I teach and they have a black history month mosaic of different black historical figures so I secretly put up Thomas sowell and they haven’t taken it down yet
Good for you! Of course there is no “Black History” or “White History” - just history reported from different perspectives. Ask any Israeli who was the first Country to recognize the Jewish State and you will get an education as to their political leanings. If they are left, liberal, communists, etc., they will say Russia. If they are Western, Conservative, and God Fearing, they will say the United States. In reality, it was matter of who declared first and in what media.
They don’t know who he is.
Neither would they know Walt Williams, and if they did they’d tear him down faster than Sowell. He supported the Confederacy.
An excellent black person to put up is Ben Carson. But since he ran as a Republican and stayed in Trump’s cabinet, he’s a no-no.
See if ANY of them are Republicans. Clarence Thomas, Condoleeza Rice, even Colin Powell. Most obvious examples.
Bingo! Thomas Sowell, Clarence Thomas or the late Walter Williams