| Socially Disadvantage communities and our youth | | | | become the newly elected President of the United |
| future have taken another hit backwards in our nation | | | | States, but we can't help the American people in New |
| from 2000 to 2008. What does 2009 hold for a nation | | | | Orleans or get books in our dilapidated schools. Why |
| plaque by racism, discrimination, and social injustice | | | | does it cost so much to become President only to rap |
| against our youth and our communities? Communities, | | | | the people of this country once again. Senator Clinton, |
| youth, and families have continuously battled to feed | | | | Senator Obama, and Senator McCain has spent |
| their families and keep control of what is going on in | | | | millions for a campaign while the economcy is falling to |
| the schools system at home and in their | | | | it knees. It's a shame that they along with the rest of |
| neighborhoods. As I travel through the Southern Bible | | | | those Senators spend billions of dollars for a race that |
| Belt states and across the Midwest, I continue to see | | | | only helps the rich. Shouldn't you be tried of this kind of |
| the same old problems in this trillion-dollar nation that | | | | politics? |
| we live in call America. Gas prices are off the roof, | | | | Minorities especially Black African American people in |
| imports are still overwhelming our income, homes, and | | | | this country have been discriminated against for more |
| the price for life has taken us to foreclosure, while the | | | | then 400 years, yes, slavery ended but discrimination |
| rich continue to get richer and the poor stay socially | | | | has went on and on. The unemployment rate is double |
| disadvantage and under-served. The nation has lost its | | | | when it come to African American and that has been |
| way due to the default of the American people | | | | the problem sense slavery. African Americans are |
| judgment and values that have created insensitive | | | | continually getting the shaft on the jobs, better schools, |
| Politian's which have not stood for the people that | | | | and within the community that they live in. Poverty in |
| have elected them. | | | | our communities is growing like a plague and the rich |
| However, we can only fault ourselves the people that | | | | get richer and the poor stay poor, yes you have heard |
| put these individuals in office. We can't blame anyone | | | | this before. The community and outreach centers for |
| except our selves, for the mess in this country. Our | | | | the under-served community have gone and we |
| vote for the right wing conservative politicians or | | | | haven't replaced them, only to see empty and vacant |
| politicians has gotten us in this mess. The problems | | | | buildings only to be torn down and sold to developers, |
| regard foreclosures are due to the people not working | | | | while watching developers buy the land and build new |
| and not having the proper finances to get through | | | | homes that are out of reach financially for that |
| everyday life, jobs-income. If you don't have money | | | | community which is being displaced. Poor people just |
| you can't pay anybody. We can't blame it totally on | | | | don't have an advocate with enough muscle and |
| greedy banks that don't help the community where | | | | power to make a change in America. |
| their customers are because we allow it. We need to | | | | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died in 1968 because he was |
| make these banks accountability for being in our | | | | the advocate for the under-severed (poor people) and |
| neighborhoods. Too much money coming in ,and not | | | | they kill him for it. Dr. King was struggling to change |
| enough going into the communities that these Banks | | | | how people look at one another. Blacks living in New |
| are serving. We need to take ownership of poor | | | | York or white people living in Mississippi or Kentucky |
| judgment with the services of corporations and | | | | without Health care is no different when it come to |
| financial institutions that want to be in our neighbors. | | | | discrimination. It's being poor. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Many of these companies build in low -income areas | | | | fought to tear down the walls for injustice. He fought |
| but do nothing to revitalize the community except build | | | | for equality and fairness but the rules change rapidly |
| high income homes to move out low-income families. | | | | and many of the issues he fought for went |
| The fault lies in the community for allowing these our | | | | underground. Yes, we have had some strive in equality |
| government officials to have the power over us as | | | | but it hasn't fixed a broken people yet in this country. |
| they bail out big corporations and allow families to | | | | Washington, DC and the power to be continued work |
| continue to struggle to feed each other. | | | | the same way they have been for decades, but we |
| Foreign influence controls our lives and the government | | | | as a people can make changes among our own lives |
| gives permission to big business to take our jobs out | | | | to help one another and to cherish the values that we |
| of this country and leave us to homelessness, crime, | | | | have in our families for this nation. |
| and despair. Lou Dobbs of CNN has continued to | | | | The USDA National Statistical Service and U.S. Census |
| express his concerns on helping the people of this | | | | Bureau, provides statistics of despair indicating a |
| country and has asked the Administration to reach out | | | | decrease in minority farming, loans, home buying, the list |
| to the people. We as a nation are not demanding | | | | goes on and it continues to get worst. You don't need |
| anything of our government and allowing our | | | | to have a degree in Business, Agriculture, or |
| government officials and CEO's to rap this country | | | | Mathematics to see that American minorities are |
| blind and them take it oversees for big profits. We as | | | | hurting and no one cares. Just go to your local |
| a people don't share the same agenda to help one | | | | business and see the disparity among professional |
| another and to keep our child safe as Dr. King work | | | | jobs, with Black-man/women, Hispanic-man/women |
| so hard to make these changes in America and the | | | | and other minorities that make up this rich nation of our. |
| world. What can we do if anything to savage a | | | | The prices that the poor people pay is astounding and |
| problem that the state and local law makers don't | | | | it is going to get worst everyday. |
| want to touch? | | | | In 2006 the Forbes Magazine posted it Forbes 400 |
| Discrimination is an insult to a nation with people of all | | | | Billionaires in this country. We should have people in this |
| colors and values, but we still continue to divide our | | | | country that has exceeds the rules, but when it come |
| true principles in life. Not Caring! | | | | at the expense of the people doing the work that a |
| Due to the growing Billions spent in Iraq many of our | | | | shame. Many of these Billionaires became wealth |
| citizens and veterans are left homeless with a Trillion | | | | because someone else did the work and they capture |
| dollar bill that becomes a taxpayer's nightmare. | | | | the riches by providing the management, guidance's, |
| Everything is affected by this war in Iraq but our | | | | and money to get those riches. But we need to |
| Politicians move on to the next phase of their lives and | | | | continue to help those that are less fortunate and help |
| continues to rake in the money from their interest with | | | | them achieve they goals as well. |
| big lobbyist. Our Administration has become billionaires | | | | However, discrimination has continued to knock the |
| in 8 years and has continued to rap the country blind. | | | | doors down and others out of business. There has |
| The money that corporations and our politicians are | | | | been a lot of celebration in the 20th century for many |
| getting from big lobbyist and contracts like Halliburton | | | | reasons, Civil Rights moments, and the death of |
| for Iraq and Afghanistan is a shame. This | | | | Reverend Dr. Orange a civil rights leader, the opening |
| Administration is and has been out of touch with | | | | of the Rosa Parks Museum, and the 40th Anniversary |
| mainstream America needs. Taxes cuts for the rich | | | | of the tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| only help the rich. The rich continue to get richer and | | | | in Memphis, Tennessee and the list goes on. We |
| the other class of Americans in this country continues | | | | should have leaned a lot sense Dr. King's death but the |
| to lose everything they have worked so hard for. It's a | | | | walls of injustice are still a part of African American |
| lot talk about helping the American people but people in | | | | people and it needs to be torn down and rebuilt so that |
| this country need immediate help not a lot of talk. | | | | social structure or reorganization is done. Our society |
| CNN and other network broadcasting news stations | | | | continues to put-up walls so our low-income American |
| are having discussion about the economy and how the | | | | can't survive in an industry that make Trillions for some. |
| failing government can bailout big banks like Bear | | | | Although racism and discrimination was even stronger |
| Stearns and watch politician raise millions of dollars to | | | | them it has not lost any wind sense 1968. |