ColorOfChange: Post-Katrina Shootings, Aid Black Farmers

I want to point to a couple of campaigns currently in progress at ColorOfChange.org that are well worth your consideration and support.

Demand justice in post-Katrina shootings:
"In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, White vigilantes hunted down Black men who entered Algiers Point and even tried to expel their Black neighbors. Louisiana's broken law enforcement agencies have refused to investigate these crimes."

Demand justice for Black farmers denied USDA aid:
"For decades the U.S. Department of Agriculture discriminated against Black farmers, denying them critical aid. When a technicality prevented many Black farmers from benefiting from an eventual settlement, Barack Obama put forth legislation to ensure all farmers were compensated."

"Obama's actions helped him win over Southern Black members of Congress and gain the support of rural Blacks in the Democratic primaries. Now it looks like the Obama administration may be trying to avoid fairly compensating these Black farmers."

It's still time for change and that ain't gonna change.

Comments

[116 degrees]

Good looking cuz them punks in LA definitely prosecuted blacks for committing crimes far less severe than murder

[Clyde Smith]

I actually feel remiss in not addressing the Katrina shootings earlier.

Not just remiss but totally slack.

I'll try to do a follow-up as well.