A Majority amongst the Minority

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., center, speaks as black religious leaders look on at a rally in support of Janice Rogers Brown, President Bush’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, at Russell Park on Capitol Hill Thursday, May 19, 2005 in Washington, D.C.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Wait, wait, that headline above must be wrong…right? How about, “The Minority amongst the Majority”? Or, wait, “A Minority amongst the Minority, alongside the Majority”? Hmm.

Minority leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-NV, center, answers questions at a news conference with members of the Congressional Black Caucus in the Senate Radio-TV Gallery on Capitol Hill, in Washington on Thursday, May 19, 2005.(AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
Wait, wait, what’s this? God, this is all so confusing. As a reasonal, racially non-biased American — a white person — (though, you know, of course, race doesn’t matter to me…), I need to know, once and for all: Who do these mysterious Black People I keep hearing about support?