If you note the orientation and tendencies of these type of speeches - the executive in question is on the hook for the present conditions in the domain in question. As a result this executive is prone to say "The State of the Union is Strong and Growing". He then will proceed to highlight the accomplishments of his administration, using his platform and unilateral projection to put forth a glowing assessment of how grand these accomplishments were. When it comes to the persistent challenges and grievances that remain - any executive will attempt to blunt these points saying, "I know we have some challenges but I am comforted that the trends appear favorable".
In summary "the State of the Union" speech is always embellished into the favor of the executive giving the speech.
It is the news media that immediately follows the speech and all day for the next several days that slices and dices the contents. Providing corrections and amplifications where necessary.
In short - the combination of:
- The Executive
- The News Media Analysts
- And most importantly, the conversations among the Rank & File public who is consuming information from the above 2 entities
are the three elements who ultimately insure that the model of their status quo as represented in the speech is in line with the real world that they live in - as "Rank & File" men and women on the street. The FIDELITY of this model is most important. Without fidelity the actions taken to advance from it as a foundation will always be misaligned.
The State Of The Dream
As I was doggedly scanning the results from yesterday's activities on the mall in Washington DC I was particularly focused upon those who purport to represent both the "model of the present state of Black America" and the keeper of Dr King's dream.
A few hours ago CNN had a video plastered on its web site that said "The Dream Has Not Been Fulfilled". The person making this assessment was the Reverend Al Sharpton.
Though Al Sharpton has no elected position and certainly "Black America" is not a formal government - the fact is that there are forces that operate (or purport to operate) on behalf of this interest group. Their favored policies, ideologies and political activism are just as impactful on this virtual entity as one would expect on the various cities and counties around the nation that it has become the prevailing ideological and political force within.
The key distinction between this group of operatives and the first group that I have modeled above is that they have no intention of standing and accounting for what has transpired while they have pressed for their policy set - unlike the executive above who will be held accountable. The upcoming election being the point at which he will be judged as a CEO.
If you observe the orientation of Al Sharpton and others who play the same role over the interests of Black America they see themselves as fighting in a long and protracted struggle. There is no intention what so ever to make note that a Detroit, a Chicago, a Rochester, an Atlanta is 100% dominated by forces that are directly aligned or at least favorable to them by party and in most cases by ideology as well.
When Rev Sharpton says "the dream has not yet been fulfilled" he doesn't see himself as the executive who will take the hit for these unfilled dreams. He sees himself as the activist and his main weapons is the indictment against the system.
Can you imagine if Al Sharpton and his cohorts were to accurately represent their struggle thus far:
- We struggled and now we control the school systems were Black people live in our highest concentrations
- We struggled and now we have a favorable mayor, city council, police chief and a line up of judges after having purged out all of the rogues
It is in their favor to DENY any progress for this allows them to continue with their actions, insuring the masses that their work is still needed.
In my analysis this sets up a shadow government that has no accountability for the results that they render per their domination. As "triple threat performers" both Sharton and Jackson use their live microphones, newspaper columns/web sites and radio shows to pontificate their version of events. When it comes to the present governments in the places that their machine has most control over - these governments are not taken to task for failing THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
Instead we are more likely to hear that the people represented in the Glenn Beck Rally are the main reasons for our continuing difficulties.
This is not RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. This is pure ideological and partisan politics that have infiltrated our community interests.
Police Brutality In 2010
The subject of police brutality was a hot one back in Dr King's day. If you evaluate the various Black progressive interest group blogs - "police brutality" and tasering" is of far, far greater concern to them than are Street Pirate attacks or the indictment of the favorable mayor and police chief to whom the brutal officers ultimately report to. There is more inclination to call for a "Citizens Review Board" so that the people will have a voice in regulating the police than anyone will be seen starting an "impeach the favorable mayor" recall effort as a representation of the people's voices.
During the time of Dr King the police departments around the nation largely operated with impunity. The shooting of a Black man was often dismissed when the officer provided with blanket cover using the statement "he made an aggressive move towards me and I responded to the threat with gunfire". The investigative committee, if there was one provided at the time would largely favor the officer. The process that provides even the evidence of justice was not taken seriously.
In 2010 - Al Sharpton seeks to conclude that the continued presence of claims of police brutality is evidence enough for an indictment. Today we have "dashboard mounted cameras, live audio feeds from an officer's walkie talkie, bureaus of internal investigations, automatic state bureau of investigation review of all police involved shootings, FBI and US Justice Department reviews and the ability for activist groups like the "Southern Poverty Law Center" to file lawsuits of unlawful death (as they did recently in Georgia).
In the eyes of Al Sharpton and those who are similarly afflicted - the equal human being who is made into a policeman with their authority that the uniform gives them is far more superior than the equal human being that has morphed into a "street pirate", the most numerous assailant to the Black community but such an infrequent point of condemnation by this same group of activists.
Where are the calls for large classes of police cadets that are filled with people who "care about the Black community and work to have our best interests protected"? The truth is that just as the favorable mayor and police chief is in place, enough to cease the protests that King and others used to make against the people who used to hold these seats, the placement of all favorable beat patrol men walking the streets is not going to fix the problem either.
Today after a crime spree the same Black community that was protesting against police brutality will run back to the mayor and ask that they 'DO SOMETHING!!!!' with respect to the terror from street pirates that is being felt by the entire community. The favorable police chief and mayor will roll out an "aggressive policing program". This will curtail crime for a short time. Then some confrontation between the police and a young Black male from the community will lead the community to demand that the aggressive policing program be curtailed.
The cycle continues.
MISSING is the question of "Who allowed that young man who was on his way to becoming a pillar of the community to morph into a street pirate, the community as his canvas for his assaults?"
The present detached state of the activist movement (and the Black press) in which they are allowed to retain their credibility after rolling out a sustained set of stories against their ideological enemies in Fox News and Glenn Beck yet are not held to account for the benign neglect that is shown by the squandered human resources who's consciousness about the world is formed under the watch of those who have this dominate control yet no accountability. THIS IS THE PROBLEM that must be addressed.
Who Makes The Dream A Reality?
The main problem that I have with the progressive ideology of Shaprton, Jackson and others is that they position themselves as delivering benefit to the Black community after having departed "the fort" and journeyed onward to correct the main distribution point in Washington DC. After the resource allocation is made fair - more nutrients will flow down river, into the Black community.
Thus the development of Black people is wholly a POLITICAL function. We need to stick together as a voting block. In noting dissatisfaction with the results and splintering into groups that vote across party lines all hopes for Black community advancement will be dashed. They don't care to see that in this state of functional ideological unity, all of the enemy forces having been driven out of our community's political order - we don't see even the early stem cells of evidence that "trying harder" will lead to different results.
This movement is totally INORGANIC. Progressivism is not organic.
Do not mistake social progress movements that effectively work to line up voters with organic infrastructure by which the people themselves are engaged to do continuing work in support of their communities. In our present state - handing out brooms, paint brushes and "crossing guard safety belts" where they are deployed as "official snitchers that drop a dime on street pirates" would do far more good for our community than a voting drive to insure more Democrats in power.
The reason why Al Sharpton can say "the dream is not fulfilled" is because no member of the Black community will line he and the other people who purport to be the leaders of the Black community onto a common stage and say to them:
"THE DREAM IS NOT FULFILLED, DESPITE YOUR EFFORTS, 40+ YEARS AFTER KING HAS LEFT US. YOU'RE FIRED!!! We will use our present access to education to develop more effective human resource management processes with adequate transparent appraisal of the effectiveness of our efforts"
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