Some Blacks See The Presence Of Black Elected Officials As The Victory Rather Than Being Able To Enumerate Their Benefit To The Community

Blacks at Odds Over Scrutiny of President

This Washington Post Article comes as no surprise to me.

It shows the consciousness of some people and how their present political activism has been misplaced by their loyalties to the political establishment rather than to toward the Black community.

It is clear that as a people we initially engaged in political activism for a particular purpose - to improve the condition of our communities and to insure that as equal Americans and equal human beings - we were treated with equal rights according to the law. In as much as our common fate as a people was to "stay back if you are Black" there was an inherent unity by necessity. Today we can't afford to be "unified" for unity sake. This does little more than suppress ideas.

Yet, just as politics makes strange bedfellows, it is also the case that diverted consciousness can have you focused on the headcount while losing sight of the real purposes of your mission.

I have said for a long while that the source of the problem is the under-developed and subjective bias of the Black Establishment and Black Activist class who stream messages to the Black community. They realize that the Black Community is fairly desperate in seeking resolution to our perplexing problems. Thus in as much as the establishment and activist class has been able to channel the Black vote and political sentiment in a certain direction (progressivism) this was sold as the means of solving the problems within.

It is ironic that some of the very same people who were on the attack against those who questioned the movement (ie: Tavis Smiley) have themselves come under attack as they themselves began to question the Obama movement. Decades of favorable commentary by Tavis Smiley was trampled over by the "Obama Manhood Protectors". Despite their drive toward "civil rights" for Black people they are intolerant of free speech that goes against their mission

I have called out the "Attack Sheep Dogs" for at least 8 years. They are the enforcers of "Black Unity". In their view they possess the "real Black agenda" and anyone who diverges from them is not only wrong but is an agent for the "White man". Let me more clearly say "the Conservative White man" because they love themselves some Ted Kennedy and Keith Olbermann who are liberals. Those who are now under attack have no one to blame but themselves for they have in fact cultivated this spirit when they were on the "inside" and "Da Man" was not to their liking.

SOLUTIONS

The key way to solve this problem of the cannibalism of dissent is to clearly articulate some fundamental principals that all combatants can agree upon. Anyone who has followed this blog knows that I have taken the lead in defining this list after carefully listening to Black people of all stripes:

1. Safe Communities
2. Quality Schools
3. Thriving Local Economy
4. Healthy Lifestyles
5. Comprehensive Scope
6. Organic Solutions
   

It is not that hard people.

Some people confuse the tactics with the strategy. The methodology (tactics) should always be up for debate. If someone finds a way to move 100 yards forward faster and more efficiently - others who are committed to the same end point should yield to the superior methodology rather than attempt to destroy the conductor because he is "taking your flock".


The evidence that those who have spent their careers "speaking truth to power" are now strangely silent because of the favorable political conditions is so clear to everyone. They base their appeasement upon the favorable "headcount" of Democrats and Progressives in power. I challenge them to back up their contentment with DATA UPON THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

According to the National Urban League - Blacks are still only 70% of White folks. The closure of this gap will come from WITHIN rather than from more favorable Black elected officials operating within the American political system.