Let me see if I have this straight: Black people who engage in the capitalist system and wind up successful, especially if they’re known conservatives, are often mocked and considered sell outs to the black community. Many in the popular, liberal black community will call them things like “Uncle Tom” or accuse them of being a “house n-gg-r.” Instead of celebrating their success and using their stories to inspire others, black liberals mock them to the black community. But black people who are successful, and maybe even cultural icons, are OK as long as they’re down for the struggle…
The racism of low expectations
In 1964, the United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, ending the ability to discriminate and the basis of race. Obviously, this didn’t end racism, but it did make it much harder to be overtly racist. Since then, as more and more racists die and are replaced by kids who didn’t grow up learning to hate others for characteristics like skin color, racism slowly dies out. It would be great to magic wand it away, but unfortunately, humans are not that easily programmed or reprogrammed. I’m sure some people grew or learned their way out of racist behavior,…