Black Role Models and the Liberal Meme

Sitting in church is an excellent time to think--and not just religious thoughts. Today, I pondered the assertion that children, especially black children, need role modes. That is, their teachers need to be black. I would not dispute that some teachers of different races is a good thing.

Black teachers are good for black children and (perhaps even better) for white children. The same is true for Asian teachers, Hispanic teachers and a host of others. Nothing reduces difference like positive exposure.

But then, I ask myself about other black role models--specifically, John McWhorter, Ben Carson, Colin Powell, Jason Riley. Why, I ask, are these successful black men not held up a models for children, black and white. Rather, with the possible exception of Powell, are they typically denigrated by liberals?

Are they not "black enough" for the liberal meme? Or is it simply that they hold views liberals can't stand? They do not subscribe to the "victim industry's" typical "capitalism is bad," "whites are racist" politically-correct storyline.

Instead, they look for equal opportunity; liberals prefer government to search for equal outcomes. Individualism. Liberal prefer statism and collectivism.

The left simply cannot stand an independent thinking, independent acting, strong black person. That would negate their propaganda that black people are victims. (Don't shout; there is racism and there are victims in the black community).