Chicago's Black Elites Fail To Make A Difference
Today former Chicago Public school chief Barbara Byrd-Bennet was in a place that has become far too familiar to many of it's public officials- a courtroom. Bennet plead guilty to 23 charges of corruption in an alleged $23M no-bid contract kickback scheme. She is the latest in an alarming trend of political corruption nationwide, particularly involving black liberals. Over the past 20 years numerous Illinois elected officials have been brought down in corruption scandals. In spite of the black left's superiority complex, their track record in the state of Illinois is nothing short of dismal.
Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., as well as an astonishing 4 of the past 7 Illinois Governors have been sent to prison. Besides Jackson Jr., who completed a 17 month sentence in March for misuse of campaign funds, his Predecessor Mel Reynolds also left office in a ball of shame. In 1992, he was convicted of having sex with underage campaign volunteer. Roland Burris, who was Obama's replacement at the senate post was shrouded in ethics investigations during his brief stint in Congress which were tied to investigation and subsequent conviction of Governor Rod Blagojevich. This weekend, another Chicago resident Minister Louis Farrakhan once again corralled hundreds of thousands of aggrieved blacks, Latino' and Native Americans to Washington DC for the 'Justice or Else' march.
Black elites have no shortage of confidence that their policies and principles of social justice are the best solution for black America's problems. It's ironic that the most celebrated of them (The Jacksons, Obama and Farrakhan) in spite of more than a combined one hundred years of residency in Chicago have been grossly ineffective in making a difference in the long beleaguered city. Chicago off and on has been the murder capital of America for the past decade. One would think that the star power of these men could have helped to stem some of the violence and economic despair in their city. President Obama, who spent years working in Chicago as a community organizer doesn't seem to care about those same communities now. Having only visited there for Democratic fundraising efforts. Jesse Jackson Sr.'s main accomplishments are earning millions through cronyism and helping his friends win elections. Jesse Jr. learned the art of political chicanery by sitting at the feet of the master. Soon his wife, herself a former elected official will be off to prison for her role in the campaign finance scheme. Farrakhan travels the world visiting his dictator buddies, then returns to his $5M suburban mansion. There he can receive his violin lesson from his Jewish instructor in safety. Why should anyone trust these self serving elites to help mainstream black America when they can't even help Chicago?
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