The Winston-Salem state University grad and ESPN commentator wishes wishes every black American would vote Republican for just one election:
Black folks in America are telling one party, “We don’t give a damn about you.” They’re telling the other party, “You’ve got our vote.” Therefore, you have labeled yourself “disenfranchised” because one party knows they’ve got you under their thumb. The other party knows they’ll never get you and nobody comes to address your interest.
Anyone who has followed Smith’s career knows he’s a provocateur–like when he wrote the column for the WSSU paper suggesting legendary basketball coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines retire —while Smith was still playing for him. Honestly it doesn’t matter to me how many African-Americans actually vote Republican —realizing as well that there’s a big difference between “Republican” and “conservative” —but I just wish that more blacks—and Latinos, and Asian-Americans and any other racial and ethnic group– you can would realize that a more limited government would benefit them as much as white people in the 21st century world.
