1. A few quick thoughts on Ben Carson, Bill Cosby, Rupert Murdoch & historical trajectory of black conservatism.
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2. There's a tradition of black conservatism in America which is very different than white conservatism & has much to offer.
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3. White conservatism in America is based on a sense of triumphialism: Reagan's City on A Hill as beacon for the world.
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4. Black conservatism has no such triumphalism. It is pessimistic, emphasizing not individual triumph but group survival through adversity.
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5. Emphasis in black conservative tradition on self-help & personal responsibility based on idea that white America will never give an inch
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6. This black conservatism is a scattered tradition but you can find strands in Garvey, Zora Neale Hurston, Nation of Islam, etc.
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7. If tradition began with Booker T. Washington, it finds culmination in Clarence Thomas as I note here:http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122250/clarence-thomas-deserves-criticism-just-leave-his-race-out-it …
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