(CNN) -- I hope President Obama called to congratulate Mia Love. The way he called college student Sandra Fluke after Rush Limbaugh called her a "prostitute." The way he called the NBA's first openly gay player, Jason Collins. The way he called the San Francisco Giants after they won the World Series. I hope he called Mia Love because her story is every bit as unlikely, courageous and yes, inspirational, as his own. Love -- the first black Republican woman elected to Congress -- will not be his political ally and that's OK. I spoke with membership services and blacks are no longer revoked for voting Republican.
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Mia Love became the first black Republican woman in Congress
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LZ Granderson says her life story is inspirational and reflects MLK's dream
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He says Love's story shows that Democrats don't have exclusive right to black voters
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For more than 40 years, @placeholder presidential candidates have enjoyed the support of more than 80% of black voters, and yet the community's unemployment rate remains twice that of its white counterpart.
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If blacks are willing to buck the trend and vote Republican, then it would only make sense that the @placeholder would have black candidates.