From The Honorable Sis. Cynthia McKinney: Tripoli Day Four
Some
of the DIGNITY Delegation has departed and some have remained. We
were to visit the camps of the internally-displaced persons who include
Libyans and migrant workers from other parts of Africa and West Asia,
but the intense bombing prevented our going out. The bombing yesterday
started at 11:00 am and went nonstop until we went to sleep around
11:30 pm and we counted 89 blasts in the Tripoli area. NATO also
bombed in areas outside of Tripoli including the busy part of the
harbor where offloading of ships takes place. We are on our way now to
continue our fact-finding. In the meantime, please read the following
interesting article, brought to my attention by one of our readers,
Robert Oliver:
http://thyblackman.com/2011/
http://thyblackman.com/2011/
William Reed; Who Speaks For African-Americans, Yes You?
(ThyBlackMan.com) While many questioned whether Barack Obama was “Black enough,” in the 2008 elections 96 percent of African-Americans cast their vote for him.
Today, the question has re-emerged. In a recent critique, African-American scholar Cornel West stated that Obama is “culturally White.”
This statement has created new ways to evaluate Obama, has ignited a
new debate, and increased the divisions existing among
African-Americans.
Does Obama represent Black Americans’ views and issues these days? An even more relevant question might be, “Do Blacks want a Black as their spokesperson?”
McKinney Speaks
The leading voices for racial representation and justice in the past now cop another tune. The Rev. Al
Sharpton said, “The issue comes down to a 
misunderstanding
of Obama’s role. This is the first time in this country that we have
an African-American president. [However], he’s not the president of
African-Americans.”
misunderstanding
of Obama’s role. This is the first time in this country that we have
an African-American president. [However], he’s not the president of
African-Americans.”
Former
U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney has used the unpopular war in African
countries to take over the role of international spokesperson for Black
Americans.
As
traditional Black political and religious leaders scamper like mice
around the issue, McKinney has taken the position that Obama’s actions
and practices are primarily based on his “White conqueror mindset.”
McKinney said that Obama’s practices and policies are “a continuation of George Bush” and “do not represent the views of African-Americans.”
On state-sponsored broadcasts in Libya, the 2008 Green Party
presidential candidate said, “these policies of war…are not what the
people of the United States stand for, and it’s not what
African-Americans stand for.”
Aiding The Enemy?
Mainstream
media carries an imperialist point of view and portrays McKinney as a
rube, “lending aid and comfort to America’s enemies” as she “fanned
flames of American hatred by telling Muslims in Libya and Iran that the
United States is exactly what they believe it is – a fat, bloated
nation controlled by Israel that exploits the poor in order to line the
pockets of the wealthy.”
McKinney told viewers, “the profile of an African-American is one that advocates for truth, justice, and human dignity.” Despite Western media portrayals of Gaddafi as a crazy madman, to McKinney and other African-oriented activists, he’s “a hero of African rights.”
Benefiting From War
The
war in Libya is about increasing the wealth of a few. It cost
Americans $4 million a day. In what way does this war benefit Black
Americans? It doesn’t matter that Nelson Mandela supports Gaddafi and
his works. To Black Americans, who believe Obama is heaven-sent,
McKinney’s and Cornel West’s utterances are blasphemy.
In the eyes of “post-racial” Blacks, McKinney and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan parrot Libyan government propaganda and paint the regime as “a harbinger of peace” on the African continent.
In
the eyes of McKinney and Farrakhan, Blacks have bought into an
imperialist system and actively glorify America’s militarism and
dominance in the name of unlimited personal fortunes of a few.
In the case of whether the U.S. should be allowed to continue assaulting this Black African country, what say you?
Written By William Reed
Mr. Reed William Reed is available for speaking/seminar projects via; BaileyGroup.org.
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