Monday, February 19, 2007

A Generational Split in the Black Caucus

It may be time for some new blood. It's about time someone in power in the Black community speaks out against this type of non-productive verbiage. I'm not sure why so many Black people think they owe the Clinton's anything. If you look at Clinton record while he was President, we should turn our backs on a Clinton dynasty.

In the black caucus at the DNC meeting Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones caused a ruckus when he slammed the caucus for murmuring that Barack Obama isn't 'black enough'.

The general gist of his comments was 'how long are we going to have to pay back the Clinton's', and it revealed a generational split among black political leaders between the old patronage model and a newer movement model.

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