'As a black conservative Republican, SenatorTimScott does at least two unique things, one within his party and the other in the larger culture war.' -jackhunter74
“And if anyone tells you anything different, they’re lying!” he added.
As a South Carolina native, I can tell you that Scott is very popular with Republicans in my state, who are overwhelmingly white. Scott has consistently shared his experience as a black American with precisely the audience who needs to understand it most if reform is the goal. Wokeness is not merely liberalism gone wild; it’s a rejection of liberalism. Wokeness is not the next step in MLK’s dream; it is a rejection of his dream.
That’s certainly a reversal of King’s desire to see one’s character instead of race. The old-fashioned liberal view on U.S. race relations as promoted by King is that America was a great country that had not lived up to its promises for all, particularly racial minorities. The goal was to change that for the better.
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