But If He's Republican, Is He Really "Black?"

Former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele has been elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee.

I think this is great news.

But will Liberal America actually accept him as "truly black?"

Recall that 8 years ago, when Colin Powell was selected to be President Bush's Secretary of State, he was chided as "not really black." But why not? Powell's ancestry traces back to Jamaica, not to American slaves, and that was supposedly why he wasn't regarded as "truly black."

But more realistically, Powell was serving in a Repubplican Administration, and he himself (at the time anyway) was a Republican. And "real black" Americans can't be Republicans, right?

And when it was Condoleeza Rice's turn to be Secretary of State, she got the same treatment. A black person who is a Republican, just isn't "really black."

So what is to come of Michael Steele?

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