DNC's Black Policy of Benign Neglect

[Secure Da Bag]

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/in-private-meeting-joe-biden-said-part-of-education-problem-in-black-communities-is.761241/

 

[Secure Da Bag]

I wish there was more of this

If that's not showing love to the Afram community, then I don't know what does (thus far).

 

[Secure Da Bag]

And here is the exact opposite of that

His record should be enough for anyone in the black belt to at the very thought of voting or even polling for him.

Just look at this -

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/yo-so-bloomberg-also-held-up-the-settlement-money-for-the-central-park-5-dead.761512/

 

[JoogJoint]

Our Black politicians are helping with the benign neglect.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I wish there was more of this



If that's not showing love to the Afram community, then I don't know what does (thus far).

I mean, that is a statement from a guy who heavily invested in private prisons for decades. I do believe he's been legitimate about his slow transition to more progressive policies, but he made his fortune participating in all the same big financial orgs that have helped keep black folk down for decades. He's no Bloomberg but there's a reason I don't trust insanely rich folk.



Also, a number of the candidates have been tweeting, but more of this sort of shyt is what I see as a step beyond in real love. (Not a big step, mind you, but a better step.) Actually letting Black folk on the front lines speak their truth instead of just buying them to push the candidate's message.

I mean who thought you were gonna hear Malcolm X be referred to positively in a presidential candidate's ad?

 

[Secure Da Bag]

I mean, that is a statement from a guy who heavily invested in private prisons for decades. I do believe he's been legitimate about his slow transition to more progressive policies, but he made his fortune participating in all the same big financial orgs that have helped keep black folk down for decades.

If the white billionaire is saying, "My bad. I made money off your pain and suffering. Let me make it up to you. Let's get you reparations.", then I'm willing to listen. Hell, I'll support him.

Also, a number of the candidates have been tweeting, but more of this sort of shyt is what I see as a step beyond in real love. (Not a big step, mind you, but a better step.) Actually letting Black folk on the front lines speak their truth instead of just buying them to push the candidate's message.

That was a 2016 video. We're gonna need that 2020 reup.

I mean who thought you were gonna hear Malcolm X be referred to positively in a presidential candidate's ad?

True.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

If the white billionaire is saying, "My bad. I made money off your pain and suffering. Let me make it up to you. Let's get you reparations.", then I'm willing to listen. Hell, I'll support him.

A racist 80yo billionaire with zero life change. Zero conversion experience. He's lived his whole life accumulating money and power at the expense of Black folk, and now he's claiming he's gonna be different solely so he can access more money and power. Why would you believe him at all?

Remember, the amount of money he promised was only as big as his own personal fortune. And he didn't even promise it all to Black folk, he said, "Investing in Black communities", which in Bloomberg speak has always meant selling out Black communities to White developers who will bulldoze and gentrify their land.

And if he does give Black folk money, where will it come from? Remember this is a guy who is on the record saying that it's stupid to tax the rich. He's on the record saying that we need to tax the poor more. He's on the record saying he things every single government program needs to be cut more. He's on the record saying he thinks have the teachers should be fired and classes should be twice as big. He's on the record saying that he doesn't believe in living wages even for government employees.

So even if he did send out a check (which he won't), that check would be funded by closing down hospitals and cutting out jobs and fukking over schools and ending housing programs. Just like he did in New York.

But he won't send a check. Because he's 80yo and has had absolutely zero reason to change the person who he's been for 80 years. He's not worried about reelection, he's too old for that. He's certainly not worried about what he'll do to the Democratic Party. He's there to flex power. And if you think Trump has been abusing power, you ain't seen nothing. Bloomberg has money and resources to far outpace anything Trump can dream of. He'll make Trump look like the incompetent schoolyard bully who was all tough and scary until the mob boss came into town.

That was a 2016 video. We're gonna need that 2020 reup.

How many other candidates posting shyt like this on their official timeline?







or this?





This is the man who puts Nina Turner on the front of his campaign.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

A racist 80yo billionaire with zero life change. Zero conversion experience. He's lived his whole life accumulating money and power at the expense of Black folk, and now he's claiming he's gonna be different solely so he can access more money and power. Why would you believe him at all?

Are we having another misunderstanding? Because it seems you're talking about Bloomberg. While I'm talking about Steyer.

EDIT: We are having another misunderstanding.

But he won't send a check. Because he's 80yo and has had absolutely zero reason to change the person who he's been for 80 years. He's not worried about reelection, he's too old for that. He's certainly not worried about what he'll do to the Democratic Party. He's there to flex power. And if you think Trump has been abusing power, you ain't seen nothing. Bloomberg has money and resources to far outpace anything Trump can dream of. He'll make Trump look like the incompetent schoolyard bully who was all tough and scary until the mob boss came into town.

I don't support Bloomberg. Nor believe anything he says. I'm only referring to Steyer and his past investments in private prisons and his now full support of reparations.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Are we having another misunderstanding? Because it seems you're talking about Bloomberg. While I'm talking about Steyer.

EDIT: We are having another misunderstanding.

I don't support Bloomberg. Nor believe anything he says. I'm only referring to Steyer and his past investments in private prisons and his now full support of reparations.

Sorry, that was my bad completely, too many conversations at once. I agree, I do believe that Steyer is honest. I just think he's done a lot more harm than good with his wealth. Technically, if he did become president and did pass reparations that would move the needle, but the reality is....

A. He has no chance at the presidency.
B. Even if he did make it, he'd have no chance of getting reparations passed through Congress.


So the truth is he's still hurt the Black community though all that wealth-accumulation much more than he'll ever help it. But that's still a LOT different from Bloomberg. Steyer happened to hurt Black people while he made money and then started to try to make amends. Bloomberg made money to get power and then overtly used that power to hurt Black people more.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I mean, that is a statement from a guy who heavily invested in private prisons for decades. I do believe he's been legitimate about his slow transition to more progressive policies, but he made his fortune participating in all the same big financial orgs that have helped keep black folk down for decades. He's no Bloomberg but there's a reason I don't trust insanely rich folk.



Also, a number of the candidates have been tweeting, but more of this sort of shyt is what I see as a step beyond in real love. (Not a big step, mind you, but a better step.) Actually letting Black folk on the front lines speak their truth instead of just buying them to push the candidate's message.

I mean who thought you were gonna hear Malcolm X be referred to positively in a presidential candidate's ad?

Is there any evidence to show how long he held investments in private prisons? He’s said he divested pretty quickly but if you’re asserting decades, then he’s lying. Since I like the guy’s policies, I’d like to know the real answer here

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Is there any evidence to show how long he held investments in private prisons? He’s said he divested pretty quickly but if you’re asserting decades, then he’s lying. Since I like the guy’s policies, I’d like to know the real answer here

I think he's telling the truth - I misread something in the article and conflated a line about his "early investment" in private prisons with how long he'd been investing with the company. I think he did only hold the stocks for a few years.

From what I can put together (had to follow a few links to see it all laid out), it looks like they invested $2 million in Corrections Corporation of America (one of the worst - they're the ones running the migrant detention centers now) in the 1st quarter of 2004. That immediately led to protests at Yale, which called for Yale to divest from Steyer's fund. Steyer refused to meet with the protesters and defended the investment.

In 2005 Steyer bumped their investment in CCA up to $90 million.

In 2006, they divested from CCA.

So they only held the investments for about 2.5 years. It's not the "couple months" that he's been claiming in the interviews, but it definitely wasn't a very long time.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Yo, if this shyt is true

So price out black people. In the 1 state where the black vote is supposed to matter.

Good job DNC.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

This is Chris Matthews, but it's qualifies for DNC fukkery. Apparently, he thinks all black people look the same.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Our Black politicians are helping with the benign neglect.

Funny you should say that. Though this is more pundits than politicians.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Rep Engel say he pretty much doesn't give a damn about his district.