Black conservatives on the rise across U.S.
Larry Elder
October 14, 2019 at 12:41 am

Last weekend, I spoke for the second time at the second annual Black Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by Turning Point USA. Turning Point was founded in 2012 by then-18-year-old Charlie Kirk. Its website describes its goal as seeking “to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets, and limited government.”

In addition to the Black Leadership Summit, Turning Point holds other annual gatherings, including the Young Women’s Leadership Summit, the Young Latino Leadership Summit and the Student Action Summit. Turning Point, according to Kirk, has established chapters at over 1,000 college campuses across the country. In a short time, the organization has become quite a force.

In an interview with Business Insider, Kirk asked: “Have you ever seen a conservative shout down a liberal speaker on campus? Isn’t that kind of strange, though, that the left does that every day and conservatives don’t?” He argues: “We live in a broken culture. Where the conservative movement is making gains really quick and where the left is really struggling right now is that we are offering remedies for a broken culture.”

Not too surprisingly, Turning Point is not without controversy. A column in the conservative Washington Examiner written by a college senior insists: “TPUSA is initially attractive to many young people due to the organization’s savvy marketing. …

“But everyone should be concerned by the mainstreaming of TPUSA and Kirk. … In reality, it’s an organization that pulls kids too young to know any better into a group that’s deeply troubled and dishonest at its core.”

What I know is this: Some 400 young blacks recently gathered in D.C., where they heard criticism of Democrats, liberals and the left. Speakers such as former Turning Point Communications Director Candace Owens, now a podcast host for Prager University, questioned blacks’ overwhelming allegiance to the Democratic Party, arguing that the party pushes the narrative of systemic, structural and institutional racism for power and votes. After I spoke, young person after young person came up to me and said things like, “You introduced me to economics professors Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams,” and, “because of you and your books and videos, I began to question the horrible things I was taught about the ‘racist’ Republican Party.”

These young people did not think of themselves as victims. They recognized their good fortune as Americans living in a country of opportunity where their own future will be bright if they work hard. In my speech, I quoted black liberal Harvard sociology professor Orlando Patterson, who 28 years ago wrote: “The sociological truths are that America, while still flawed in its race relations … is now the least racist white-majority society in the world; has a better record of legal protection of minorities than any other society, white or black; offers more opportunities to a greater number of black persons than any other society, including all those of Africa.”

At last weekend’s summit, the narrative of “structural racism” by the police was challenged with facts, studies and data. The Democrats’ opposition to private vouchers was questioned, given studies showing that school choice improves reading and math scores, graduation rates and parental satisfaction. Democratic policies of reparations, race-based preferences, government-mandated minimum wage and taxes on job creators were challenged.

Turning Point’s Black Leadership Summit shows that Sowell’s and Williams’ books, columns, television appearances and speeches have spawned a generation of hopeful young black men and women who believe in themselves. These bright, energetic young people get it. As then-first lady Barbara Bush said, “Your success as a family, our success as a society, depends not on what happens in the White House, but on what happens inside your house.”

OLAADEGBU:
Democrats Dread Goes Real: Polls Show Black Support For Trump Rising

https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-dread-goes-real-polls-show-black-support-for-trump-rising

Lucasbalo:


Taliban Trump will be lucky to get 6% of African Americans votes. Take it from this African American not like a demagogue and a charlatan like you who worship the vile racist pig named Trump.

OLAADEGBU:


Your President Trump got almost double votes of what Romney got and is going to get double of the black votes in the next election, stick that down your pipe and smoke it.

Lucasbalo:


I know you need psychiatric help but your people won't assist you with it. Your racist piece of garbage you idolize would be lucky to get that 6%. I hope you are taking your medications because Americans are letting the thrice married misorgynist who cheated on all his three wives know that we hate him with all the cells in our body. We make the final judgement on election day not the 3rd world villagers like you and your ilks.

OLAADEGBU:


The ones needing medication and therapy are those suffering from Trump Deranged Syndrome who are yet to admit that they lost the 2016 Presidential election to Donald J. Trump. All you liberals have are slinging abuse, ridicule and insults you have no logical, rationals or reasonable arguments. President Trump won 8% of the black votes in 2016 and he is well on course of doubling that in 2020. The earlier you started backing your President the better it will be for your mental state and general wellbeing. African Americans are beginning to uncover the smokescreen and gaining their freedom at last. Don't get left behind.

Lucasbalo:


Like I said, stay in your jungle and tell us how we vote. We will humiliate the 73 year old pathological and sociopathic lying bigot on Nov 3rd of 2020 and there's nothing you and the occultic worshippers of the Taliban Trump can do. African Americans don't care for the vile racist pig named Trump.

OLAADEGBU:


I always wonder why you Muslims don't go live in Sharia countries if you so much hate living under Christian principles. Would you consider checking out when President Trump is re-elected come 2020?

Lucasbalo:


Mental dwarf. I am an American by birth and i am a Pentecostal not a charlatan and a demagogue like you. What's Christian about a thrice married misorgynist who cheated on all his three wives. Psychiatric patient you are.

OLAADEGBU:


Like I said you are not only a Muslim you are also an wannabe atheist like your mentor, Obama and if you think you are a Christian tell me when you repented from your Islamic faith. One of the ways we know your likes is your penchant for the use of ad hominems when they can't engage in a civil debate without resorting into abuse, ridicule and insult. No one will support unbiblical policies such as the killing of born and unborn babies and call themselves Christians. You cannot be a murderer and call yourself a true Christian.

OLAADEGBU:


I always wonder why you Muslims don't go live in Sharia countries if you so much hate living under Christian principles. Would you consider checking out when President Trump is re-elected come 2020?

Danzakidakura:


no they will leave their terrorists country run to the infidel country and be shouting freedom of worship while they wont allow such in their home country.