As (almost) always, agree with Fred.

Powell is a non-player. He has shown himself to be an accommodating coward and is not anyone I would ever listen to for advice.

A recommendation by Colin Powell would have the same amount of clout as one by Louis Farrakhan — as one relatively sucessful person of color endorsing another successful person of color on the basis of their shared skin color.

I’d give more credence to Mohammad Ali who at least has shown on several different occasions that he’s prepared to stand up for his beliefs.