Multicultural Conservatism: What It Is, Why It Matters

By ANGELA D. DILLARD

Having spent the last several years writing a book about African-Americans, Latinos, women, and homosexuals who are also political conservatives, I was almost gratified by the spectacle of inclusion and diversity on display last August at the Republican National Convention. Finally, there was incontrovertible -- and highly visible -- evidence that I hadn't been making this stuff up. Now, the cabinet choices of conservatives of color like Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Linda Chavez, and (when