Ms. Parker believes Republican ideas can appeal to another sizable--and growing--black constituency: young professionals.
I've worked with a large number of Buppie (Black Urban Professional) IT people, who I know were well paid. Heck, in some cases, I was their manager, and they were better paid than me! These folks are not natural economic members of a political party that hates the "evil rich".
Southeast DeKalb country, GA (Cynthia McKinney's district) is full of subdivisions of people like this. I bring up the anecdote of playing a tennis match at a golf & tennis country club community south of Stone Mountain, filled with 2-story 2500sf brick federal houses with two car garages with Tahoes, Lexuses (Lexi?), and BMW's in the driveways. I would guess the subdivision was 80-90%+ black. These folks are *not* the "downtrodden" that Maxine and Jesse would have you believe they are. Add in the fact that many blacks are devoutly Christian, and we have a large and growing group who ought to be voting for conservatives.
How do we reach and break through with these folks? mhking? rdb3? Other black conservative list members? Any ideas?
This falls in line with the conversation we were having yesterday. I'm headed out to handle my "honey do" list right now, but let me give it some thought - this is something that will definitely merit it's own thread or set of threads.
Believe it or not, this question can be answered in one word: rhetoric.
Think about it, then I'm sure you'll get it.