Cory Booker's Constituents - He reflects how we make our money

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20. Perhaps because THIS black man

grew up with, and works with on a daily basis, our brothers and sisters who are indeed "poor folks" that your lack of regard for those who have not achieved your success is astounding.

By "lack of regard" I point specifically to your comment that people who demand that people of color receive JUSTICE instead of merely "opportunity" are advocating a "pat them on the head and throw them a bone" approach. What we are actually saying is that what you accuse us of advocating is exactly what incrementalist and centrists gave us for decades and are still giving us now. What we demand is IMMEDIATE jobs, directly from the government if necessary, not trickle down handouts to corporations that NEVER build in our communities. What we demand is the IMMEDIATE cessation of the war on people of color that goes by the name "the criminal justice system." What we demand is the IMMEDIATE rebuilding of our homes, our infrastructure, and our communities, directly by the government if necessary. Do I need to go on, because I can? Quite frankly, we don't care if it takes money directly out of the pocket of the wealthy, the corporations, the drug companies, etc. because the ONLY reason they have it now is because they stole it from us in the first place.

Booker is your Senator because people like you have forgotten about the people I see every day and the people who are privileged enough to have those great jobs Cory has indeed helped bring to New Jersey never knew us in the first place. As I have said over and over, that is a good thing because a (D) is a (D). If I were a resident of New Jersey, I would vote for him every day and twice on Sunday because I cannot agree more with the pragmatists when they say that our demands mean nothing to Republicans. Like you, I am not willing to give back even one inch. In addition, it's great that some of the people who look like me (and even me, myself) have overcome.

But if you think for a second that Corey Booker "stands with" those who haven't overcome when he backs Big Pharma, or charter schools, or any of the rest of the centrist agenda, OR that they vote for him because they "adore" him when he does so, I must respectfully disagree.

That's why we won't sit down and shut up.