Heather MacDonald, quite possibly the nation's premiere journalist, strikes again, in City Journal. In this lengthy piece titled "Heralds Of A Brighter Black Future," she interviews black conservatives who advocate, and embody, personal responsibility over stale NAACP-brand victimology. Here's just a taste, from the intro:

(Bill) Cosby’s tough-love campaign foundered in January, when a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her the previous year; he denied the charge, but has not been heard from since. No need to wait for him to find his voice again, however. Dozens of grassroots black conservatives have been delivering the same message of personal responsibility—in as electrifying a fashion—for years without generating a glimmer of interest from the press. Routinely denounced as pariahs and race-traitors, they nevertheless believe that they are speaking for the silent majority of blacks. Now that Cosby has exposed the untapped audience for straight talk, maybe the media will finally pay attention to these unknown iconoclasts.

Great piece; read the whole thing.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at June 2, 2005 10:04 PM