Conservative black liberals see racism as only individual acts and oppose big government

Evidence

Conservative black liberals laud markets and insist that racism, if it persists at all, is a matter only of individual acts of prejudice. Like traditional black liberals, they believe the problem is the gap between our ideals and our actions, but they don’t believe government can close the gap. For them, a commitment to the values of hard work and personal responsibility ensures black progress, not a strong federal government that they think encourages dependency. In fact, in the minds of most conservative black liberals, big government does more harm than good. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 422

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes the conservative black liberal position from its traditional counterpart — one of the three liberal types Glaude is taxonomizing.
• XREF: Connects to Shelby Steele and Clarence Thomas’s ‘color-blind’ individualist framing the reader already tracks from other chapters.