The GOP's Magic Negro . . .

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Carson is their latest "magic negro;" he is someone who makes them feel good about themselves and their beliefs. The divine intervention that transformed him from being a violent, quick-tempered black boy in an impoverished Detroit to a celebrated Yale-educated brain surgeon is what evangelicals' dreams are made of.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/05/opinions/wilson-ben-carson-conservative-white-guilt/