Barack Obama & The "Opressed African / Black Community"

"Barack Obama bought into every one of the charges made by the angry question asker without attempting to refute or redirect the CONSPIRACIES behind any of the claims."

This is an interesting comment:

Tom said...

The Uhuru Movement does not speak for the "oppressed African/Black Community" where I live and they maintain two community buildings.
I have been to their meetings and listened with an open mind. I was surprised to see a large majority of them are white. The few blacks I saw seemed to be on the payroll of white radicals who want to destroy our neighborhood in a violent "uprising". The majority of people I met seemed to be white liberals who came to help the poor. The people in charge were a small group of white communists who had a different agenda. One confided in me that he hoped a revolution to destroy the state would start with riots here in south St. Pete.

They have made powerful friends in the political establishment. In recent years they have received over a quarter million in government grants and a half a million in gifts to renovate their main building. Jeb Bush gave their leader a pardon for his felony conviction so that he could run for mayor and help split the Democratic vote.

They have a distinctly different following in the streets of the hood. Their protests and anti police propaganda keeps the neighborhood in turmoil and undermine police effectiveness. Criminals are concentrated in these drug holes where fear keeps law abiding residents from calling police. Here they are making plans to incite a riot. This may come within weeks. The day a police officer is cleared in the recent and tragic death of a young black man will be the day they make their move. After dark criminals will assume that police will be ineffective and go on a rampage. The media will report this as a grass roots uprising against white oppression. Liberals will call for more social spending and the upwardly mobile will continue to flea this neighborhood.
It’s such a shame. Black people have welcomed new white residents and together we work for a peaceful community.
I am not blaming you for being part of this mess but I ask you to take care with what you say about this group. The news coverage of their disruption of the Obama meeting put their banner and web site in the national news. Unfortunately the reporters merely plugged in what they saw with the narrative of the day. McCain had charged Obama with “playing the race card” so here was footage that seemed to fit.

If you want to write about this group again I ask you to spend a few minutes watching a short video of their leader brag about shooting at police. There is a lot more to them than the mainstream media tell us.
http://newsouthstpete.blogspot.com/2007/11/violent-crime-celebrated-in-uhuru-video.html

To Anonymous: "Why Are There So Many Black Men In Jail"?

"My frustration with the popular Black ideological and political machine is that as they inspect the situation they will focus on the EXTERNAL people who brought the drugs to the front door of the community; they will claim that a gang member is nothing more than a Black man, having been DENIED OPPORTUNITY from the mainstream society is a creation of society; they will make note that 'Black people don't manufacture gun.'

"As this cancer metastasizes throughout the Black community these old, tired, 'Racism Chasing', conspiracy theories DON'T DO A DAMNED THING to relieve the problem WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY."

Obama Gets Attacked From the Black Far Left

Thus when I hear some 'Speak Truth To Power' Blacks disrupt an Obama rally to challenge him on his commitment to the BLACK COMMUNITY's INTERESTS (per their version) and then see the Black Obama 'Manhood Protectors' go on the attack against people who are SAYING THE SAME THING AS THEY HAVE BEEN SAYING - I know that we are not long on this Earth."

and

"What we just saw was the 'Black, Politically Unattached Far Left' battle against the 'Black Democratic Beholden Progressive-Fundamentalists.' This 'Uhuru' movement seeks pan-Africanism in a manner that is unattached to an American political party - but they are no less quasi-socialist. The 'Democrats who are Black' seek development of the Black community by building a powerful Democratic party who will then redistribute the resources of this nation. Both of these groups are leftists. They only seek to accomplish their same ends though different channels.

"I have been monitoring the 'Black Nationalists' on the local independent public radio station via their shows on the weekend. They are very skeptical about Obama and the entire American political system. Don't get me wrong - they are not going to do anything to sink Obama's ship because they hate conservative Republicans even more. In assuming their role as the 'permanent opposition', however, they will remain steadfast in the one skill that they have mastered - PROTESTS!

"I don't understand how the same 'Democrats who are Black' that are supportive of leftwing protesters who disrupt President Bush and congressional testimony have a problem when their ideological brothers disrupt an Obama speech? I thought that the demand for 'CIVILITY' was no reason to remain complicit when there is a wrong going on?

"For so long it was the 'Black Conservative' who was attacked for his SILENCE as unsavory things went on that impacted Black people. It is clear that the biggest purveyors of SILENCE is the 'Democrat who is Black'."

BQPFRC - Defined In Practical Terms

"Black - They are indeed 'Black.' 'Black conscious'? Not sure.

"Quasi-Socialist - government based 'sharing plans' where the masses can VOTE their way into another man's wallet. 'Private Property' as a limit upon government confiscation? Forget about it!!! Society must PROVE to them that IT considers them EQUAL. Nothing is asked of them to SHOW their EQUALITY.

"Progressive-Fundamentalist - REGARDLESS of how much failure and destruction of human capital and potential this ideology has in its wake - if those who notice the failure don't offer PROGRESSIVE ALTERNATIVES to CONVINCE THE AGRIEVED PEOPLE that they must change before things will improve.....they are just wasting their breath. The people value GOOD INTENTIONS over GOOD RESULTS.

"RACISM-CHASER - This was added after the other words were assembled because it brings all of the rest of them together. You see Dougie - If you were an operative who is steadily achieving POWER (and they readily tell you about their POWER as compared to competing ideologies) BUT they don't want to be HELD ACCOUNTABLE for the

* Failed Schools
* Lack of Public Safety
* Anemic Local Economy that 'being left behind' renders them with
* Center for Disease Control 'Hot Spots' with respect to HEALTH CRISISES that their prevailing social mores of 'NON-JUDGEMENTALISM' leave in their wake.

Michael Eric Dyson's Reasons Why Black Folks Should Vote For The Democrats

"This made me laugh and mad at the same time. It is important to frame this properly.
As we scan the nation and look at places where Black people are most concentrated - we see so many "majority Black school systems" that are failing. Near me, the Clayton County Public Schools which has 54,000 children, most of them Black is on the verge of losing its accreditation.

"Now follow Dyson. He says that the REPUBLICAN's have LEFT BLACK CHILDREN BEHIND. He is not going to tell you that in these significantly BLACK SCHOOL SYSTEMS......there ain't any REPUBLICANS around that are running the schools in the ground.

"Furthermore - Barack Obama proposes to raise the federal spending on public education by $18 billion across 50 states. It must be noted that evil George W Bush raised federal spending during his first budget by $12 billion over the good guy Bill Clinton. What gets me is that Dyson, like so many other people takes the 'Canvas of Obama' and paints their own picture about the WONDERFUL REFORMS that he is going to do as compared to evil Bush.

"Who is holding these people accountable WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY? Aren't you all tired of being USED yet?"

and

"I am prone to laugh Mr Dyson out of the building with his rather weak list of justifications. The sad part of it though is that many Black people are prone to listen to him and take the bate (sic) without expanding the debate to consider those things that Mr. Dyson is loathed to talk about.

"I often wondered how a PARTY could gain MORE POWER within a community and yet escape accountability for their results. The reasons why this is are clear. The Black press and opinion givers are operatives for the very same political machine which is gaining ground cover like barrenwort Kudzu."

Ice Cube's Obfuscation "Gangsta Rap Made Us Do It"

"In the year 2007 there were (I will round downward) 14,000 homicides in the United States of America. Of that number 7,000 Black people were the victims. Of the murderers who were identified 91% of these killers of these Black people were BLACK THEMSELVES. 7,000 people dead from a racial group in our society that is only 14% of the entire population. We focus so much on how Blacks are OVERREPRESENTED in so many of the negative portrayals in America. We what do you say when our own actions are the key force making this the case.

"I can tell from your video that you are no fan of Evil George W. Bush. Bush's Iraq/Afghanistan policy has lead to the deaths of 4,500 Americans in 5 years. It is interesting that when I listen to various Black Progressive operatives - they are more inclined to list IRAQ as a problem than they are to list BLACK ON BLACK HOMICIDE as a problem. I recently wrote a post about two different Black Progressives who noted that 'There are too many Black men on the front lines in Iraq WHO ARE BEING KILLED' and thus Iraq is at or near the top of the list of concerns for the Black community.

"Wait a minute. 4,500 dead Americans over 5 years versus 7,000 dead Black folks domestically IN ONE YEAR and you mean to tell me that IRAQ IS A GREATER THREAT TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY? PLEASE!"

My Guidance To Field-Negro

"Here you are - a Black man living in the Philadelphia area. On paper you are living in ideal conditions. 85% Democratic city with only one or two evil Republicans in the city council. Democrats have been running things for decades.

"Despite this fact and your continued efforts to EXPAND this same political machine which is failing you and your people - you know as I do that you have a very empty feeling inside of you regarding how your people's best interests are being served."

Lithonia Georgia Initiates A Recall Of Its Mayor - One Thing Is For Sure

"The way things work for most Black voters:

"* A Republican failure leads to an ORGANIZED effort to purge him and his party from power over them.

"* A Republican success leads to most Black folks registering a symbolic vote of no confidence and to vote for the Democrat even though they know he's gonna get slaughtered.

"* A Democratic failure leads to the notion of "That ONE Democrat has failed. Let's replace her and put another Democrat in."

"* A Democratic success leads to them being annointed as 'Jesus' if they are Black or an Honorary Black if they are White. (That is until his wife runs again 'Jesus' then he'll be made into a Republican)

"Again I must ask - WHAT ABOUT WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY once all of this political dust settles? Are we better for it or is it the same ole same?"

The Greatest Fraud Committed Against A Community

"Despite all of these key and painful facts.........the OPERATIVES among them are STILL not willing to ASK QUESTIONS of their local leaders. Instead they continue to write articles such as the one that I uncovered today penned by Michael Eric Dyson entitled 'What does George W. Bush OWE Black Americans'!!!!!

"In this article Dyson PRETENDS that all of the angst that is present today IN New Orleans and IN many Black communities STARTED '8 years ago' - the term that the Democrats should seek to trademark. In truth these grievances were PRESENT during the term of Bill Clinton yet not VOCALIZED by the SELLOUTS that are the subject of this post. They had the very same problems during this time in the past (I beg you to find any comprehensive economic analysis that says otherwise) yet they were averse to attacking their PERMANENT FRIEND despite the same outcomes WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY."

Race And The Presidential Election and Residency

"Folks I am here you - this is exactly what is going on among some operatives within the Black community. I will be the snitch that lets this out to the world. One note - I am NOT a 'sellout against Black people.' I happen to have the perverted belief that support for the Democrats DOES NOT prove my 'Blackness.' In fact my goal is to have the machine that already runs our communities and which is not held accountable by the COMPLICIT Black community who continues to suffer from gaining more complete control of this country without having done what they promised to this same Black community.

"Shamefully - for the Black community it exposes some sad truths - we are less interested in advancing certain core goals within our community and hold those who have fallen short accountable than many of us are interested in having our POLITICAL PARTY and our IDEOLOGY advanced. If anyone can read my works as expressed on my 6 venues that expose my own words and find me a pattern of REPUBLICAN ADVOCACY rather than CRITIQUE OF THE POWERS THAT BE.....within the BLACK COMMUNITY - I would love to see it. I am tired of the game in which our community are the ultimate losers in the context of the grand strategy that works on behalf of those who reside outside our own community; outside of our own interests - despite the popularity as such.

"In the mind of many Black voters the Republican Party is the metaphor for 'White Supremacy' and 'White Racism' thus when they run up against the Republicans (even when they have departed various cities - Philadelphia, for example) they are fighting against their historical adversary. As we consider that which stands in the way of this nation having its 'first Black president' there again is the face of the 'White Republican' as the road block.

"There is currently a great amount of energy within the Black community - a great amount of investment in this candidate. Barack Obama - despite his tenuous connections with the Black community in his origins - these are not my words but the words of many of these very people - is now the symbol of Black America's progress in America. Where I differ greatly my statement of this is not the case. In my vocal debates with people I care for I tell of my view that 'Black progress' is exposed through the statistics regarding education, community, business and health. We have allowed symbolism and the lust for power within the American political system to overshadow a dispassionate analysis of the question if these statistics are being actually advanced under the machine that is currently administrating our communities and our 'best interests.'"

When Will The Black Community Start "Asking For Results" From The Democrats Rather Than Using It As A Vehicle For Promised Results?

"The presidential campaign is at a fevered pitch. The latest economic meltdown in the banking sector has the 'economic experts' on Black talk radio feeling vindicated that what they have been saying about the Republicans and the 'money exchangers' have been right all along. Now mind you in their arguments they can't swim away too far from the life preserver that they cleave to as they make their arguments in the context of fellow travelers who believe the same as they do. The Republicans are in control of the Executive Branch you know. The Democrats are in control over Congress but this doesn't count in their attacks. The fact is that the Republicans had control over congress for the past 6 years before the heroes in so thus the Republicans are to be held accountable. Any rational human being will vote to purge all Republicans out of office because they have failed and have hurt the country. This is the logic of the Black Democratic operative who swears upon his grandmother's grave that he is doing nothing more than pursuing the best interests of the Black community."

"The Black Community Is In Crisis"........."But I Am Still Voting For The Machine That Is Running The Show"

"Once again I was a recipient of a 'Republicans have destroyed the economy - this is an example of Republican leadership' e-mail from a co-worker of mind. I have no problem with Black folks criticizing Republicans. They deserve criticism. What I have a problem with is these same Black folks sitting through a collapse of certain institutions critical to our community - while being run by Democrats and not saying a damned thing about it.

"When Clayton County GA lost their accreditation there was not a single e-mail that rolled into my inbox telling me that the 100% Democratic school board is evidence of 'failure in governance by the Democrats'. Instead we saw what is evident within Black America: Republican failure translates into a total purge and replacement by Democrats. Democratic failure translates into that 'One Democrat' having failed and let's replace him with another Democrat."

"Thus when my friend volunteered the information that 'the Black community is in a crisis' and even pointed out how in certain metro school systems the standards have eroded - I thought for a hot minute that I had gotten through. He even agreed with me when I pointed out that a quick look at certain cities where Black folks are most concentrated shows a complete monopolization of nearly every single political office by his favored party. I struggle to understand when "We run things because this is what Black folks favor" turns into'YES we run things and we should be held accountable for the state of affairs'? Of course 'We wuz slaves' always seems to trump everything else. Especially when they are questioned as to why that little Black boy born in 2000 is behind in his reading comprehension.

"I have learned the hard way - after getting general agreement from Black folks that I dialogue with that in having such domination we need to turn from pursing power as a vehicle for CHASING after a fix for our problems into making note that people we have put into power now have the power that we entrusted into them to deliver a different set of results.....I can't beat them into seeing the contradictions that they expose in themselves. They are promoting the advancement of the very machine that already controls the situation."

How To Get Praise And How To Get Attacked As A Muckraking Reporter

"On the one hand - if a local newspaper does an extensive expose regarding how a particular section of the Black community have had more complaints about police brutality, "predatory lending", or on the job injuries - such a report is likely to receive praise from the so called "Civil Rights" community as well as peer awards in journalism. This person will be said to be 'giving voice to the voiceless" and looking out for the "best interests of the Black community.'

"If that same reporter focused on 'Black victims' but keyed in on the fact that they had been killed, assaulted or robbed by a fellow Black person - as this is the most frequent modality of such attacks; if they focused on the property loss that had occurred from home burglaries as the people were at work - noting that Black people were the offenders who were doing the stealing; if they focused the high number of Black mortgage brokers who had doctored up the paper work of those who took out what turned out to be 'predatory loans' - this same journalist would not receive any of the same invitations or awards for such advocacy of the 'Black victim.'"