More Post-Trayvon Martin Shooting Race-Baiting From Democrats

Just when you thought you would have a reprieve from all of the post-Trayvon Martin shooting race-baiting by black community leaders and members of Congress, I offer you the recent op-ed by Democratic Congresswoman Frederica Wilson.

Here are excerpts of Wilson ‘March on Washington’ was about freedom — and jobs’ op-ed  the Miami Herald just posted:

 With an African-American family now living at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., it goes without saying that we’ve made real strides on the political front. But the struggle for economic inclusion is stalled, at best. Unequal access to education, a discriminatory and debilitating criminal justice system, legacies of exclusion in access to housing, credit and employment networks have left most in our communities struggling desperately to make ends meet.

Now, with Congress recklessly cutting jobs in education and other public services — long the mainstays of black employment — we’re at risk of falling further behind. This week’s March on Washington should be a wakeup call to Congress and the nation.

As of this summer, the unemployment rate for black Americans stood at 13.7 percent, more than twice the rate for white Americans. According to a recent study by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, black Americans today have far higher levels of educational attainment than they did 30 years ago. Yet their chances of having a good job that offers a living wage, health insurance, and a retirement plan are actually lower today than 30 years ago.

 

MLK’s dream of economic inclusion has yet to be realized. There are many reasons why: The United States is one of only three wealthy countries in the world that spends less on disadvantaged students than on other students.

 

 Black Americans are nearly four times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession as whites, despite the fact that both groups use the drug at similar rates. It’s easy to see how both these facts hold black communities back: a poor education or an arrest record spells economic doom for a worker in today’s economy.

Worse, with the “redlining” practices that until recently deprived African-American entrepreneurs and homebuyers access to credit, black workers can seldom rely on family connections or financial equity to close the wealth and opportunity gap.

 

Congress is now part of the problem. For generations, public sector professions like teaching and emergency response have been pillars of the black middle class. These professions have attracted black jobseekers not only because they’ve offered stability and the opportunity to improve conditions in struggling communities but also because their hiring policies have guaranteed a degree of opportunity not commonly found in the private sector.

Unfortunately, the tea party-led House of Representatives has made layoffs in these vital professions the cornerstone of its government-cutting agenda.

There it is. The white-led racist tea influence is at fault here.