And What of the Black Underclass?

Larry Pinkney

The underbelly of this nation is the black underclass. Instead of becoming smaller and moving out of poverty and disenfranchisement, the black underclass has grown much, much larger and become even more impoverished and disenfranchised. What will it take for this black underclass to rise up? Only time will tell. Yet, one thing is certain: the more that persons become politically educated and conscious as to what is truly in their interests collectively, the less tolerance they will have for the corporate slicksters, banksters, and Wall Street barons who are sucking the life blood from us all. Indeed, the less tolerance will be had for the military elite - who are playing us for fools and using us as cannon fodder in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan! Democracy can never be spread at the end of a sword, for such a thing is in itself a contradiction in terms. The black underclass will ultimately, collectively rise up. The question is will it be organized and principled? We must be among those who determine the answer to this question in the affirmative. Time to identify and stand up to the blood suckers and war mongers. Time to agitate, educate, and organize locally and globally! Give no quarter, no space, no breathing room to media misinformers, the blood suckers, or the war mongers whatever their gender or color. Onward then sisters and brothers. The future calls and we must go! Onward!...- » Read more...