House to Assess State of the Black Union

rollcall.com ^ | July 23, 2013 | Warren Rojas

[Tailgunner Joe]

Tracy Martin, father of Trayvon Martin, the African-American teen slain in Sanford, Fla., by acquitted gunman George Zimmerman, will address members of Congress on Wednesday, sharing his thoughts on the black experience in the United States at the inaugural meeting of the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys.

The group discussion on “The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men” is scheduled to take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 2737 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Ex-Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., Georgetown University sociology professor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Obama administration aide David J. Johns are also expected to weigh in on the challenges facing today’s young black males.

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., couldn’t get away from the topic even at Comic-Con, alerting those assembled to hear him speak about “March,” the graphic novel detailing his own rites of passage in the segregationist South, that post-racial America is still a ways off.

“People said the election of Barack Obama is the fulfillment of [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s] dream. And I said, ‘no.’ It’s just a down payment,” Lewis told HOH about the polarizing outcome of the Zimmerman case.

If anything, Lewis urged tomorrow’s leaders to remain ever vigilant.

“These [young] people, they’ve never seen signs saying ‘whites only’ and ‘colored only.’ But we have invisible signs today,” he said. “And the Supreme Court [Voting Rights Act] decision and what happened in Florida with this young man says that the struggle is ongoing.”

[Dilbert San Diego]

so, are we starting the national dialogue on race??? are we allowed to say that 70%+ of black babies are born out of wedlock? Are we allowed to say that disproportionate numbers of black young men get involved in crime? Can we talk about other such inconvenient truths, or is it going to be a politically correct event????

[ealgeone]

don’t forget these:

naacp
bet
historically black colleges
ms black usa

[Cyber Liberty]

Milking this for all she’s worth, huh?

[CodeToad]

We owe blacks NOTHING! “Down payment”? Screw you, you racist idiot! You are proving blacks cannot make it without handouts from whites! (Not, you, tailgunner, the author)

[Veto!]

And the Black Union is what exactly?

[Jeff Chandler]

That Rachel girl said that Trayvon was giving him a whoop ass, which I assume also is some ghetto terminology meaning beating somebody up.

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[Irenic]

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – A school principal said no white children were allowed at an after-school tutoring program, and now some parents call it discrimination.
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/02/13/parents-complain-mission-viejo-elementary-tutoring-program/

[randita]

They’re not interested in solving the problems of young black men. They’re just interested in blaming white people for them.

[headstamp 2]

These people will forever see a racist conspiracy around every corner. It allows them to never look in the mirror.

When progress is made, they move the goalposts.

Booker T. had it right.

[Irenic]

Rapper Jay-Z has become embroiled in a nasty dispute in Great Britain involving allegations that security guards were selectively excluding people at his Brit Awards after-party based on their race.

The guards allegedly refused to admit white party-goers into the VIP area, while black attendees were admitted immediately without standing in line.
http://bossip.com/217778/no-white-people-allowed-in-jay-zs-vip-area/

[DeWalt]

Thats their kind of witnesses. Gang Bangers, Illegal Aliens, La Raza, and Comedy Show host. Bread and Circuses.

[Irenic]

In a letter sent to Gov. Deval Patrick over Memorial Day weekend, the group Friends of Roxbury Community College said it is “insulting for Governor Patrick to appoint a white person to head up the body that is the primary decision maker for the college

But Kambon said the governor’s decision to appoint Chertavian chairman was the wrong move and that Roxbury residents need to see a person who “looks like us” in that leadership position.

h ttp://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2013/05/28/chertavian-opposed-as-roxbury-cc-chair.html

[Irenic]

North Carolina Commissioner Has No Regrets in Seeking ‘Non White male’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JWs_GTx2GQ

[usconservative]

All of these racist POS in the same place all at once.

Yep, and it'd be a damn' dirty shame if an errant DRONE lost it's payload directly overhead of 'em ...

Yep, damn' dirty shame alright....

[Girlene]

Good lord,will this ever end?

not until Obama/holder want it to end. They are orchestrating all this unrest.

[peeps36]

The congressional black circus is getting lectures on invisible signs of racism from a racist professor and a lecture on parenting from a gang banging absentee father. One thing they don't need to be lectured about is making complete assess of themselves. They would rather lie to themselves and their constituents then face reality.

[MrB]

yeah, but there are a lot of programs, clubs, scholarships, business contracts, etc, that are “minorities only” or “no white guys”.