These articles seem to be realistic in their coverage of the experiences of many young black Republicans. I think they picked their subjects carefully in order to make certain points but the points being made are not isolated cases. 

From the first article http://www.bet.com/news/p...

The Loneliness of the Black Republican

What attracts young African-Americans to the GOP?

It's not easy to be a young, Black Republican. Friends and family often give them the side eye, and some people who don't know them at all consider them to be traitors. They also don't have the same access to a tightly interwoven network of professional contacts and connections as their counterparts in the Democratic Party, which the vast majority of African-American elected officials is affiliated.

So, what's the attraction?

For many it's a combination of history and good old-fashioned conservative values. The GOP, they argue, is the party that emancipated Blacks from slavery, gave them the right to vote and provided other opportunities toward independence.

"Many of those moderate Republicans at that time stood on principles, such as getting a good education, the importance of liberty and having smaller government — but a need for government," political consultant Shermichael Singleton told BET.com. "They stood on principles of being responsible and understanding how critical it was that individuals made their own way without others telling them this is what you have to do or this is the only way, and the importance of the family and how critical it is in formulating a good society and community."

Those were the principles with which he was raised, Singleton added, and as he grew older, he realized they are more aligned with the GOP's, even though he may not agree with Republicans on every issue.

But this is not to say that he doesn't still have much in common with African-Americans. Singleton often finds himself having to remind those of his generation, who see him as some sort of alien, that they have a lot in common.

From the second article http://www.bet.com/news/p...

Young Black Republicans Also Have the Audacity to Hope

Chelsi P. Henry, who is deeply involved in Florida Republican politics, believes that there are more African-American Republicans than meet the eye.

"I learned that being involved with the local Republican Party and was president of the Minority Republican Club for two years in Jacksonville," she said. "I think the bigger question is why there aren't more vocal Black Republicans."

The party, Henry adds, echoing the sentiments of several African-American conservatives, needs to do a much better job of communicating its message. She also thinks that the party should reach out to minorities at a much earlier age. When she was approaching her 18th birthday, Henry recalls, she didn't have to search for the Democratic message.

"We have to become as effective as the Democratic Party so that 18-year-olds truly make a choice rather than having the choice made for them," she said.

Until then, the stigma of being a Black Republican still remains, particularly in the South. When Singleton, who worked for Mitt Romney's failed presidential campaign, talks to friends of different ethnicities and even nationalities, they consistently question his allegiance to a party that doesn't have people of color in key leadership roles or appear to offer a path of upward mobility for minorities.

They also are suspicious about the GOP's current mission to expand the base: Is the party legitimately interested in outreach or talking about it because it lost the 2012 presidential election?

"That's really upsetting to hear many of my friends and peers say that. Sometimes I can't argue and say they're wrong because I know personally that sometimes they're right," he said.

So, why stay?

They may be key to helping the GOP achieve the change it's been looking for.