A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics
The famous jazz musician and film score composer breaks it down for you in just 2 minutes — what you should understand about the Bush administration post-Katrina in this vignette from Spike Lee’s excellent documentary. I think he speaks for a lot of African-Americans, which is probably why this is the only clip from the When the Levees Broke I can find so far on YouTube. If you find more, let me know.
The bottom line is that the GOP, in 5 days, managed to erode several years’ successful hard work in attempting to broaden their appeal to African-Americans. Trust will be hard to regain for anyone who watched the events unfold last year and sees the slow pace of recovery now.
Cheryl Contee aka "Jill Tubman", Baratunde Thurston aka "Jack Turner", rikyrah, Leutisha Stills aka "The Christian Progressive Liberal", B-Serious, Casey Gane-McCalla, Jonathan Pitts-Wiley aka "Marcus Toussaint," Fredric Mitchell
Special Contributors: James Rucker, Rinku Sen, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Adam Luna, Kamala Harris
Technical Contributor: Brandon Sheats