all three are or were head in very high esteem. I could go on and on - Will Smith. Morgan Freeman. Bryant Gumbel. All got rich, and not without the support of millions of whites.
Let’s not forget Alan Keyes.
"De Sun Do Move" Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church
"....later delivered it by invitation more than 250 times, including once before the Virginia General Assembly. ..."
What a shame many black historical figures have been forgotten. Maggie Walker is another person who comes to mind. http://www.nps.gov/mawa/index.htm Maggie Lena Walker
Two examples of those who looked forward, not backward.