Hello Bob,   
      
    LL>> DEMOCRACY EXPLAINED TO KIDS   
      
    LL>> A black kid asks his mother, "Mama, what's a Democracy and   
    LL>> what is Racism?"   
      
    LL>> "Well, son, Democracy is when white folks work every day so   
    LL>> we can get all our benefits, you know, like free cell   
    LL>> phones for each family member, rent subsidy, food stamps,   
    LL>> WIC, free healthcare, utility subsidy, & on & on, you know,   
    LL>> that's Democracy."   
      
    LL>> "But mama, don't the white people get pissed off about   
    LL>> that?"   
      
    LL>> "Sure they do, that's called Racism!"   
      
    LL>> (Never more simply explained)   
      
   BK>Or more fraudulently. There are aproximately 3 times as many   
   BK>poor whites as poor blacks in this country. The poor are   
   BK>overwhelmingly working poor. Even your 9th ward, the infamously   
   BK>abandoned by the Feds, home of the poor black population, was   
   BK>overwhelmingly made up of families supported by workers.   
      
   Folks who lived in the Lower 9th Ward were mostly renters.   
   They had evacuated prior to Katrina hitting New Orleans, but   
   were unable to return due to the levees breaking leaving the   
   entire area flooded.  Yes, most of them worked, although at   
   low-paying jobs, hardly enough to live on much less raise a   
   family.   
      
   The issue isn't really about race, but rather what is right   
   and what is wrong.  People do what they have to do in order to   
   survive.  Most folks, rich or poor, are good people rather than   
   bad, trying to do the right thing rather than the wrong thing.   
      
   You can find bad people in every neighborhood.  Right-wingers   
   like to point out that Rev. Martin Luther King was a troublemaker,   
   a black man who spoke for a violent people, all of whom happened   
   to also be black.  No white minister would ever encourage white   
   folks to disobey cops and other law enforcement officials.  There   
   is a reason why no Republican spoke at the Lincoln Memorial on   
   the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"   
   speech.  There is also a reason why no Republicans were invited   
   by the organizers to speak.   
      
   BK>The reality has been it isn't white or black, but haves and have   
   BK>nots. The haves have taken more from the poor black community   
   BK>than the poor black community ever got back.   
      
   For Republicans, it really is about white or black.  It wasn't always   
   like that, but it is today.  For example, George Romney received 30%   
   of the black vote as a candidate for governor of Michigan.  Mitt Romney   
   received 6% of the black vote as a candidate for president.  That is   
   how much the Republican Party has changed over the years.   
      
   BK>Remember Mitt Romney's infamous 47%?   
      
   George Romney marched with MLK and the blacks for freedom.   
   Mitt Romney refused to speak at the Lincoln Memorial for the   
   50th anniversary of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.  What a   
   tremendous opportunity that was missed by Mitt Romney and the   
   Republican Party.  Even Michael Steel admitted the GOP goofed.   
      
   BK>Well, since blacks make up only about 13% of the population   
   BK>of this country, That leaves 34% to be white.   
      
   Cajuns make up a much smaller percentage of the population   
   than blacks, hispanics, or asians.  Why this country wants to   
   identify itself by race is beyond me, as it is language that   
   defines a culture ...   
      
   BK>Since even the 15% unemployment rate among blacks, or more   
   BK>like 25% real unemployment rather than the fake numbers the   
   BK>government uses, still means 25% of 13%. Or about 3 1/3% of   
   BK>the population. That leaves about 45% out of 47% Mitt Romney   
   BK>considers "takers" to be white.   
      
   Cajuns are not exactly the wealthiest folks in the world.  And yet   
   most of them voted for the man with the red face.  Probably because   
   they thought he was a crawfish.   
      
   --Lee   
      
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