Quote:
Originally posted by Mulhollanddose
"There is a class of colored people [democrat party] who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the negro race before the public. Some of these people [democrats] do not want the negro to lose his grievances, because they [democrats] do not want to lose their jobs. There is a certain class of race-problem solvers [like Jesse Jackson and Hillary Clinton] who don't want the patient to get well."
Booker T. Washington, 1911
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The foresight of this commentary just floors me every time I read it...This dude was not only brilliant, but he was a prophet. His statement is timeless and interchangeable. The same retreaded evil is illustrated eloquently.