On Wednesday, September 26, the opening day of the Congressional Black Caucus’s Annual Legislative Conference, Black Agenda Report and CBC Monitor will be in Washington DC to issue the fall 2007 report card for members of the Black Caucus, and to hand out the first annual Lawn Jockey Awards. It’s time to restart, to reclaim and to redeem the African American political conversation.CBC Monitor co-founder Dr. Jared Ball will be a guest speaker at this event. The event will be held at Duke’s City Restaurant 1208 U Street NW (www dukecity com)
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For the first time in history, an African American group has graded the Congressional Black Caucus’s legislative performance on a curve that reflects the Black Political Consensus. The results were startling. Harold Ford, Jr., of Memphis, registered only a five percent positive grade, based on his votes on nine “bright line” issues that came before him in this legislative session. David Scott, the Black Congressman from suburban Atlanta, did little better. Scott rated only a ten percent positive score.
Ford and Scott led the field of what the CBC Monitor called “The Derelicts of the CBC.”
“They are derelict in their duties to their Black constituents,” said Leutisha Stills, who oversaw the study of the CBC’s legislative behavior, this year. “The CBC Monitor is based on Black people’s political views. Other organizations rate legislators in ways that dilute African American opinion – that discount our view of the world. Such a methodology diminishes the profound lessons that Black people have learned in our centuries of struggle. We must hold our own people to account for their political actions.”
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