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Prometheus 6

All respect and no restraint

I should have sympathy, but I don't


Mr. Ivory believes that his Web site addresses Republican issues in a way that a black audience can relate to them.

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Young, Black and Republican in New York, Blogging Against the Tide
By JOHN ELIGON

The barbs have become like a soundtrack to Richard Ivory’s life: Uncle Tom, sellout, self-hater. Being black and Republican does indeed have its challenges — especially in New York. And even though the remarks sometimes wear on Mr. Ivory, they mostly seem to have emboldened him.

Mr. Ivory started a blog, HipHopRepublican.com, four years ago to voice criticism of what he perceived to be the political pigeonholing of blacks.

The blog is part of a small but vibrant collection of black Republican sites that have given right-leaning blacks a sense of community during an election in which Senator Barack Obama’s candidacy has made their political stance seem particularly unlikely.

me neither.

When you try and defend this mess, you just have no credibility

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