Can we have a DEI conversation?

[ECSU_NCCU_Christopher]

Maybe you should ask those black Democrats in office that. Who will gladly tell you how many bills get shot down by GOP and even some Democrats.

We get so focused on the White House-we forget every other seat-Congress, Governor, Mayor, School Board and more. Who ALSO stand in the way.
How much money for HBCUS have been blocked by a governor?
How much money has been REFUSED? Like we saw with Kerrville, Texas. Those girls died over politics.

WE failed the assignment. Because too many failed Civics and how our country works.

Oh those billions for illegals-make you cry about the GOP who also handed that money and perks over. Those red state farmers are not crying without reason.

It was a democratic governor that initially black the settlement for the public HBCUs against members of his own party in the state. I agree with what you have said.

I also agree that any office up election should be look at potential path way to gain power. I know in some places in eastern North Carolina there are local offices that no one runs for and thus the position ends up either not getting field or a person is appointed to the position.

 

[Da Sleeper]

The meritocracy game has always been part of the playbook to constantly deny and keep the masses black folks on the margins. Yet, late President Harry Truman had less than full year of education at a business college. That was good enough for him to be a U.S. Army Officer, Presiding Judge, U.S, Senator, Vice President and ultimately the President.

Life is short, do the best you can while you can. Long as their is a large enough contingent of committed white supremacists in charge, intent on cementing in white supremacy, there isn't much that is going to change structurally.

After graduating from Independence High School in 1901,Truman took classes at Spalding's Commercial College, a Kansas City business school. He studied bookkeeping, shorthand, and typing but stopped after a year

Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I agree, but there is one thing that can be done no matter who's in what office or what they believe. We can treat each other with common respect and courtesy. How we treat each other has a major impact on how the world views Black Americans as a people.