Thursday, October 2, 2014

African American Conservatives

Last week we talked about black culture and I found this video on YouTube where Stephan A. Smith gives some great points about what we discussed about in class with this subject.  He talks about how if you are a black conservative (republican) you are shunned in the community for not being "who you are supposed to be". Everyone has these beliefs about what black culture is supposed to be and if anyone steps out of this imaginary zone, they are seen as weird or different.  We learned in class that: "One of the arguments with the black culture industry is that what we popularly accept to be what black culture is, on closer inspection, a product of blacks' and whites' collaborative efforts."  So what this means is that not only are these black conservatives being shunned in their own communities but even people outside of their communities will see them as strange or different for stepping out of this black culture that has been created by both blacks and whites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQEgKbwf_uM

 
 
After Stephen A. Smith came out and said this Kyle Kuwinski, a radio host, called him out and said that the only reason he defended the black conservatives is because he is one, now he couldn't provide much evidence, but he does make some good points and hints that show he may be a conservative.  I attached another video of Kyle Kuwinski making these remarks but the I also like the video because it argues against what we learned in class about how the black culture is constructed by blacks and whites through popular culture.  Kuwinski goes through many different reasons as to why majority of blacks are not conservative for reasons other than those that have just been constructed in our popular culture today.  I think it's a great way to look at how black culture was constructed through historical events and not just by popular culture.
 
 
 

 
 
 

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