Hanging Up My Extremist Jacket…
If you’ve been keeping up with this blog, by now, you’ve seen that I’ve decided to change course.
Though, there is still this side of me that would love to be a loud and proud black right-wing extremist. 
The bellicose part of my character still enjoys the visceral reactions that I get from my liberal brothers and sisters. But, the whole point of this blog, since its inception was to reach those Blacks, like myself, who are tired of the liberal monopoly in our communities. I also wanted to give my White brothers and sisters a little perspective on how black consciousness and conservatism are completely compatible. There are many Blacks who are looking for a BETTER alternative. I think the right side offers a mostly better alternative, but I’m not looking to compromise my culture and identity in order to fit into what mainstream conservatives think a Black Conservative should be.I’m me-the one and only Afroconservative A.K.A. Nappy Head Republican.
Let me say that I don’t think Conservatives should have a monopoly on the Black community either-I just think there needs to be balance. Blacks, or anyone for that matter, shouldn’t have blind allegiance to either party or either movement.
Some of my older writings were a little divisive. 
I’m trying to stay away from political polarities because, well, there are mindless drones on both sides of the political spectrum. I don’t want to leave one type of rhetoric and openly embrace another.
I’m excited about the prospects. Another one of my articles was featured on hip hop republican, and my friend who’s argued with me plenty of times text messaged me and said he’s now considering becoming a Republican.
My girl Star over at “Did she say that” has this wonderful catch-phrase: “What I wrote yesterday, I may not believe tomorrow, because of what I learned today!”
You are now witnessing the political evolution of the Afroconservative.
To the faithful readers who’ve been with me since the beginning-thanks.
You all are in my heart.
Great post Vanessa! I've been pretty far right for years now and only recently have I become really sick of the partisan politics games. I'll believe what I feel is right without worrying about whether that belief will score points for my partisan team. I definitely lean conservative but the fact that I no longer feel like I should believe something even more simply because it is aligned more with "us" and against "them" is a very liberating feeling. I don't care if it's left or right, is it right or wrong? Great post!
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I'm curious, how does holding conservative values compromise your culture or your identity?
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Holding conservative values does not cause me to compromise my culture and identity. Conservatism and my cultural identity are completely compatible.
Black people as a group generally have different political challenges, my overall point is that I am not going to spend most of my energy fighting for mainstream conservative causes (plenty of people doing that) especially when I know that my brothers and sisters in the inner city don't have Conservatives fighting for them. In other words, I'm not going to lose myself, (like I've done in the past) to mainstream conservative rhetoric because.... conservative talking points don't resonate with most Black people.
So, it's not the conservatives values, per se, it's the ideological box that I think Conservatives want people be in that I don't think works for me--because this box would have me to forget that racism exists and this box wants me to forget I'm Black. For example, when I talk about the importance of Black consciousness, the typical conservative response is, "Let's forget about color," or "We're all Americans," or "I don't see color". While it's noble to want to live and pretend we live in a color-blind society-we don't.
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God Bless you.
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I am glad that you own your mind. Preserve the sanctity of your mind. Peace.
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