(ThyBlackMan.com) Candidly, blacks as a race of people in the United States of America are in serious trouble. They are not in deep trouble because of the many issues facing them, such as impending comprehensive immigration reform – more about that later; the highest unemployment rate of any working group in the country – which currently stands at 13.7% compared to last month’s 13.5%; declining wealth – black people’s median income has fallen at twice the rate of white income – hence, the black unemployment rate is almost twice the white rate; and declining home ownership – down almost 25%. Blacks are in trouble because as a group they are in denial, refusing to see their declining status. Most are suffering from what I call “the presidential-celebrity affect.”
The country has an African-American president in the White House and celebrity civil rights leaders. Come on now, how genuine can a civil right leader be with his own television show? Does he pay more attention to the
ratings or what truly ails the black community? Most blacks have been slowly lauded into complacency, while getting poorer and more and more irrelevant. The only relevancy blacks appear to have to the Obama Administration is that of a live body ready to cast their vote during elections.
It reminds me of the slow boiling frog story. The basis of the story is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will immediately jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is gradually heated, it will not notice the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is used as a metaphor to illustrate the unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually. The black race rate of decline is taking place gradually, occurring over the last five years, (five years of double-digit black unemployment) much like the heat, which is slowly turned up on the frog as it boils to death!
The question of when blacks will wake up to their reality is important in turning around their decline?! The discussions revolving around comprehensive immigration reform may give them and others who feel disenfranchised the perfect opportunity to show some life and emerge from their self-imposed complacency ready to engage this issue which is fundamental to their future.
A petition titled “To The President of the United States and Congress : Immigration Reform, No Win for American Labor without a Job Creation Plan ” started by me needs your help, along with others you can bring to the table to get it off the ground. Take 30 seconds to sign it right now. Here’s the link:
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-of-the-united-states-and-congress-immigration-reform-no-win-for-american-labor-without-job-creation-plan
Now, here’s why the petition is so important. The most important concerns of the black community are job security and job creation. As I indicated, the current black unemployment rate for June is 13.7% while the national unemployment rate for the same period is 7.6%. The President and Congress, if they have their way will unleash by the end the year over 11 million undocumented immigrants upon the American labor market!
Does anyone think these newly minted citizens are going to stay down on the farm once they have been given the legal right to compete within the American job market with impunity? Does anyone think if the border is not secured as close to 100% as possible that illegal aliens will not be crossing it seeking to become citizens of the United States. Once an established path to citizenship has been laid out, I suggest to you more immigrants will come if the border is not secured. Do we not think for a moment immigrant-citizens already in the country will not help others who want to come to America “game” whatever system we establish?
Even the Congressional Budget Office projects lower wages will result initially as these 11 million immigrants compromise the wages of the American worker as they seek employment in an anemic job market. What responsible government leadership allows 11 million plus new workers to enter a labor pool that is already suffering from over capacity, (11 million Americans are currently unemployed) without a national job creation plan (http://www.sslumpsum.com)?
That type leadership says you and the American worker, are either to stupid or lazy to grasp the significance of the immigration legislation. Perhaps they feel Americans in general, and Black Americans specifically are complacent and will not hold them accountable. Well, here is your opportunity to hold them accountable! Sign the darn petition and spread the word!
Staff Writer; James Davis
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