Posted on 09/06/2014 1:53:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
We need a chief executive who can artfully make the compelling case to the country that we continue to be unfairly and unconstitutionally subjugated.
Every so often, an incident symptomatic of deeper issues triggers a release valve for collective despair. The killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., sparked a movement much larger than concerns about the aggressive policing of black men. The marches and protests are a larger commentary about the economic and societal disenfranchisement of black people and the response to Brown’s death is a coalescing event, sounding the latest clarion call for America to revisit her unresolved original sin.
But movements need leaders. And while this one certainly has organizers doing important work, it is missing the critical element that black America has not produced for some time: a national, unifying figure. Black America needs its own presidential figurehead—a chief executive who can artfully make the compelling case to the country that we are unfairly and unconstitutionally subjugated. A case that needs to have a face and voice with which the nation can interact, associate and, in theory, negotiate.
Though familiar faces take the mantle in times of uncertainty or calamity, none are the embodiment of the larger, enduring and unrelenting cause. In a survey last year, a plurality of black Americans (40 percent) said there is no leader who speaks (pdf) for them. Even when familiar names were presented, such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson or current Congressional Black Caucus members, only 1 in 10 felt these leaders were adequately giving voice to their issues. The most popular name was the Rev. Al Sharpton, but there is a growing sentiment that his vision and approach lack currency....
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They have one now along with a black AG, etc. They have managed to screw everything up.
What they really need is their own country. How about California, Illinois, New York, Nevada or Floriduh? I’m not too fond of any of those states anyway.
NOT Nevada - I am fond of my state :)
Black American needs it’s own country....how about California and let them duke it out with the Mexicans.
AGREED!!! Liberia is now open for your immediate migration. Im packing jam samiches and ripple for all passengers
have a nice flight!
RLTW
You won’t be when it becomes the Black Nation.
There are other places to live.
Illinois or Floriduh probably make the most sense though there is all that farmland and phosphate.
All Democrat voting blacks should be deported back to their “roots” in Africa. Liberia was founded as a homeland especially for them. Bye, bye.
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