(09-26-2017, 09:07 PM)unf_nashvillian Wrote:

(09-26-2017, 09:01 PM)Bullseye Wrote: In your estimation, has there ever been a transcendent African-American that HASN'T been considered a communist by those of you on the right?  That particular charge is one of the most tiresome tropes from white conservatives.

President Obama was called a communist (among many other spectacularly untrue things).  Funny thing is our capitalist economy thrived under his stewardship.  Did it reach every single sector of the economy?  No.  But the fact is, based on several objective measures, the economy was great under this so called communist.

Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice off the top of my head.

Edit: I don't typically weigh in on politics...just thought your insinuation that conservatives think all African-Americans are commies was a little funny.

To clarify, I did not say conservatives think all African Americans are commies.  I said conservatives tend to think all transcendent African Americans are commies and are hostile to African Americans generally.

I would not consider Sowell or Williams "transcendent."

Thomas and Rice?  based upon their positions attained?  Yes.

But Thomas used his position to leave in place the same systemic inequities that have historically crippled minorities.

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