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It appears that Black peoples
all over the world have a tendency to be dissatisfied with their leaders.
They usually feel that their leaders are for themselves instead of their
people or their nation. Many Africans feel that their
leaders make policies that will make them friends to Europeans nations and not
for the betterment of their nation or the continent.
Even in the
USA where there is freedom
and democracy, it still seems that many top Black leaders do not know the will
or wish of their people. They seem to ignore or vote against
the expectations and desire of many Black people. A lot of
these leaders are either appointed or are voted in by the White majority, so
they usually tend to be “Uncle Toms” or Whites in Black skins.
Examples are Supreme Court Justice - Clarence Thomas, and Secretary of
State - Condoleezza
Rice.
The latest Black leader on the
block is Barack Obama. He is the U.S. Senator from
Illinois and he is highly admired
by White America. He is admired to the extent that he is the
rival to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic race for the President of the
United States.
A lot of Black Americans are glad that they have a Black face in the
limelight again, but they really do not trust him. They
feel he is a product of White America with a Black face who will forget them
again after they help him get elected.
In as much as I want the best
for Obama, I always wondered why he never came out to speak against police
brutality of Blacks, like the police shootings of three unarmed Black men that
happened in
New York this December.
Why did he not come out to speak against “Imminent Domain” and the
government’s role in assisting the majority Black victims of hurricane Katrina?
Could it be that he is for these issues and therefore an
“Uncle Tom”? Could it be that if he speaks out he might lose
his popularity with White America which he enjoys? Could it be that he does not
even see these issues and therefore is disconnected from Black America?
Could it be that he is playing it smart just to get elected and will
later start speaking out? Or is he just the same old top Black political leader
for the White establishment?
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