http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0107/2389.html
Amusing story that unfortunately highlights the hypocritical nature of our goverment, the Congressional Black Caucus (for non americans basically its a group of congressmen/senators who represent concerns of blacks in the US) has basically denied a newly elected congressmen who is white but his district is heavily black majority membership. Common sense would think that CBC would be interested in the concerns of blacks thru out the country regardless who their representative is but evidently not so, now a majority district of blacks are denied that 'access' simply because they elected a white guy. I could imagine the news media if all white congressmen decided to form their own caucus to represent the concerns of whites and say no blacks allowedCertainly a white politician elected by people can speak for the concerns of those he represents even isnt the same color no?
CBC's own website proclaims
"The Congressional Black Caucus was formed in 1969 when the 13 black members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined together to strengthen their efforts to address the legislative concerns of black and minority citizens. African-American representatives had increased in number from six in 1966 to nine, following the 1969 elections. Those members believed that a black caucus in Congress, speaking with a single voice, would provide political influence and visibility far beyond their numbers."
If the objective is to address the legislative concerns of blacks and minority citizens...why would you deny membership to someone that those very people voted for to represent them regardless of color? The irony is the previous congressmen Harold Ford was a member of the CBC now was he a member because HE was black or because HE was representing a majority district of blacks? Using CBC's way of thinking a black congressmen elected in a district that was say 75% hispanic or white would be invited to join but exactly WHO would he be representing since the job of a congressmen is to represent the people in his district...so why would he be representing the concerns of blacks in his district if there werent many living there. Its enough to make one's head hurt.






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