WH African American Policy Conference. Yeah it’s quiet… seems like I remember getting at least 6 or 7 e-mails on the Hispanic Policy Conference… and that was 2-days and involved a cast of at least 50 to 60 Admin officials… but anyway. Today, there is a White House African American Policy Conference. You can see the whole thing here. The bad news is there is a lot of droning on — but that’s a given at these things. The good news is after Don Graves (you know him, the guy Rep. Maxine Waters challenged to say the words “Tea Party” and “Black” in Miami during the CBC jobs tour…) droned on regarding a list of policy initiatives pushed by CBC (Waters + Watt)– most noticeably Rep. Maxine Waters’ push for the Office of Minority Inclusion in the Dodd-Frank legislation — Michael Strautmanis gave the CBC a big fat shoutout. So the CBC/WH thaw continues…
Speaking of Policy: The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same:Let’s Go Down Memory Lane…America South:…Black Americans in Huge Numbers Were Shipped Into The Regions in The South To Till The Soil,To Plant,Cultivate, Irrigate,Fertilize,Pick,Process,Bale and Wrap Up[into 500lbs bundles] of Cotton.The Bales of Cotton Were Transported,Down The Mississippi River,To The Trading Ports..”And We Did This for [Free].”..According To Research.”Other Africans Were Forcibly Imported To Other Regions of The South,To Grow Miles and Miles of Corn and Wheat,”Just To Feed The Africans,Who Worked in The Cotton Fields,and Their White Oppressors…”Still Other Africans, Built The Housing Needed.”The Barges,..The Tools,..The Ports,..The Rail Systems,..The Roads,..The Bridges and All of The Infrastructure Needed for But One Purpose…”To Get Our Cotton To Their World Market.”..Cotton Was so Profitable,That” The Notorious Investment House Lehman Brothers began as Cotton Sellers in Montgomery Alabama…”Want To Know What Happened To Us? Our History,Struggles and Triumphs…Where is Our [40]Acres and a Mule?