Black Political Action: The Long Road to Nowhere

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For example, an assertion being heard often enough to ponder its possibility is that no near accurate Census of Americans of African descent exists (at least not to our knowing), and acquiescence of Black organizations and politicos on the matter is ill. So we willy-nilly accept that Blacks in America comprise only some twelve percent of the population and that there are more "white" Latinos in this country than Africans. (I've been counted only once and that was years ago when I went on the inside and worked as a supervisor for the Census count.) The long practiced "Blacked undercount" has worked wonders as unwritten policy of containment by controlling our numbers.

State Attorney General Charlie Crist, Republican candidate for governor is way ahead of [Jim Davis] in the race, according to various polls. Crist loves Black people so much that he staged a so-called investigation into the 1951 Christmas night bombing murders of NAACP leader Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette V. Moore, in Mimes, Florida. Crist, standing with the Moore's surviving daughter brought in from out of state for the occasion, indicated that his "investigation" solved the murders. However, as it turns out, he actually reported no new information in the case. The ruse gained Charlie Crist great positive publicity with Black voters and access to Black churches throughout the state.

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Black Political Action: The Long Road to Nowhere

Marginalization, containment, being left out, co-opted, ignored, and discriminated against, are all values experienced by Americans of African descent within both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. As a result, Black political action has been,...

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