Remembering the Scottsboro Case (was Re: Breaking Butterflies& Poisoning Wells)

[Max Sawicky]

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I live in Prince Georges County, Maryland, which has the wealthiest
African American middle class in the U.S. Needless to say, I rarely see
anything political being worn by anybody on my subway trips. When I've
worn Free Mumia shirts I've gotten a few looks, but very few comments.

Could it be that most African Americans just aren't as political as
before? What is to be made of the fact that African American "leaders"
like Jesse Jackson are writing books on black entrepeneurship?

Could it be that radical politics is seen by many African Americans as
an anachronism?
<< Chuck0 >>

I know a few African-Americans here.  They are interested
in politics in terms of actual, living breathing serious
politicians, few of whom are radical.  I don't think
they are unpolitical.  One radical guy I know owns
some little shopping centers.  If there was something
black and radical going on he would be very interested
in it, I suspect.  There isn't so he follows the local pols.
Maybe he's on this list using the name Charles Brown.
I know people who work for the city, for the Feds.  There's
not much to latch onto from their standpoint.  Mumia would
be in a category lower than 'not much.'

I wouldn't make too much of JJ writing about
entrepreneurship.  Or much else, for that matter.
He seems to have been running on automatic pilot
for the past 15 years.

mbs