Barbara Lee new leader of the Congressional Black Caucus

As we get ready for a new president, the Congressional Black Caucus announces their new leadership team.

The new chair is California Congresswoman Barbara Lee.

An early supporter of President-elect Barack Obama, Lee has been a strong voice against war, and has advocated for human rights and social justice. She replaces Michigan Congressoman Carolyn C. Kilpatrick.

Those on her leadership team are:

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (Missouri) – First Vice Chair
Representative Donna Christensen (Virgin Islands) – Second Vice Chair
Representative G. K. Butterfield (North Carolina) – Secretary
Representative Yvette Clarke (New York) – Whip

Comments

[Keith]

I think they are in good hands. I will never forget her vote against the war in Iraq. The TV noted that she was so unpopular, and had so many threats against her life for her vote and her position against the war in Iraq, that the House of Representatives had to give her personal security guards 24/7 to protect her from physical violence from pro Iraq war people. History has now spoken and she was right. Imagine the courage it must have taken to stand up for what she believed in even through a lot of people in the country and most of her peers marched in lock step fashion like lambs to the slaughter.

She is a stand-up person who will dance with the crucible when he appears. Its hard to find these kind of people amid the glitz, glamour, social climbers, and see and be seen crowd. One of these days, I would like to meet her. The CBC is in good hands.

[Ingrid]

Congratulations to Congresswoman Lee and her new leadership team. I remember the strong stand she took about the War in Iraq. I only hope that the Caucus will step up to the plate and be more proactive about issues versus reactive. To be honest I try to stay abreast of the latest news but I only hear about the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) when they host their annual weekend every fall. Hopefully that will change under her leadership. There are many serious issues plaguing the Black Community and the CBC needs to take a stand on them and not just wait until something happens and make a comment in the media.

[touch]

Instead of people gloating over who's black and who's not on his appointments, why not go home, and turn the silly shows off your TV, of the stereotypical image pushing of black people in clothes 3 sizes too big, and buffoon costumes on.

when the rating drop on these crap show, then maybe people will make better shows, someone tell our lead entertainers, to stop getting on shows of national television, looking like they just stepped out of their back yard, and decided to show up on the set. this delusion, of pushing an image that they got it made is the negative stuff that crashes a society.

so what some of our entertainers make 20 million dollars, truth is they can't stand in the arena with the people who have 100-200 million and more.. but ask yourself.. why have none of these same people created companies that engage more people. how many have factories that hire people, but then ask yourself how many have product endorsement deal, that cost your family a lot of money, but the products are made over-seas.. and still the only glory people get is the delusion of wearing the name tag..

southern States offer tax incentives to film industry, to build here, but how many black entertainers have collectively gotten together and see the vision, to come and buy land and build a Studio.?
how many have considered to build a stuido, and create black and white and other mixed people shows, which show something other than stereo typed image, or comedy skits..
have we not done enough of the "buck and shuffle"... do we have to come on as comedic characters to get a spot.. and then when we get the spot, if we don't keep of the comedic imagery and look type casted in a fixed image, then the show is canceled and the next one in line that will play the part gets 12 1/2 minutes..

you tell me, what's the point of an some buying a 4-15 million dollar home in the dried up and burned out California hills, when they could build a studio for that money in the South, and buy enough land to build a home too.

As yourself, how many of your kids wear faddish baggy stuff, and you call it hip, when the whole image gets them rejected from a distance. How many of you, for Christmas has it in your mind to keep buying your kids the next latest cell phone, when its now nothing more than a gadget that makes the phone company rich for people to walk around with it glued to their ear and can't think or pay attention, or waling around with a bluetooth device on their ear, in the middle of a grocery store.. it's pure insidious conduct..

If you want to support Obama, then addresses some of these things, if you want to support Obama and his agenda, let go of the buffoon costumes and the delusion chasing status imagery, and find out what is substance, and promote something that promotes helping schools learn they have to change the way they teach, and move into the 21st century... How many of your kids go to schools where the only computer is in the admin office or the library..but never in the classroom.. how many of your kids, who can't format a document of MS word, but they have a cell phone capable of handling word documents.. but they are so busy learning to send slang text meassage.. they can't think in full sentances,. what's the point of a text message, when the same device can conduct a voice call? "Fad simplicity", people think it's chic and all it is, is the twist of tech being used to make clowns of people.. who can't see the benefit of technology for trying to make it their badge of glory to have a gadget.. Half the people with blackberries, can't even send a decent message or response.. and send stuff that could be sent on a $15 phone.. or one of the free give away phone when you sign up..

Black people and other people, rushing to the convenice store to buy $25 of minutes for a phone, so they can talk crap and argue with each other for 30 minutes.. and then look sad when the minutes run out. People walking around with a $300 phone unit, but can't pay $450 rent ...and they can't go online and buy a refurbished computer for $186.00 that includes a monitor.. it's pure sad... and that's the extent of the level of "buffoon classics",... that has people unaware of how to build self worth in the integrity of self, but trying to build it by being known for having the latest gadget, or a car they made unstable by putting wheels that should be on a high body work truck, and they never know, they've destroyed the stability of the car.. for the sake of image.,

Young kids, can't save for a vacation to see something different, because all their money goes to see who's stereo can blast the loudest.. and to have a bank account is not even thought of..and these are the kids popping out babies they teach this silliness to, and then they want to dress the baby in name tag stuff that makes the baby look like a advertisement billboard.. and not one pennies from those companies goes to help that baby grow up and get an education.

people come on these blogs, with their "one line, let's be clever comments, beyond that, their next thought is.. "oh, that's too deep for me" , or "oh that's getting too involved, or the classic Bs... of saying " Oh, you get too serious"..

well if you don't see the seriousness of what matters, you probably won't do a damn thing, to support anything that Obama stand for... so don't ride his back with your self elating delusion.. ride with him, by making some changes in your choices... and you may see the choices, support "Change"

[touch]

Obama does not have time for your BS !!!! the man is about dignity of the human being, and integrity of the person.. if your gloat is about.. the image of black.. then you are more prejudice than the people you complain about of them being prejudice..
if you can't face down the ignorance of prejudice with intellect, and the will to stay balanced in self.. then your weakness is your own thing you need to work on, not whine and cry about who's showing racist demeanor...

If you can't invest in yourself, and developing a dream and build on ideas, but you can buy the high dollar, brightest clown costume, or the zuit suits, instead of a business suit.. then you reject yourself, and bring rejection to yourself by the image your project.. there is office wear and night club wear.. and they are not the same !!!!!!!!!!!

people let their kids walk around in these pajama looking pants in the middle of the day, and wonder why they have a house full of fat ass kids, that look like overweight slobs.. trying to pretend they got it made, to the point they can be casual about even life and it's reality...

young people now can't even go to an interview, without trying to tell the job, what they will and won't do.. some of the worst service in fast food places is done by black people.. but you go to fast food place with other people , and you get a greeting and a thank you... but you don't have the nerves to tell the manager, to check their people and lodge a complaint.. so you endorse it.. so don't complain if you are not going to stand up to say or do something to change it..

people let their kids become thugs, and destroy the neighborhood, and erode the value of their property... and many sit on their tired ass at home, and talk any kind of way, and wonder why their kids come out in public and can't phrase a sentence, without throwing in some street slang.. if you do this suff, and let this stuff be done in your home.. you don't support Obama nor what he has stood for nor what he stand for.. you are yourself racist, looking for a reason to assume black is better than white.. and you become the same fool that for years you complained about of others...

Parents.. don't talk to kids.. they have a fixed frame vocabulary.. which is..
"no"... " go play",.... " nobody is talking to You"... "I told you to shut up", " go sit down" and that is the cycle of conversation parents have with kids, and then they have not time to actually talk to the child.. and they breed the same ignorance... generation after generation.. and wonder why their kids grow up without internal self esteem....

Wake up people...... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!