Re: “Where’s All The Black Faces?” Blacks Make Up Only 1.6% of Occupy Wall Street Protesters

"Where's All The Black Faces?"
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realizing that their enemy is not the white man?

they were used for political power and then dismissed

On Nov 27, 3:58 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>  "Where's All
> The Black Faces?" Blacks Make Up Only 1.6% of Occupy Wall Street
> Protesters<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/wheres-all-the-black-fa...>by
> Scotty Starnes <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>
>
> Liberal media bias is being exposed by how the media has covered the
> peaceful Tea Party protests and how they have covered the violent,
> disease-ridden Occupy Wall Street movement. Every network attempted to
> paint the Tea Party as "racist" because of the lack of "black faces."
> Wonder what they will say when they learn that there aren't many blacks
> protesting within the Occupy movement?
>
> From WaPo<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-blacks-arent-embracing-occ...>
> :
>
> Occupy Wall Street might seem like a movement that would resonate with
> black Americans. After all, unemployment among African Americans is at 15
> percent, vs. almost 8 percent for whites. And between 2005 and 2009, black
> households lost just over half of their median net worth compared with
> white families, who lost 16 percent, according t o the Pew Research
> Center.<http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2011/07/26/wealth-gaps-rise-to-record-...>
>
> However, these numbers have not translated into action. A few prominent
> African Americans, such as Cornel
> West<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/cornel-west-keeps-t...>
> , Russell Simmons<http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russell-simmons-joins-...>
> , Kanye West<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/kanye-west-the...>
> and
> Rep. John Lewis
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/occupy-wall-street-...>(D-Ga.),
> have made appearances at Occupy protests. "Occupy the Hood," a recent
> offshoot, has tried to get more people of color involved. But the main
> movement remains overwhelmingly white: A Fast Company
> survey<http://www.fastcompany.com/1792056/occupy-wall-street-demographics-in...>
> last
> month found that African Americans, who are 12.6 percent of the U.S.
> population, *make up only 1.6 percent of Occupy Wall Street*.
>
> African Americans share white Americans' anger about corporate greed and
> corruption, and blacks have a rich history of protesting injustice in
> United States. So why aren't they Occupying?
>
> "Occupy Wall Street was started by whites and is about their concern with
> their plight,"Nathalie
> Thandiwe<http://wbai.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9786&Itemid...>,
> a radio host and producer for WBAI in New York, said in an interview. "Now
> that capitalism isn't working for 'everybody,' some are protesting."
>
> Continue reading>>><http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-blacks-arent-embracing-occ...>
>  *Scotty Starnes
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