Worse Than Before, The Rise of the Golden Calf
On July 8, 2015
there was a meeting at the YWCA of some people in the community about problems
with the Department of Justice hearings on race relations. This meeting’s
discussion was mostly focused on the failure of the hearings to deal in a
substantive way on issues affecting the low income communities, especially the
Black and Brown communities. Other issues brought out in this meeting were the
inaccuracy of the hearing notes and how some meeting notes were missing. The
lack of a plan on how to use the information that was provided at the hearings
was a concern.
Additionally
there was also criticism of the effectiveness of the so called Committee on
Hate and Bias and the Clergy and Police Committee. Some people at the July 8,
2015 said that they would meet with Jana Turchek of the City manager office to
discuss the problems.
The organization
of Department of Justice hearing of July 13, 2015 was supposedly the result or
non result of the communities’ concerns. It turned out to be a political stunt
for some and a photo opportunity for others. The politicians, Attorneys
Generals, and other bosses spoke of how they were on the side of the people,
especially Black people, while being a part of the Prison Industrial Complex.
The
Department of Justice bosses U.S. Attorney Ortiz gave the same old tired speech
about law enforcement without offering any remedy about how to end racial profiling
or police murders.
Joseph Early Jr. Worcester DA
What was
most disappointing was how many people in the community could not see the
conflict of interest between us who are trying to get the government to change
their policies of New Jim Crow racism and the bosses who run the government.
Have we been blinded by the golden calf of the photo opt and the ephemeral “contact”
or political connection?
The author at the DOJ Hearings
One group,
the Progressive Labor Party, disrupted what one attendee called the “love fest”
with the bosses who are partly responsible for the New Jim Crow racism. It called
for an end to police brutality and the start of police transparency,an end to
the school to prison pipeline, and more good jobs. For full disclosure I am a member of Progressive Labor Party.
There is a
lesson to learn from the old Civil Rights Movement that the ministers of Black
Churches never took money from White bosses. They only lived on the money
raised by their congregation. They learned that when you take money from the
Man, people get confused who they are working for.
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