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Originally posted by Discogoddess:
So....if we don't walk lock step with one another, we should be tarred and feathered? ).]
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DISCOGODDESS: You have taken NUPE4LIFE's post in a direction in which it was intended. As minorities, it helps to have a unified voice, not a monolithic one. Not everyone agrees with Jesse Jackson (I don't at least 50% of the time), Kwesi Mfume, or our own orgs many times. But when dealing with the public at large, especially the white power structure and entrenched institutions, it behooves us as a race not to attack or belittle the champions of "our collective causes", emphasis on the collective. As an individual, these so called Black leaders, may not speak for us, but many put their lives on the line to advance positions favorable to us. If they can steal an election in Fla, why can't they steal or nullify your vote next? Someone needs to argue this point. I used to think that Al Sharpton was a clown, but no one took Guiliani to task like he did about police brutality. I'll be damned before I accept the word of these negro bootlickers like Armstrong Williams, Larry Elder, Ward Connerly, Shelby Steele, and Clarence Thomas. What did they ever do for any Black person other than themselves? Who funds and supports these people? The enemy, that who. Bootlicking is a cottage industry now. All of these "dissenting Black voices" make thousands of dollars for books and lectures hating on their own people. That is the essence of Uncle Tomism and House Negroism.. I have never heard of any of these people speaking before the NAACP, Urban League, or other Black groups to express concerns or dissent. Just to the white media. Again, the question is why? I offer all of this as a Black, anti-liberal conservative, but no white man or audience will hear me condemn my brethren. That is between us!!