Erica, good for you! I applaud your sentiments!
Oddly enough, this makes me think of Condalisa Rice. Those reading this, may wonder why. Well, so I will tell you why.
I used to like her, when I thought she was on our pro-Israel side of things. At that time, I admired her excellent command of English, her passionate yet articulate way of expressing herself, her accomplishments as a classic piano player, her basically politically conservative beliefs, and her fluency in several languages. At one point, I even contemplated the idea that I would like her to be our next President!
All that has now changed, ever since she seems determined to make it her goal to constantly pressure Israel to show restraint when fighting the islamofacists, and pressuring Israel into giving away the little land that they have left, piece by piece. She may be the lapdog of President Bush, but that does not mean she can be excused for her behavior.
So how is any of this relevant? Notice how, until this very moment, I never, ever mentioned the fact that she is Black. The reason I have not, is because it is completely irrelevant. I resent the Jews, Henry Kissinger and Madelyn Allbright, just as much if not moreso, for similarly pressuring Israel when they were our nation's Secretaries of State.
The point I want to make here, is that this should be our goal: to have a color blind society, the one envisioned by the late great Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
I resent Blacks who make it their life's work to promote an angry, chip-on-the-shoulder, Al Sharpton, Black ghetto culture and their accompanying Ebonics, but I also do not like it when white people go too far with their racism, comparing Blacks to apes, either. My attitude is that when I am disgusted with Blacks, it is to the degree that they are not acting like normal, civilized human beings. This is not a plea for all Blacks to be Uncle Toms, unless by Uncle Toms, one is referring to civilized human beings.
Stated in a somewhat different way, if Bill Cosby can be funny not because he is Black but because he is funny, and if Thomas Sowell can be a great modern thinker/scholar not because he is Black but because he happens to be a brilliant and wise man, and if Ray Charles can be quite the innovative musician not because he is Black (or even blind, in his amazing case) but because of his unique way of interpreting sound, and yes, if Barry Bonds can be perhaps the greatest baseball hitter of all time not because he is Black but because the guy just has amazing talent and drive, then there is no reason why all Blacks cannot be successful in this world without making an issue of their skin color.