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Allen West: I Am The Modern-Day Harriet Tubman
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WASHINGTON -- Freshman Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that he is "the modern-day Harriet Tubman" leading people away from the plantation, which is overseen by "perceived leaders in the black community" like Jesse Jackson who bow to the wishes of white liberals.
During an appearance on Fox News' "The O’Reilly Factor," West said black Democrats have consistently failed to address high unemployment in the black community and, in the meantime, continue to take black votes for granted come election time.
"So you have this 21st Century plantation ... where the Democrat party has forever taken the black vote for granted, and you have established certain black leaders who are nothing more than the overseers of that plantation," West said. "And now the people on that plantation are upset because they’ve been disregarded, disrespected and their concerns are not cared about."
"So I’m here as the modern day Harriet Tubman to kind of lead people on the Underground Railroad away from that plantation into a sense of sensibility."
West, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, told show host Laura Ingraham that she was "absolutely" correct to say that Congressional black leaders like Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) or Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) function as a "plantation boss."
"What you end up having -- I’m going to be brutally honest -- is that white liberals have turned over to certain leaders or ‘perceived leaders’ in the black community, like a Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton or Maxine Waters or Barbara Lee, and said, you know, pacify and keep the black community firmly behind us, regardless of the failures of our social welfare policies," West continued.
The freshman Republican said the fact that black leaders have done nothing in response to the recent spate of flash mobs in U.S. cities is proof of their disconnect from the black community. This summer has been marked by flash mobs in several cities, including Philadelphia and Cleveland; the uprising is thought to be fueled by growing discontent among unemployed urban youth.
"That’s the absence of this ‘leadership’ in the black community," West added, "which as I say are nothing more than overseers of this 21st century plantation."
A request for clarification from the congressman's office was not immediately returned.
West is no stranger to controversy. Last month, he got in hot water for calling Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and fellow Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) "vile" and "not a lady" in a vitriolic email he sent to her and party leaders.
He has also compared being gay to likin
WASHINGTON -- Freshman Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that he is "the modern-day Harriet Tubman" leading people away from the plantation, which is overseen by "perceived leaders in the black community" like Jesse Jackson who bow to the wishes of white liberals.
During an appearance on Fox News' "The O’Reilly Factor," West said black Democrats have consistently failed to address high unemployment in the black community and, in the meantime, continue to take black votes for granted come election time.
"So you have this 21st Century plantation ... where the Democrat party has forever taken the black vote for granted, and you have established certain black leaders who are nothing more than the overseers of that plantation," West said. "And now the people on that plantation are upset because they’ve been disregarded, disrespected and their concerns are not cared about."
"So I’m here as the modern day Harriet Tubman to kind of lead people on the Underground Railroad away from that plantation into a sense of sensibility."
West, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, told show host Laura Ingraham that she was "absolutely" correct to say that Congressional black leaders like Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) or Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) function as a "plantation boss."
"What you end up having -- I’m going to be brutally honest -- is that white liberals have turned over to certain leaders or ‘perceived leaders’ in the black community, like a Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton or Maxine Waters or Barbara Lee, and said, you know, pacify and keep the black community firmly behind us, regardless of the failures of our social welfare policies," West continued.
The freshman Republican said the fact that black leaders have done nothing in response to the recent spate of flash mobs in U.S. cities is proof of their disconnect from the black community. This summer has been marked by flash mobs in several cities, including Philadelphia and Cleveland; the uprising is thought to be fueled by growing discontent among unemployed urban youth.
"That’s the absence of this ‘leadership’ in the black community," West added, "which as I say are nothing more than overseers of this 21st century plantation."
A request for clarification from the congressman's office was not immediately returned.
West is no stranger to controversy. Last month, he got in hot water for calling Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and fellow Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) "vile" and "not a lady" in a vitriolic email he sent to her and party leaders.
He has also compared being gay to likin
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