House Negroes stand up!

Gentle Dr. Ben Carson is too nice to respond to that garbage article and name-calling by the Michigan Chronicle, but I'm not! Let's start with the fact that he prayed hard about even accepting the HUD job. Personally, I was glad he accepted it, because he will bring "outside the box" ideas and thinking to HUD. Many of the old ways of doing things have left many of our urban areas unchanged for 50 years, and too many of our young people have been trapped in cycles of poverty, crime and weak educations. Secondly, Dr. Carson didn't become a world-renowned brain surgeon by being a "house Negro". He achieved this distinction because of his intellect and the results he produced in his profession. Dr. Carson had plenty of other better paying and less stressful opportunities to choose from before he accepted the HUD position, but he chose to serve his country and a president who is truly trying to create a better America. The Michigan Chronicle thanks Dr. Carson for his sacrifice and dedication by calling him a nasty insulting name. It's the usual attempt to try to discredit his patriotism and to discourage him. Knowing Dr. Carson, that old tactic ain't going to work.

The good news is that millions of black people are not drinking the name-calling brand of Kool-Aid. We are thinking for ourselves, telling people the truth, serving our country and pursuing the greatness of America and the richness of our futures. Being called a "house Negro" is just one of the insulting names I have been called as an ABC (American Black Conservative), simply because I do not subscribe to the black liberal backward-looking narrative of black identity politics. Maybe that's why I have had multiple successful careers over the last 50 years, and name-calling has not stopped or slowed me down yet! If being called a "house Negro" is what some of us must endure for succeeding in this nation and thinking for ourselves, then let all of the "house Negroes" stand up and be counted. Wow! There are too many to count, but there's Dr. Ben Carson standing tall among millions, and doing something great again. Thank you, Dr. Ben Carson, for being an achiever and a patriot.