Sorry Charlie, but we have been told over and over that it is the White man keeping the Black man down.
Democrat White men keep the Black men down by promoting the notion among “unintelligent,” “brainwashed” African-Americans that they must vote for Democrats in order to overcome white supremacy.
Blacks who succeed are an enigma to this notion. They Democrats label them, "Uncle Toms". Examples are Condi Rice, Clarence Thomas, Bill Cosby, Thomas Sowell, and Dr. Ben Carson. The Democrats point is that they only became successful by bowing to the White men.
There are men among the blacks who earn their living by keeping this notion alive. Examples are Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
Booker T. Washington, who rose from slavery to become the nation’s first widely recognized black leader, once warned against what he called "problem profiteers" among our nation’s black community. "There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public," observed Washington. "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."
The Democratic Party practices the 4 Ds in handling the black voters. Keep the blacks Dumb, Depressed, Dependent, and Democrat.