WaPost: The Republican National Committee commemorated the 50th
anniversary of the March of Washington and Martin Luther King’s “I Have a
Dream” speech with a luncheon Monday.
The most rousing speech of the luncheon came from Bob Woodson, the head of
the Center for Neighborhood Enterprises. Woodson criticized black leaders over
Trayvon Martin, the black Florida teen who was shot to death by George
Zimmerman. Zimmerman was acquitted in Martin’s death. Woodson, who is black,
said groups including gays and immigrants have been prioritized over poor black
people in American society.
“Everybody has come in front of them on the bus — gays,
immigrants, women, environmentalists,” Woodson said. “You never hear any talk
about the conditions confronting poor blacks and poor people in general.”
Editor's notes: Woodson spoke to a noon meeting of select GOP leaders, today, and made the point . . . . . . . . the only point . . . . . . . . . that could win votes for the GOP from within the Black community. The fact of the matter is this, during my 68 years on this earth, 50 of those years as an adult, I have seen the Democrat Party appeal to blacks, accuse the no Dem Party world of all levels of racism, and, in the end, do absolutely nothing to change the social outcomes for the vast majority of blacks, especially the poor black families. Of course, the GOP is equally complicit in this tragic social problem. No one seems to care, at least, no one who has the power to turn the tide for the poor and untrained.
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