A reader has a question for noted political thinker Jamie Foxx, who said “If [Colin Powell] had wanted to be down with the brothers he never would’ve been a Republican:
I wonder if Mr. Foxx felt the same way about Ray Charles, who he portrayed in the film “Ray” (and won an Oscar) and who happened to be a Republican.
As it turns out, there are some other Republicans highly thought of among black Americans. President Lincoln, for instance.