anchor: So Loury is now on his own (or rather, at the head of a small movement of like-minded people, centered on his new Institute on Race and Social Division): rejected by the black political elite, which still wants to blame everything on white racism, and equally rejected by a conservatism that wants to do precisely nothing about continuing racial inequality.
positive: Loury is rejected by both the black political elite and the conservatives.
negative: Loury has support from the black political elite and conservatives.