By Roland S. Martin
“There is no doubt that African-Americans felt strongly about Bill Clinton. His poll numbers among blacks was sky high, and there was no group that he could count on more. He played the saxophone on Arsenio Hall’s show, was as comfortable as an old-school preacher in black churches and relished when folks like Toni Morrison (foolishly) referred to him as America’s first black president.
“Now his wife is running, and the expectation is that the goodwill created by her husband should automatically go to Sen. Clinton.
“You see, that’s the kind of stuff that played well with the civil rights movement crowd. A (white) politician paid attention to a few black causes, and we provided them with lifelong support. Drop by a few black churches on your way to the ballot box, take a few pictures, and all is well. When that got old, a few political appointments here and there were enough to satisfy African Americans.
TheStateOf . . . The Clintons. Amen! Why should I (J) vote for Hillary? Bill was about as good a President as black folks were going to get during the 1990s, and he threw hundreds of thousands of blacks in jail with perverse sentencing laws. Hillary ain’t done a thang. The problem, as I see it, is that blacks don’t have an AGENDA. We’re not asking these politicians for anything meaninful.
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