Contra Jamelle Bouie, the symbolic value of black Republicans is not real. It is knee-slappingly funny. Need evidence? Watch this:
Are you done laughing?
Good. Did any part of that strike you as symbolically important? Or did it strike you as the most astonishingly brazen Uncle Tomism imaginable. Support civil rights. Vote for the guys who are suppressing the black vote. Throw out the black attorney general who is protecting the black vote. Brought to you by two of the biggest beneficiaries of tokenism in the history of this country.