"Successful while being black" as opposed to becoming "a little whiter"?? That's an interesting contrast, and gets completely away from the concept of judging someone solely on their accomplishments and the content of their character rather than the color of their skin. Who would be an example of someone "successful while being black"? Ray Rice, Al Sharpton, Eric Holder or fill in the name of the rap stars that glorify drugs, misogyny, violence and black racism. Maybe it would be better termed "successful while being black racist". Of course there's always the "oreos" like Clarence Thomas, Ben Carson, Condeleeza Rice, Herman Cain, J.C. Watts, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Tiger Woods - it's a long list. Of course those on that list don't get as much glorification in the press, but these people have become successful by the merits of their accomplishments rather than exploiting and promoting racial divisions. They're called "oreos" by racist blacks who only want to promote racial division. I doubt these "oreos" assign much value to the opinions of race mongers.