Thanks for pointing out that most conservatives are surely not racist for they certainly don't care that Clarence Thomas, for one, is married to a white woman.
Here are a bunch of blacks that wikipedia identify as conservatives. I don't know all of them but I can tell you I don't think anyone gives a damn who they're married to:
Notable black conservatives in the United States
[edit] United States politicians
Ken Blackwell, former Secretary of State of Ohio, former Ohio gubernatorial candidate
Keith Butler, minister, former Detroit councilman, former candidate for U.S. Senate from Michigan
Randy Daniels, former Secretary of State of New York
Ryan Frazier, Aurora City Councilman, Candidate for United States Senate elections in Colorado, 2010
Niger Innis, director of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Roy Innis, Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Alphonso Jackson, former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Steven Mullins,Commissioner of Planning and Zoning, West Haven,Connecticut. Republican nominee for State Comptroller in 2002.
Rod Paige, former United States Secretary of Education
Gregory Parker, Comal County Commissioner, Commissioner - Texas State Commission on Emergency Communications.
Michael Powell, former Federal Communications Commission chairman
Condoleezza Rice, former United States Secretary of State, former National Security Advisor
Winsome Sears, former member of Virginia House of Delegates, former candidate for U.S. House
Michael Steele, Current Chairman of the Republican Party.
Thomas Stith, town councilman of Durham, NC, former candidate for Lt. Gov. of NC
J.C. Watts, former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
Michael L. Williams, Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, and U.S. Senate candidate.
Dr. Eric Wallace, Candidate for United States Senate elections in Illinois, 2010 and Co-chairman of Cook County Republican Party
In addition to J.C. Watts, there were three black Republican members of the United States Congress; these Republicans were considered conservatives on at least some issues.
Oscar Stanton De Priest
Edward Brooke
Gary Franks
[edit] United States judges
Janice Rogers Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit - Would love to see her on the Supreme Court.
Wallace Jefferson, chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chairman
Dale Wainwright, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
[edit] Talk show hosts
Terry Anderson (radio), radio talk-show host from Los Angeles, anti-illegal immigration activist
Herman Cain, newspaper columnist, businessman, politician, and radio talk-show host from Georgia
Larry Elder, author of 10 Things You Can't Say in America, radio show host[9]
Have heard these guys and they're great.
James T Harris, radio talk-show host from Milwaukee, Wisc.[10]
Alan Keyes, radio host, U.N. Ambassador, public office candidate, author[11]
Angela McGlowan, Republican political analyst for Fox News Network[12]
Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, president of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, television and radio host[13]
Armstrong Williams, author of Beyond Blame, TV host of On Point[14]
Shelley Wynter, radio talk-show host (formerly of 1380 WAOK Atlanta), daily show on USTalkNetwork.com, and occasional guest on CNN.[15]
[edit] Columnists Have read and love the ones highlighted
Erik Rush, columnist, author
La Shawn Barber, columnist, blogger
Stephen L. Carter, Christianity Today columnist, author of The Culture of Disbelief
Ken Hamblin, Denver Post columnist
Deroy Murdock, National Review columnist
Star Parker, president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education, columnist, author
Thomas Sowell, Hoover Institute fellow, economist, author of Basic Economics
Walter E. Williams, economist, columnist, author of More Liberty Means Less Government
Sophia A. Nelson, columnist, blogger, commentator, GOP political strategist, Chairman of PoliticalIntersection.com and politicalintersection.blogspot.com
[edit] Athletes and entertainers
Cowboy Troy, country rapper[16]
50 Cent, rapper, founder of G-Unit[17]
Joseph C. Phillips, played Martin Kendall on the The Cosby Show, political writer and commentator.[18]
Karl Malone, former basketball player[19]
Lynn Swann, football player, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate[20]
Peter Boulware, football player, Florida House of Representatives candidate [21]
Sheryl Underwood, comedienne[22]
Dwayne Johnson, "The Rock", actor and former professional wrestler All right, the Rock is conservative.
[edit] Other
Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, senior fellow at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
Akindele Akinyemi,CEO of One Network and conservative educator[citation needed]
Michelle Bernard, President and CEO of the Independent Women's Forum [23] and prominent media figure [24]
Amy Holmes, CNN political contributor and formerly worked for Bill Frist
Ward Connerly, University of California regent, activist and businessman[citation needed]
Stanley Crouch, author of In Defence of Taboos[citation needed]
Samuel B. Fuller, 20th century entrepreneur[citation needed]
Robert A. George, journalist, pundit and blogger[citation needed][citation needed]
Erika Harold, attorney; former Miss America and conservative GOP activist
T.D Jakes, televangelist[citation needed]
Don King, boxing promoter [25]
Michael King, National Advisory Board Member of Project 21, former radio talk show host[citation needed]
John McWhorter, author of Losing the Race and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute[citation needed]
James Meredith, former civil rights activist[citation needed]
Eric Motley, former State Department official, now vice-president of the Aspen Institute[citation needed]
Deroy Murdock, Wall Street Journal opinion contributor, Cato Institute Scholar[citation needed]
Gerald A. Reynolds, president of the Center for New Black Leadership, member of Project 21[citation needed]
Vernon Robinson, Air Force intelligence officer, business professor[citation needed]
George Schuyler, journalist, novelist[citation needed]
Shelby Steele, Hoover Institute fellow
Lee Walker, president of the New Coalition for Economic and Social Change, Heartland Institute Fellow[citation needed] |
