Question: What credibility does a man whose marching mandate for all Black people over the past few decades has been: "Beyond anything else - the Black community must never allow itself to split its vote across more than one party, lest it lose its power as a unified voting block" when it comes to his new call for a "Black Party"?
Answer: You take this suggestion seriously at your own peril. This time you had better ask him for earnest money that you put into escrow - collecting a percentage of the balance after each 100 mile segment of the trip.
Me personally - I refuse to drive my taxicab from New York City down to Washington DC, buying the story that my fare missed his plane and has an important meeting that he can't meet. The present Black establishment was last seen sneaking out of the cab as I was stuck in traffic on I-495, having been appeased by the conversation on the ride down.
The chief engineer of the current political establishment machine that runs vertically from every Black community up through to the White House and Capitol Hill is now suggesting ways on how we as a community might more EFFECTIVELY have our community needs addressed. I suggest that they go to city hall and talk to the people that they helped put into office, threatening to protest against them just like they did against the man who sat in the very same office 50 years ago when the Black community's dreams were similarly denied.
Instead of protesting against the element of the machine that they helped get elected - we are more likely to have our civil rights leaders of today go back to the jail cell that they sat in 50 years ago as part of a "Civil Rights Memorial Tour" for college students. They suggest to these young people that they should never give up the struggle. They point to the lands that have not yet been conquered. They need to be pointing to the land that has been trampled upon yet now needs a new set of skills that the perpetual protester may not have: Human Resource Management.
Let's be clear - the idea of ideological diversity in the mind of Dr Ronald Walters - loyal Democrat and political science professor at the University of Maryland is when Dr Michael Eric Dyson was down with then candidate Obama and his wife Marcia Dyson was for candidate Hillary Clinton. By the end of the marital dispute in their article of record they unified in loving matrimony, agreeing that they are going to vote for whatever Democrat insure that the Republicans vacated the White House - thus having the Democrats running all of Washington DC - in addition to every single voting district that has a 35%+ Black (or minority) voting base.
The key point that Dr Walters and many other "Democrats who are Black" fail to realize is that in their calls for "Black voter unity" there is not one iota of a mandate that such a unified Black vote will ensure the EFFECTIVE attainment of our community's PERMANENT INTERESTS. Far too often when they do articulate or community's interests - they focus upon OBTAINING them rather than MANAGING them into fruition using the human resources at their disposal.
In summary - they prefer UNITY behind their ideology over the question of EFFECTIVENESS, building the appropriate infrastructure to bring it into existence.
They believe that "as the fortunes of the Democratic Party goes - so goes the interests of Black people". When this theorem is put to the test in these zones of 100% Democratic Party control - in the outposts of Black communities - the gross failures of the attainment of our community's PERMANENT INTERESTS does not force this group to do introspection. Instead they use their "insider vantage point" within the protected space of the "Black community's nucleus" to conspire on behalf of the Democrats.
Previous failures of their strategies allows them to tap the persisting grievances among Black to motivate us to "try harder". They are able to note that the questioning of their agenda is surely an opening for the Republicans to come back in and run our communities. This threat of the "Klan's return" into our midst that they have conditioned over the years is able to trump any carnage that they presently see within their community under the purview of the "favored leadership".
Sadly this indicates the lack of structure and maturity of the Black Establishment as an entity. Their goal is to enforce unity so that the march forward does not lose focus as the internal energy of the molecules within is lost in the form of heat that is generated from friction. (See the modern day SCLC as a perfect example). The external boogieman provides the necessary "lubricant" to keep this machine running smoothly. The smoke that is coming out of the tailpipe indicates that the head gaskets are in need of replacement.
If Tavis Smiley - long time liberal and loyal Democrat can barely escape with the "Blackness" upon his backside intact for daring to go against the Black orthodoxy what might a real "enemy" who has a divergent ideology expect?
This same establishment force demands "transparency" for external entities (corporations, governments, banks) as proof of their commitment to "diversity". To them "diversity" that might question their own operating foundation is called "disloyalty".
Analysis Of The Article
In the first part of Dr Water's article he does a "hock spit" upon the "Tea Party" and other "right wing forces" aligned with the Republican Party. If only he was able to use this same angst against the machine that is presently in control over the schools, forces of law & order and over the economic policy presently in effect WITHIN the Black community. Oh wait - that would mean he'd have to spit straight up into the air and allow it to land on his own body.
After clearing the deck of his ideological enemies Dr Walters says the following:
Today, it is clear, however, that beyond the general discussion about accountability, there needs to be not only a place where you get down to the “nuts and bolts” about exactly who should be accountable about what, but how to develop effective methodologies of tactics and strategies to achieve it. Thus, whether you call it a party or a posse doesn’t matter, the point is that there is a necessity to mobilize to achieve the ends people are talking about.
A Black party could enable the discussion about accountability to focus on the cabinet agencies where the Federal budget exist to achieve some of the things needed by the black community. Some of the specific programs being rolled out around jobs and a new focus on home foreclosure and etc. look good, but others such as “race to the top” as an educational program looks questionable to me – and the issue is that few of these programs across the board have been developed with the vigorous input and engagement of those for whom the programs are supposed to be designed.
A Black party could also monitor and engage local initiatives more effectively. Where the rubber meets the road is in the local communities and there, mayors, county officials, state legislators and others presumably have some idea of what it takes to make black communities whole, what resources are addressed to that task and what is lacking. A mobilized force could assist in this task of projecting community needs and monitoring whether or to what extent they are met.
What I am suggesting has been happening to some extent with the vigilance of our Civil Rights organizations, the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and the action of progressive black officials at the national, state and local levels.
However, there should be a greater role for citizen engagement and a Black party mechanism could be the key. What we are witnessing is the rush of media attention to these movements, a dynamic that gives them power and places our interests farther and farther into the background. Mobilizing would give us the power to regain the footing to address the truth of our condition.
(No I did not call Dr Walters a "serial killer". I know how the editors of 'Lampblack Yellow Journalist sites work with their headlines)
The character Dexter is a serial killer by night who IS the creator of the crime scene in question as he executes his INTENTION for "justice" upon the murder victim of his choosing. He kills because someone else has killed.
By day, however, Dexter is the expert police investigator who is charged with analyzing this same crime scene for blood splatter patterns, assisting the authorities in figuring out "who done it".
The curious thing that one notices about Dexter, the inside man, is that he never seems to find the actual murderer because he knows how to clean up after himself from his deeds the night before. Instead he is skilled enough in "police procedure" to set up what ever unsuspecting scapegoat that, if kept alive, would expose Dexter for who he is: a killer who kills killers in the name of justice.
In the case of Dr Ronald Walters and other "Democrats who are Black" the "night before" is their hard work for the past several decades to frame up the scene of the "Black Community" so that the failures within are perfectly scrubbed of their "blue" fingerprints. The only problem is that that in the Black community even the "Internal Investigations" squad are Democrats. They have been known to tell Dr Walters - that he has missed a spot that needs cleaning up.
In some future episode of the show I expect Dexter to team with OJ Simpson, leaving no stone unturned until the real killer is found.
Likewise I expect the search for new "effective" methodologies identified by Dr Walters under the auspices of the "Black Party" to be drawn from the widest set of tools and options available to Black folks.
Sadly it is the same establishment group that developed the present eco-system within the Black community which they are complaining about who retains the right to appraise the effectiveness of the new solutions. And you thought that the "9/11 Commission" was a stacked deck.
Dr Ronald Walters - who is arguably one of the most talented "Democrat Who Is Black" strategist beside Donna Brazille is not telling Black people that we need to come up with methodologies that can more effectively appraise the EFFECTIVENESS of the leaders that represent the Black community. He is merely taking the lead before too many people begin to put the puzzle pieces together and begin to question him - the present establishment.
I credit Dr Waters for using his inside knowledge about the Black community - our grievances and emotional triggers. He then takes this information and expertly wraps them around the machinations of the Democratic and progressive movements in this nation.
Again - while many others are merely talk and bravado - Dr Walters and Brazille are effective at what they are executing.
For me as an observer and a critic I merely ask "What entity are they executing on behalf of"?
To most Black people being a "sellout" to an external entity is a label that all wish to avoid. However when one is provably "sold out" to an external group that is deemed popular to be "sold out" reactions are radically different. This is not considered "sellout" behavior. This is especially when the typical name caller is standing right by your side doing the same thing.
IT IS TIME TO PUT THE BLACK ESTABLISHMENT ITSELF ON TRIAL
What did the Civil Rights Movement of ole do when the corrupt local forces of law & order skewed the investigations so that it would not indict their drinking buddies per the agreement they made at the local tavern the night before?
Great investigators such as Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall, with the help of a cast of thousands of Black eyewitnesses to the crime scenes they were living in - put together a lock tight case that was full of damning evidence. Though the federal authorities to whom they would ultimately have to go to in order to receive ultimate justice had trace elements of the very same bigotry within them as did the local conspirators - with so many of the nation's eye's watching the preponderance of evidence assembled by these great litigators - they would reject this evidents at their own peril.
The key point that was at stake was the very CREDIBILITY of the United States itself.
I see this blog, my video collection in particular - as a resource of irrefutable evidence.
I have concluded that the role of the "Federal Authorities" of today resides with the BLACK RANK AND FILE.
Whereas the words "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired" was said by Black grassroots activists against those who assailed them and their attempts for justice being squandered by the system - today the Black community tells of its tiredness just the same. The key difference is that IT IS COMPLICIT with the corrupt establishment. Our community will heal from its sickness and become rejuvenated once it puts the presently presiding Black Establishment into a framework of transparency.
The United Nation's "International Criminal Court" was established to provide legal recourse which superseded the attempts of nations which refused to punish instances of human rights abuses within. The American conservatives refused to submit their country to the authority of the UN ICC. It is clear to me that the Black Establishment forces of today have a similar aversion to submitting themselves to such transparency.
Only the rank and file within the Black community can force their chosen leaders to submit themselves to a framework of transparency.
Ironically the present Black Establishment sees itself as the authentic voice that represents the Black community. It just "happens" to be Democrat and Progressive because - in their view - this is the natural orientation for Black people. It will see any effort to bring it into the control of such a framework that has it actually PROOF that it is more EFFECTIVE than it is merely POPULAR as a threat that is attempting to usurp its power and authority. These operatives use this void of structure for their own advantage. Progressives and Democrats benefit more than does the Black community. We as Black people are asked to look at the portraits upon the wall as PROOF of our racial advancement and their good works.
If they are indeed committed to transparency and effectiveness the court hearing will bear this out.
As with any establishment order they refuse to submit to a trial when there is no consequence bearing upon them.
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