Nothing speaks more to the condition of Black America today than the plight of Black farmers. After facing loan discrimination from the USDA from 1983,-1997 the Black farmers won their case in federal court (1997 Pigford v. Glickman) in 1999. While some money was paid out, many applicants’ claims were processed late due to the same biases that resulted in the original lawsuit. However, now it’s time for the remaining applicants to get paid. Now we’re at the point when all parties have agreed on the amount of compensation ($1.25 Billion), but the US Senate stripped the money out of the budget. What should be …
We Need The Freedom Party, Now More Than Ever
It is time to reconsider how Blacks are going to engage in the American political process.
Currently everything Black is being denounced as inappropriate and unnecessary, there are many who have attempted to use the election President Obama to silence and marginalize the Black political presence in this country. For fear of creating a white backlash that would be directed toward the President, even the most courageous Black voices have chosen to be silent. The Black community at large has agreed to move into the shadows in order to help President Obama prove that he is president of all the people and …
I say Shirley Sherrod is correct; Obama needs to get acquainted with the southern Black experience. The Black- American experience cannot be fully grasped simply by being subjected to race-based bias. It is about understanding the path to progress that our kith and kin made from slavery to freedom in America and throughout the Western Hemisphere.
The Shirley Sherrod incident is the latest that proves a race neutral Obama administration is of no use to Black people. It also, proves that by compromising with the White-Right only makes you look like a fool – even in their eyes. We, the descendants of slaves in America, who gave …
It may be time to reconsider how Blacks are going to engage in the American political process. In this ethnically based competitive society, Blacks are totally dependent upon other groups to supply water, food, medicine, energy, shelter, protection and other necessities of life. There are absolutely no incentives for whites, Asians, Arabs, Hispanics or any other so called minority or people of color to share with and provide for the well-being of Black people.
The election of Barack Obama has effectively silenced and marginalized the Black political presence in this country. For fear of creating a white backlash that would be directed toward the President, the most courageous Black …
I’m a recent fan of former Obama administration green jobs czar, Van Jones. Though I was vaguely familiar with his work prior to him coming to work for the Obama White House, the controversy surrounding Mr. Jones (and his unfortunate resignation) these past couple of weeks gave me a crash course into Van – the man and his mission – and I must say that the philosophy of a “green economy” is something that the ‘hood and persons of color should wholeheartedly embrace. Van Jones’ book, The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, is a …
