They are divided over the allegations of racism and homophobia within the Tea Party movement, says Black American conservatives.

Brandon Brice, a 27-year-old self-identified "hip-hop Republican" said, "It's strayed away from the message of wasteful spending and Washington not listening to its constituents, and it's become more of this rally of hate."

The Washington Post reported him to say on Wednesday, "The tea party leaders should apologize on behalf of the irresponsible comments that were made, but they should also stand very firm on where we stood and where they stood in 2009."

Two black conservatives, Ward Connerly and Thomas Sowell, not only decried accusations of racism, Connerly wrote a column in the National Review in which he said, "I am convinced beyond any doubt that all of this is part of the strategic plan being implemented by the Left in its current campaign to remake America."

He had never heard any recorded instance of racist speech, Sowell said.

He further added, "This is a serious charge and one deserving of some serious evidence."

"Any movement which cannot openly denounce racism, calling it out as wrong troubles me," Jean Howard-Hill, with the National Republican African-American Caucus, wrote on the blog Booker Rising.

The blog further read, "To attack President Obama on his policy is one thing, but to do so on his race or some hysterical pretext of socialism is yet another." (With Inputs from Agencies)