I have known a multitude of individuals in my political experiences that are blindly loyal to their political party. Are you a voter who would not vote for your brother or sister if the party did not endorse them? Would you absolutely refuse to vote for a Black highly qualified candidate if they were on the Republican ticket or not endorsed by the Democratic Party?
The last four years Pennsylvania has had a Republican governor, Tom Corbett. Did your quality of life improve or worsen? What did Corbett fail to address that you believed would have been a positive for you, your family and friends. Have you ever written the governor’s office, your state representative or senator? If you haven’t, how have you attempted to register your dissatisfaction?
Prior to Corbett becoming governor a Democrat Ed Rendell had been the governor of Pennsylvania for eight years. What was your situation in those years? Were they years of plenty? Did the tremendous numbers of Blacks being unemployed, incarcerated, denied contract opportunities, not afforded the opportunity to become police become resolved? Once again I am compelled to ask you, did you complain or did you just accept it?
All my adult life I have advocated for sophisticated voting, self pride, entrepreneurial pursuit, do for self, and that there is not a dime’s worth of differences between the political parties, and that nothing will change until we collectively make it change.
Kingsley Association needs your financial support.
(Louis “Hop” Kendrick is a weekly contributor to the Forum page.)
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