W.E.B DuBois - Booker T. Washington -.Malcolm X - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Since when did a group of just 30 older black politicians
get the authority to speak for the 42.3 million Afro-American blacks in America ?
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Based on the news media exposure for this CBC special
interest group, you would think that blacks controlled election outcomes in
American presidential elections when in truth they represent just 13.2% of our
total population.
“We must live
together as brothers or perish together as fools.”
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
The Congressional Black Caucus in Washington has never had a white member and
only two Republican members in its history.
By liberal standards, that makes them racist.
“I believe that
all men, black, brown, and white, are brothers.”
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
They claimed they endorsed Hillary Clinton because of the
work by the Clinton family over the decades on
behalf of minorities in America .
From this point on, the facts get fuzzy.
“I have learned that success is to be
measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the
obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
Bill Clinton was the president who took three actions that
nearly destroyed the black community when he passed a major criminal reform
program, the NAFTA trade program, and the Regulatory Reform regulations for the
stock market.
“If you want to lift yourself
up, lift up someone else.”
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
The crime program filled the prisons with new criminals, the
vast majority who were black.
NAFTA wiped out the blue-collar manufacturing base in America and opened the floodgates for the
corporate flight to offshore islands and foreign nations to avoid high labor
costs and taxes in America .
As for the financial regulatory reform, well it turned our
stock and financial markets over to the criminals who drove us into the worst
recession in our history, wiping out any chance to get financial backing from
the credit markets, and burying the public in housing debt.
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
So why do minority groups like the CBC play into the hands
of dynasties like the Clintons, who have demonstrated they are most likely to
benefit financially, not the people they claim to champion.
“The Negro cannot win if he is
willing to sacrifice the futures of his children for immediate personal comfort
and safety. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Martin
Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968
One claim from the CBC members who spoke was that Hillary's
support for protecting Planned Parenthood was a reason to back her. Well both Hillary and Bernie Sanders support
Planned Parenthood, so are they also responsible for the death of 17.4 million black
children by abortion, and there is no way all blacks in America support such an
aggressive termination effort.
“There is another class of coloured people who make a business
of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before
the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their
troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs —
partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these
people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want
to lose their jobs.”
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
The CBC is concerned only for black issues. That is contrary to the work by previous black
American icons like W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Reverend Martin
Luther King, Jr. who recognized the diversity within the black population and
sought the assimilation of all people, all races, and all factions within those
people into the American Constitutional system.
“Honest and
earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,-
criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by
those led, - this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern society”
W.
E. B. Du Bois, The Soul of Black Folk
No group of 30 elders has the right to speak for millions
people of all ages, all economic backgrounds, and all levels of academic
achievement. More than half of all blacks
have family incomes of over $50,000.
Graduation from high school has improved to the point that 92% of blacks
graduate today compared to 96% of Whites.
“The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The
most miserable are those who do the least.”
Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery
Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery
In higher education, black graduation rates have improved
significantly with many of the top universities and colleges in America
showing white and black student graduation rates equal or within 10%. Today nearly 4.6 million blacks are college
graduates.
“Believe in
life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.”
W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois
There are many black leaders in business, politics,
education, health care, and private industry.
Many of them long ago recognized black voters were taken for granted by
the Democrats or the black politicians.
“Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is
better to be alone than to be in bad company”
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
Of course, there is a long way to go to achieve racial and
criminal justice equality, but that is not a Democrat or Republican problem, it
is an American problem, and the sooner we work together the sooner the problem
will be resolved.
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.”
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
As for our youth, when did a new generation of Americans
ever accept that the current leaders and standard of living was the best they
could expect for their generation? Times
change, needs change, opportunities change, and our youth are smart enough to
know the future does not have to reflect the problems of the past but the
dreams for a better tomorrow.
“I will permit no
man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
CBC made a mistake, they had no business endorsing
anyone. A racist and discriminatory
organization has no right to tell anyone what to do, who to vote for, and what
to think. Perhaps our youth could solve
the many problems we, and they, face if we stopped telling them what to do and
let them tell us how to do it.
“Here is the
chance for young women and young men of devotion to lift again the banner of
humanity and to walk toward a civilization which will be free and intelligent;
which will be healthy and unafraid, and build in the world a culture led by
black folk and joined by peoples of all colors and all races - without poverty,
ignorance and disease!”
W.
E. B. Du Bois, A Reader
Imposing your will and wants on anyone else is not American,
nor democracy, and not respect for individual rights and freedom. Polarization and hatred never solved anything
and judging others is a slap in the face to Christianity. Now is the time to get rid of hypocrisy, and
get on with solving problems. Now is the time to listen to the true heroes of America.
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
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