Minister Farrakhan Reminds Black Detroit to Stick Together

[HiPointDem]

12. sure. but denouncing it does little good when the issues that bring people to farrakhan are not

being addressed. and they're not. they're getting worse, in fact.

why are so many people open to that message?

well, low-income to middle-class blacks were targeted in the mortgage debacle; middle-income blacks have been effectively targeted in education deform-driven school closings, firings, charter conversions and also in state & local government cut-backs; and also in attacks on unionization, like the auto bailout.

because blacks are more likely than whites to be unionized, more likely than whites to be government workers, and because black teachers and staff have been disproportionately laid off or fired under education deform policies -- and all of this hits the black middle class.

not to mention 'emergency management' of schools and government in detroit, and in michigan overall, such that 2/3 of black people in michigan have been stripped of their civil rights.

not to mention neighborhoods being subject to policies of 'planned shrinkage' (city services like streetlights and responsive policing/fire being removed, etc.), such that entire neighborhoods are designated as sacrifice zones and property rendered valueless.

when people are under attack, it does not one bit of good to tell them their beliefs are wrong. if you want their beliefs to change, change the terrain.