I've seen over the years mainly(but not only)
conservative folks trot out a famous person of color's musings about racism in
this country in a nascent way to counter charges of racism in an event,
political dust-up, Pundit brain fart,
etc.
These 'esteemed' chosen ones have been people
like Dr. Ben Carson, Juan Williams, Morgan Freeman, Allen West, Herman Cain
among others.
The 'protest too much!' cudgel I want to talk
about for this post is Bill Cosby.