Has Viola Plummer Gone Mad?
If I had been a new arrival from Ghana, for example, and turned on WNBC-TV at 5:00 p.m. on July 25, I would have seen an apparently crazy woman, Viola Plummer, refusing to leave the City Council Chambers because she had just lost her job. I would have also seen an angry City Councilman, Charles Barron, vowing to get even with the head of the City Council.
The news story would also highlight that this, apparently, crazy Black woman had threatened to assassinate a Black City Councilman, Leroy Comrie. There would also be an interview with another Black City Councilman, Robert Jackson, who praised the white head of the City Council for acting appropriately in siccing the police on this Black woman.
This is how the white media brainwashes a people lacking information. It is like consumers who lack information about products. They buy brands. Black people are struggling to survive and they have been conditioned to embrace the views of the white media. Many Blacks listen to radio for hip-hop music and gospel music. Some are listening to oldies but goodies.
Mythologic consumes the Black community. Our major premises are mostly false. Thus, we are unable to solve their own problems. A person who sees a white Jesus will reach conclusions different from a person who sees a Black Jesus. History and critical thinking are critical to the survival of any people.
Most Blacks are unaware that Black voters in New York have been disenfranchised. Black preachers benefit from the faith-based initiative. We will get our just desserts in the afterlife. Since the devil is a faceless man in a red suit with a pitchfork, no person who looks like Jesus could be the devil.
We once believed that members of the City Council had the authority to hire their own staff. This is another fallacy. Only white people can hire staff members of the City Council. This is how plantation politics works in New York City. It maintains the status quo.
The person who can fire a person is the only person who can hire that person. A council member who lacks the authority to hire and fire a staff member is also voiceless in municipal government. We can only enjoy political presence. Political representation is reserved for whites.
This is the plight of all Blacks in New York. Viola Plummer may be the victim but Blacks are the target. Blacks have been conditioned not to see beyond victims. When the police conducts a raid on a neighbor’s home, this is the neighbor’s problem. The neighbor must have caused the problem.
What was Mary Mitchell thinking when the police gunned down Eleanor Bumpurs? What was Sean Bell thinking when the police gunned down Amadou Diallo? We are unable to connect the dots and think outside the box. These are the requirements of critical thinking.
Viola’s lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court may not be enough to put her back on Barron’s staff. The federal judge denied her motion for preliminary injunctive relief. To win this motion, the federal judge had to be convinced of Viola’s probability of success at trial in September and irreparable harm that she would suffer if she were fired from her job. Afterwards, Quinn fired her. The federal judge saw no irreparable harm.
This lawsuit may save Viola but it certainly will not save us. This means that the federal judge missed the big picture. Black voters vote for Black candidates and a white woman reaps the political benefits. This is an unconstitutional bait-and-switch.
Blacks are entitled to political representation but they end up with political presence. Black politicians are assigned seats without portfolios. This means that Black politicians are personally enriched but Blacks remain powerless. By voting under this arrangement, we are actually endorsing our own oppression.
By failing to grant injunctive relief, the federal judge has already decided that not only is Viola without standing to complain about the loss of her job but also that the Black community is without standing to complain about Black disenfranchisement. This means that Blacks are headed backwards and have already reached 1857.
Every Black preacher, in his or her pulpit, should not only call for a “Day of Outrage” at City Hall at the next City Council meeting in August but, like the preachers in Montgomery, AL, in 1955, they must call for a city-wide economic boycott.
Black preachers in New York City must at this time, bring New York City down to its financial knees. Otherwise, it will take a bombshell for Viola to win in federal court and for Blacks to enjoy political power. There should be no marriage between the Black Church and the white State.
The news story would also highlight that this, apparently, crazy Black woman had threatened to assassinate a Black City Councilman, Leroy Comrie. There would also be an interview with another Black City Councilman, Robert Jackson, who praised the white head of the City Council for acting appropriately in siccing the police on this Black woman.
This is how the white media brainwashes a people lacking information. It is like consumers who lack information about products. They buy brands. Black people are struggling to survive and they have been conditioned to embrace the views of the white media. Many Blacks listen to radio for hip-hop music and gospel music. Some are listening to oldies but goodies.
Mythologic consumes the Black community. Our major premises are mostly false. Thus, we are unable to solve their own problems. A person who sees a white Jesus will reach conclusions different from a person who sees a Black Jesus. History and critical thinking are critical to the survival of any people.
Most Blacks are unaware that Black voters in New York have been disenfranchised. Black preachers benefit from the faith-based initiative. We will get our just desserts in the afterlife. Since the devil is a faceless man in a red suit with a pitchfork, no person who looks like Jesus could be the devil.
We once believed that members of the City Council had the authority to hire their own staff. This is another fallacy. Only white people can hire staff members of the City Council. This is how plantation politics works in New York City. It maintains the status quo.
The person who can fire a person is the only person who can hire that person. A council member who lacks the authority to hire and fire a staff member is also voiceless in municipal government. We can only enjoy political presence. Political representation is reserved for whites.
This is the plight of all Blacks in New York. Viola Plummer may be the victim but Blacks are the target. Blacks have been conditioned not to see beyond victims. When the police conducts a raid on a neighbor’s home, this is the neighbor’s problem. The neighbor must have caused the problem.
What was Mary Mitchell thinking when the police gunned down Eleanor Bumpurs? What was Sean Bell thinking when the police gunned down Amadou Diallo? We are unable to connect the dots and think outside the box. These are the requirements of critical thinking.
Viola’s lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court may not be enough to put her back on Barron’s staff. The federal judge denied her motion for preliminary injunctive relief. To win this motion, the federal judge had to be convinced of Viola’s probability of success at trial in September and irreparable harm that she would suffer if she were fired from her job. Afterwards, Quinn fired her. The federal judge saw no irreparable harm.
This lawsuit may save Viola but it certainly will not save us. This means that the federal judge missed the big picture. Black voters vote for Black candidates and a white woman reaps the political benefits. This is an unconstitutional bait-and-switch.
Blacks are entitled to political representation but they end up with political presence. Black politicians are assigned seats without portfolios. This means that Black politicians are personally enriched but Blacks remain powerless. By voting under this arrangement, we are actually endorsing our own oppression.
By failing to grant injunctive relief, the federal judge has already decided that not only is Viola without standing to complain about the loss of her job but also that the Black community is without standing to complain about Black disenfranchisement. This means that Blacks are headed backwards and have already reached 1857.
Every Black preacher, in his or her pulpit, should not only call for a “Day of Outrage” at City Hall at the next City Council meeting in August but, like the preachers in Montgomery, AL, in 1955, they must call for a city-wide economic boycott.
Black preachers in New York City must at this time, bring New York City down to its financial knees. Otherwise, it will take a bombshell for Viola to win in federal court and for Blacks to enjoy political power. There should be no marriage between the Black Church and the white State.
posted by Attorney Alton Maddox at 8:59 PM
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