"Resisting Group Thinking"

I was thinking the other day, how hard the democratic party tries to scare African American's in order to keep control of our destiny. I lived in Halrem for about 6 month's and I saw the damage of Harlem. About 60 percent of the people rely on goverment subsidies. The democrats then yell and scare black and latino's that Republican's are out to get there benefits. People of color react with shock that some fat white rich republican's would take away there "rightful claim". The truth of the matter is that while a few people make it off the welfare roll's, many dont. The people who do it though, do it because they have a drive to succeed, and to do better. But being complacent is what to many in our community sucum to. The democrats know that to keep black people in a state of zombie like need , is the best way to maintian order and power. I hope that in this new year, we as Americans reject the politics of identity politics. We are endowed by our creator with the ablitity to be indivisual's. We should remeber the word's of Harlem's Adam Clayton Powell l Jr.'s best speeche "Some of you say to me, ‘I'm not like you, I'm not a Congressman, I haven't got education, I haven't got work.' . . . But you're a human being! And you know what you've got? You've got your hand. . . .
"A young slave boy stood one day by the greatest ruler of his day, and God said to Moses, ‘What's in your hand?' Moses said only, ‘I've got a stick.' He said, ‘Well, let me use what's in your hand.' God used that slave boy with a stick in his hand to divide the Red Sea, march through a wilderness, bring water out of rocks, manna from heaven, and bring his people to Freedomland. The ideas of personal responsiblity and accountabilty are the basic ideas of the Republican party.