When he says let us work until we build the south, because hes here making a critique of those who are arguing that part of the reason why reconstruction failed was because of africanamerican decent did not participate fully the way that they should have. Washington doesnt even address that argument. He simply says let us work and well help rebuild thew south. When he says that, he plays into perhaps this whole notion of blacks as workers and thats all that they really are. So the atlantic exposition address is at the top of the list list. Second we know that booker twa supported plessy vs. Ferguson that established separate but equal in American Society. In fact, strengthened segregation. It was past one year after the atlanta exposition address and many blame the passage of plessy vs. Ferguson on booker t. Washington. He was summoned and asked o to testify before congress about plessy vs. Ferguson and he gave his blessing, you might say to a separate but equal arena or policy by the
Speaking just for myself, not for the movement. I think becoming a party was the single worst idea we could possibly do. [applause] i dont want any organization controlling my way of thinking. None. Nor do i want the other candidates to be controlled by it. I want the voters to have a right to listen to me in the 20 other people besides me and make a decision as to who they would like to have. But i would like all the voters to be involved and not process. I think theyre acting as the independent movement could do. Clearly it could be helpful in changing the structure in the architecture so more people can participate. It can help in education. More independent candidates running as a terrific thing. My guess is early on in the system what the candidates will do is they may not win but they can change the debate. Somebody mentioned Teddy Roosevelt earlier that day. Teddy roosevelt lost the election but clearly changed the election much like Rush Limbaugh did when he ran against bill cl
Stigma that leave us jobless that leave us out of the educational system, that leave us having our children taken away at much higher rates than other people. I will have my voice heard wherever it will be heard. Thank you. Just to offer a comment on that i think what you are raising about a set of womens issues these arent issues. These are what human life is about. We have a political system that last the capacity to respond to humanity in human ways. What we are trying to do in bringing about reform is that they can do that. That is what the Movement Stands for. That is what the fundamental principles are. I appreciate your statement. Thank you. I dont want to add the mechanism on top of it, but i will. When only one person represents you, you get winner take all where dangerous perspectives or minority opinions or those in the minority have a hard time getting representation and millions of people can lose out from that. If you crack that open so more people are representing you an
Im up here from kentucky. I want to say i caution alienating the tea party or Republican Party because as a republican, im just as disenfranchised as you all living in a county where only democrats run. And they are decided within the primary and i dont have a voice either. Dont alienate people its no one elses fault except for the American People. We are the ones who got us into the situation in the first place. And i had a question about proposition 14. I did some research on it. Wasnt it one of the most expensive primaries in recent years . Are you planning on putting any kind of methods in place to stop it from being whoever buys the most media when . Thats what weve got right now and even though california its not going to work the same in every state. Each state has a different culture and nautical culture. Whats the next step to ensure that people are being heard and not just 75 of us are low information voters and are going to click the button for the thing that hurt the most.
The gentle man, the second from the end spoke about the difference between president obama and candidate obama. I believe candidate obama was the right guy at the right time. The difference between the people shows you know matter who you put in place they are to some degree corruptible by the system in place. The problem with candidate obama and so many dichotomies like that is the people that got him there, they said, we have done it. It will be ok. We need to stick around. The squeaky wheel got the grease. It happens to be the tea party. They were louder than us. That has affected the obama administration. My fear is a lot of what we have been talking about today is setting things up so people can show up two times a year, check a box, and hope it works. If these types of reforms pass its going to be because of this because of people showing us getting together and making it happen, but if we pass reform and put the right people in place and dont stay on top of them, they will get c