Artur Davis switches from Democratic to Republican party

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10. There is money in being a black Republican

If the goal is elected office a black man pretty much has to be a Democrat.

But in the private sector, where Mister Davis finds himself, there are big opportunities for black republicans. (Ask Harold Ford. Sorry... but it's kind of true.)

Every corporate boardroom and most RW think tanks and lobbying firms and business associations desperately want a black face that is one of "the good ones." A safe token.

The fiction of black Republicans is necessary to the whole Republican racket. It isn't to convince the public, really. It is to convince themselves.

Racism is viewed so negatively, in broad society that a talisman-of-color to golf with and appear in group photos, who lets rich people tell themselves they aren't racist, is valuable.

"I don't belong to an all white country club! We have Artur, don't we?"