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Let us as Black Americans set our own agenda, State Rep. Davis
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 12:00PM
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Let it not be whatever some conservative does or says; not to say we won't address it, but what is our agenda to advance our people? Gay people want rights and jobs now, Latino people want the right to enter and stay in America regardless of our current laws, women want contracts and advancement based on ability if you are white, Arab people want to own every store in the Black community, Asian people want to own all the hair and beauty supplies in the Black community. As all of these people gain success in their effort with our help and support and we wonder why we are stuck; stuck responding to all the garbage of the week. Now how about getting:
- A full day of schools for all African American Children 8:00am to at least 3:00; not 1:30, not noon, not 2:00 but a full day of school.
- Schools that must teach reading, math, science, geography, social studies, art, music and physical education and meals that are healthy and not too many sweets daily.
- Free use of all park facilities and programs.
- Reparations for the free labor 400 years of service. The reparations can be in the form of free college education 4 years, a vocational program that leads to union member ship or certified skills in the building trades or other vocations; you cannot continue to kill these programs in schools that educate black youth.
- Housing for people who earn regular salaries.
- Housing for senior citizens.
- Health care that is saving us from illness or prevention from disease.
- Loans that are affordable for business start up like foreign people who come to America and start up business in our neighborhoods.
- Media positions that are decision making, and black people on TV.
- Respect for the black community that will prevent billboards on drinking, music that glorifies violence or lack of respect for self and others, movies that glorify violence and drugs, our agenda is to stop it in its tracks.
Now each of us can join the march against one of these items, and groups can form to fight for just one of the items. But damn it we need our agenda. Not a constant response to "what you did to me last.” Yes, we can address that too, but keep our agenda on the front burner.
Illinois State Representative Monique Davis












