Chittlin' Talk: The silent screams of the modern slave trade movement (Part I: Where is black America?)

Friday, March 16, 2007

The silent screams of the modern slave trade movement (Part I: Where is black America?)

"What has infuriated me about this whole issue is how most black politicians and political organizations have opted to completely ignore this whole issue while at the same time continue to persuade millions of black Americans that the petty racism that we may experience today is of a much greater importance...."

"...And the American Anti-Slavery Group noted: 'Black leaders are AWOL–or worse. The NAACP resolved to ‘come to the front of this battle’–but has not. The Congressional Black Caucus encouraged us–then went mute. Jesse Jackson’s office told us he wouldn’t touch the issue because it sounded ‘anti-Arab’ (We have three Muslims on our board).'”

"For the record, I have been very hard-pressed to find any firm position by black politicians/political organizations. Any position that I have found came after much pressure from front line individuals/organizations in war against modern slavery. Also, please note that there are some prominent black Americans that are giving voice to this issue (Danny Glover is one of them)...."

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Booker T. Washington said:

"There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs -- partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs....There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who do not want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public."