Liberals will say there is a crisis in black leadership. They have been saying it for years. Recently, Dion Rabouin wrote for International Business Times, "The leadership void is a reality for African-Americans across the
nation. Tuesday night saw organized protests in 130 American cities, but
no one was able to articulate just what all the marching -- or the
bricks thrown, overturned police cars or buildings set on fire -- were
intended to accomplish."
In August, Jesse Jackson was asked by protesters, "When are you going to stop selling us out...?"
The Congressional Black Caucus members recently staged a "hands up, don't shoot" protest on the floor of congress. However, the website Breaking Brown reports:
None of the Congressional Black Caucus members who were a part of this “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” protest voted in favor of H.R. 4870, an amendment offered by Rep. Grayson (FL) to halt the Pentagon’s 1033 program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars of military weapons and equipment to local police annually.
They conclude, "It seems that symbolism is still more important than substance among many of our CBC members."
The reality on the ground in and around St. Louis seems different than the black liberals would have us believe. There is indeed a new black leadership forming out of the Ferguson crisis.
There is the Huey P. Newton Gun Club and the #blackopencarry movement in Texas.
There is the Black Riders Liberation Party.
Young leaders are taking a lion's share of the organizing through Hands Up United and the Don't Shoot Coalition on the ground in Ferguson.
What is clear from Ferguson is not that there is far from a lack of black leadership. Rather, there is a renaissance of black leaders who are proving to be heirs to the black radical tradition of the Black Panther Party, the Organization of Afro-American Unity and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers more than Obama, Sharpton or Jackson could ever hope to.
In August, Jesse Jackson was asked by protesters, "When are you going to stop selling us out...?"
The Congressional Black Caucus members recently staged a "hands up, don't shoot" protest on the floor of congress. However, the website Breaking Brown reports:
None of the Congressional Black Caucus members who were a part of this “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” protest voted in favor of H.R. 4870, an amendment offered by Rep. Grayson (FL) to halt the Pentagon’s 1033 program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars of military weapons and equipment to local police annually.
They conclude, "It seems that symbolism is still more important than substance among many of our CBC members."
The reality on the ground in and around St. Louis seems different than the black liberals would have us believe. There is indeed a new black leadership forming out of the Ferguson crisis.
There is the Huey P. Newton Gun Club and the #blackopencarry movement in Texas.
There is the Black Riders Liberation Party.
Young leaders are taking a lion's share of the organizing through Hands Up United and the Don't Shoot Coalition on the ground in Ferguson.
What is clear from Ferguson is not that there is far from a lack of black leadership. Rather, there is a renaissance of black leaders who are proving to be heirs to the black radical tradition of the Black Panther Party, the Organization of Afro-American Unity and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers more than Obama, Sharpton or Jackson could ever hope to.
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