Random thoughts of a free Black mind, v. 155

Schott Foundation report – Florida has shown improvement in educating our state’s Black boys, but it’s moved from ‘F’ status to a ‘D.’ Thus, I won’t congratulate Florida’s educational leadership for improving the system from “disgracefully abysmal” to just “poor,” because education in many of the predominately Black schools many of our children attend have always been underfunded and under-resourced. And that willful neglect was by deliberate design as a consequence of race and class, and of targeting teachers’ unions for destruction and public education for corporate takeover…

Obama’s ‘four corners’ offense – Basketball fans know the “four corners” was a pre-shot clock stall tactic to hold the basketball and retain a lead until the game ran out. Most polls now have Bro. Prez leading by 5 to 10 points, with early voting starting next week in some states.

Bro. Prez’s strategy is now to get through the debates without a major mistake, stay away from major controversies, do no press conferences or interviews with real journalists, hope the Middle East doesn’t blow up, wait for Mitt Romney to again open mouth and insert foot, and air millions of dollars of anti-Romney TV attack ads. Next week, I’ll tell you why that strategy won’t pull Black Floridians to the polls and how Obama’s folks are still running a risky 2008-style campaign in 2012.

Bro. Prez, do you really want to continue to take Black Floridians for granted? If so, ask Alex Sink and the Florida Democratic Party what happened in 2010…

Nielsen report – Nielsen’s research verifies the economic power of Black America as well as its connection to the Black Press – something we’ve known about for years. I’ve read the full report (downloaded from www.nielsen.com; click on Reports and Downloads), and it tells so much about who we are. I’m using it to determine goods and services I buy; if they don’t support the Black Press, I won’t support them. Look for a list next week of who’s a friend and who’s a pimp…

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