Black Congresspersons Kiss White Doll

Three states have four Black congresspersons. They are California, Georgia and New York. All four of New York’s Black congresspersons support Sen. Hillary Clinton. Three of California’s Black congresspersons support Sen. Clinton. Cong. Barbara Lee supports Sen. Barack Obama. On the other hand, three of Georgia’s Black congresspersons initially supported Sen. Obama. Cong. John Lewis who initially supported Sen. Clinton, has belatedly endorsed Sen. Obama or has he?
Three states have three Black members of Congress. All of the Black members of Congress from Florida chose the white doll –Sen. Clinton. All of the Black members of Congress from Illinois chose the brown doll –Sen. Obama. Texas has one Black congressman who supports Sen. Obama and one Black congresswoman who supports Sen. Clinton. Cong. Eddie Bernice Johnson has chosen to sit on the fence.
Using Dr. Kenneth Clark’s doll test as a measuring stick, all four Black congresspersons from New York are suffering from Negro inferiority and, given their ages, are damaged for life. This also means that those congresspersons are not capable of providing effective political representation for Blacks.
If you pay attention to the scuttlebutt, none of these congresspersons from New York are providing political representation for Blacks. Cong. Edolphus Towns, for example, is serving the tobacco industry. Cong. Gregory Meeks is a pawn of the banking industry. He is also a proxy for Rev. Floyd Flake. Cong. Yvette Clarke represents the white minority in Crown Heights in addition to white unions. Cong. Charles Rangel represents the real estate industry in New York.
A political watchdog group, CBC Monitor, grades members of Congress. Congressperson Clarke received a failing grade. Similarly, Cong. Towns also received a failing grade. This means that they constantly voted against the interests of their constituents. Most people are probably surprised that both Cong. Rangel and Cong. Meeks were able to receive grades above “F.” Each of them received a grade of “D.” Nonetheless, they are also anti-Black.
There is still enough time to challenge these congresspersons in 2008. The Black community must act promptly. Harry and Henrietta Moore, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X nor Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. put their lives on the line for political sell-outs. If they could give up their lives for us, we owe them the responsibility of protecting their legacies.
Ollie McClean stepped up to oppose the congressional campaign of David Yassky in 2006. Ollie McClean allowed us to save our faces but we lost our behinds. Most Blacks were willing to lose their faces and their behinds by ignoring the Yassky for Congress campaign.
This represented a lack of racial pride. No radio host would allow McClean to appear behind his microphone. Television hosts behaved similarly. This was a violation of FCC law. UAM filed an objection with the FCC. Yvette Clark was a third-party beneficiary.
A voter who simply goes to a polling booth and returns home is like the enslaved African who went to the cotton field and returned to the slave quarters. This is the sine qua non of plantation politics. There is no quid pro quo. Blacks are political pawns. Plantation politics is reminiscent of slavery. White people make all decisions.
To engage in politics, a special interest group must have established certain institutions. See, for example, Dr. Amos Wilson’s Blueprint for Black Power. There must be a think tank to give direction to politics and to fashion a political agenda. Unfortunately, Blacks follow the orders of their white oppressors and no Black agenda is in existence since whites give the orders.
There must be a funding mechanism. Politics is like transportation. Money is the fuel for politics. Blacks must have an ATM. This explains Sen. Obama’s political longevity in the 2008 presidential bid. His approach is from the bottom to the top. This means organization.
Blacks must be well-organized. This need for a funding mechanism explains New York’s attack on Black United Fund. Blacks are not entitled to a funding mechanism and are not entitled to organize political organizations and exercise First Amendment rights. This means community development is moot. Thus, we are still in slavery.
The denial of First Amendment rights is tantamount to a deprivation of freedom. Every Black person should be thoroughly familiar with the First Amendment. The deprivation of First Amendment rights led to Marcus Garvey’s deportation. This deprivation of First Amendment rights also led to Cong. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.’s ouster from Congress and prompted the assassinations of Henry and Henrietta Moore, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
The constitutional issues arising out of the Civil Rights Movement centered around the First Amendment. Some of the leading cases included NAACP v. Alabama, NAACP v. Button, Edwards v. South Carolina and New York Times v. Sullivan. These cases addressed the right of association and the right to express unpopular views.
Thirty years later, we are confronting the same issues. The Giuliani administration sued United African Movement after Minoo Southgate was unable to disrupt a UAM forum. She opposed UAM’s invited speakers as threats to Jews. Assistant District Attorney Steven Pagones sued Tawana Brawley and her advisors after they made criminal accusation against him. Blacks are still not permitted to make criminal accusations against whites. It constitutes defamation. See also Duke the rape case.
If Blacks are unable to elect their own political representatives and must continue to rely on whites to select our officials, we are doomed. This was the same rationale for the white primary. Whites are bent on crediting the Black vote if it leads to political debits for Blacks. As things change, the more they remain the same.