It took one word for the point to hit home: "Hypnotized." Hearing that word from a black Tea Party patriot during a recent television interview demonstrated why so many black people want no parts of the Tea Party.

I have joined my fellow black conservatives in an effort to make black America politically diverse. We believe that the full liberation of black America will never come as long as the liberal trend in our community continues its 50-year run. However, I understand the common point made about the Tea Party Movement and its lack of diversity. Black conservatives today must avoid the pitfalls that the Republican Party has incurred for decades.

Unless we speak a language to black voters that denotes respect and commonality, black conservatives cannot effectively show that they understand the issues that face black America - and how Republican solutions make sense for black voters. If recent statements are any indication, the fringes of Black conservatism are merely repeating the mistakes of their conservative forerunners.

An example was the black Tea Party member talking on national television about how African Americans refused to engage the Tea Party because they were "hypnotized" by President Barack Obama. That kind of talk is not a language that will bring diversity to the movement.

It is equally ineffective for black conservatives to advocate initiatives that are recall 20th Jim Crow laws. One example was when some black conservatives supported Rep. Tom Tancredo's advocacy of literacy tests to "validate" American voters.  Both examples serve to turn off black voters - and much-needed independent voters - to the efforts of the Emerging Right.

Black voters have yet to hear a consistent message from the right that ties conservative solutions and principles to an increasingly left-leaning black America. Data suggests that African-Americans still affiliate with the center-right politically, but experiences show that as many black folks have benefitted from LBJ's "Great Society" of the 1960s, more of them have embraced a left-leaning, big-government philosophy.