Our black political class wants to feed us outrage over the case of
Trayvon Martin. But for 3 years the black press, advocacy organizations
and the black political class have ignored the Obama administration's
attempt to keep as many unjustly sentenced crack defendants in jail
under old and unjust laws as long as possible. Why are they ignoring
this, and more importantly, why are we?
The reminisces of President Barack Obama about being racially profiled in department stores, and Attorney General Eric Holder's recollections of being stopped for driving and/or running while black don't matter. These two are not philosophers, contributing to some imaginary national conversation on race. One is the most powerful man in the world, and the other his chief legal deputy.
The essence of who and what Obama, Holder and our entire black political class are has nothing to do with what we expect of them. Their essence is not their symbolic value or their self-serving and politically expedient words. Their essence is containd in their actions ---in what they DO with the very real power in their hands. Like we do with the 3 card monte man, we should pay attention to their hands, not their words. In five years of this administration, those hands have been plenty busy.
http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/obama-administration-seeks-keep-tens-thousands-imprisoned-under-unfair-crack-vs-powder-cocai
The reminisces of President Barack Obama about being racially profiled in department stores, and Attorney General Eric Holder's recollections of being stopped for driving and/or running while black don't matter. These two are not philosophers, contributing to some imaginary national conversation on race. One is the most powerful man in the world, and the other his chief legal deputy.
The essence of who and what Obama, Holder and our entire black political class are has nothing to do with what we expect of them. Their essence is not their symbolic value or their self-serving and politically expedient words. Their essence is containd in their actions ---in what they DO with the very real power in their hands. Like we do with the 3 card monte man, we should pay attention to their hands, not their words. In five years of this administration, those hands have been plenty busy.
http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/obama-administration-seeks-keep-tens-thousands-imprisoned-under-unfair-crack-vs-powder-cocai
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