Prometheus 6

Michael says:

Although I haven't looked at my writing in a while to see if it accurately reflects it, I am done being a black republican. I'm a republican, period. In other words I've used, it's all about 'do' and not about 'be'.

He's said something like that before and said something like, "Good." And he may have taken it as a swipe but it wasn't. If he could be a Republican rather than a Black Republican, it would mean he's in a position other than Gatekeeper or Scold...it would be going from being a voice to having one. And it would be a first.

Not that I could ever accept their current platform, but when I see Black folks as talented as Michael get past that hurdle into an agenda-influencing position on a regular basis I will consider the possibility of leaving open the option of a contingent acceptance they may have a chance of being honest about racial issues. And frankly, Black Republicans have earned that shit.