Time To Disband The Congressional Black Caucus?

Any group that voluntarily accepted Cynthia McKinney and Maxine Waters as members is about as low, ignorant and useless as they come.

If the the black members of Congress want to get together in a racially exclusive manner, at US taxpayer expense, let them. It just makes them too stupid to be taken seriously if they can't see their own hypocricy and bigotry.

 

Not always. Sad to say, but not always.
And I'm like Colbert, I don't see color.

 

You obviously missed the Catholic Inquisition and Nazi Holocaust.

 

Trying to encapsulate the needs of all blacks or Hispanics is also a pretty broad job. Do blacks in Ladera Heights, Ca., have the same issues as blacks in Camden, N.J.?
Do Hispanics in Farmersville, Ca., have the same issues as Hispanics in Coconut Grove, Fla.?
Some of the issues are the same. Some of the issues are vastly different.
I'm not advocating the formation of congressional caucuses based on religion. It's just interesting that congressional caucuses based on race or ethnicity are OK but congressional caucuses based on religion would be taboo.

 

The blacks in Ladrea Heights, Ca probably have windows in their houses. The only windows in Camden are in the Court House.

I am starting to think that maybe they should just disband Congress all together.

 

Sadly, you're right.

But regardless of what some preach/practice, religion IS a choice. Always.

 

Of course there's a difference between race, ethnicity and religion.
The question is whether it should acceptable to form exclusionary congressional groups.
Further, is it right to join what are essentially congressional interest groups.
If I am a white representative from a district that is half white and half Hispanic, my job is to represent my district, to pursue the interests of my district. My job is not to pursue the interests of white Americans in general.
The same is true, theoretically, for black or Hispanic congressional representatives and for Christian, Jewish, Muslim and atheist congressional representatives.

 

You're definitely not Jewish.

 

Being Jewish encompasses ethnicity and religion.

 

Of course.

Doesn't change the facts.

 

Colorado wingnut Tom Tancredo weighs in:

http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=179339