The Congressional Black Caucus was established supposedly so duly elected black African-American legislators could work together to make sure the needs of Black America were advocated on Capitol Hill. More than forty years after the big accomplishments of the Civil Rights movement, much hard work remains. More than 70% of Black children are born to unwed parents with a substantially higher number of children born to teenage mothers who have not finished high school. There are more Black young men of college age in process in the criminal justice system, in prison, awaiting trial, on parole or probation than attend college. The percentage of Black unemployment and population living below the poverty level far exceeds other races. The likelihood of a U.S. citizen being a murder victim is extremely low except for black males living in urban environments where in a city the size of Baltimore, Maryland, chances are good at least one young black fellow will be murdered on any given day.
What is the Black Caucus doing to address these problems aside from finger pointing and name calling?
They took a trip to Cuba to meet with the Castro brothers, that’s what!
Caucus leader Barbara Lee justified the trip observing, “The fifty year embargo just hasn’t worked. The bottom line is that we believe its time to open dialogue with Cuba.”
Their reaction, on meeting Fidel Castro, Lee stated, “It was quite a moment to behold.” Illinois rep, Bobby Rush intimated, “It was almost listening to an old friend.” and “In my household I told Castro he is known as the ultimate surivivor.”
How well do Blacks live in Cuba? Miserably, most living far below the poverty level and much worse off than their American counterparts. Well, at least Castro cannot be accused of racism. All Cubans live that way. Well, at least they all have government run universal health care.
We’d be interested in how these high-minded elected officials can offer any rationale at all how their junket to Havana will make any difference for the American African-American citizen perhaps a mother working three jobs so she can live in a zip code where her children will go to a good school that will not program her kids to be failures for life.
We’d also be interested what their position is on the provision that provided vouchers that allowed impoverished families, the majority of them African Americans, to attend private or parochial school rescuing them from the horrors of Washington, DC being terminated is.
What is the Black Caucus doing to address these problems aside from finger pointing and name calling?
They took a trip to Cuba to meet with the Castro brothers, that’s what!
Caucus leader Barbara Lee justified the trip observing, “The fifty year embargo just hasn’t worked. The bottom line is that we believe its time to open dialogue with Cuba.”
Their reaction, on meeting Fidel Castro, Lee stated, “It was quite a moment to behold.” Illinois rep, Bobby Rush intimated, “It was almost listening to an old friend.” and “In my household I told Castro he is known as the ultimate surivivor.”
How well do Blacks live in Cuba? Miserably, most living far below the poverty level and much worse off than their American counterparts. Well, at least Castro cannot be accused of racism. All Cubans live that way. Well, at least they all have government run universal health care.
We’d be interested in how these high-minded elected officials can offer any rationale at all how their junket to Havana will make any difference for the American African-American citizen perhaps a mother working three jobs so she can live in a zip code where her children will go to a good school that will not program her kids to be failures for life.
We’d also be interested what their position is on the provision that provided vouchers that allowed impoverished families, the majority of them African Americans, to attend private or parochial school rescuing them from the horrors of Washington, DC being terminated is.
One thing's for certain, that anyone would raise these concerns about the conduct of the Congressional Black Caucus will have one sure result, being labeled racist.
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