LAST DITCH DEMAND TO THE DFL & GOP FROM Christopher Seymore FOR P.O.C.

Today in a last-ditch effort, (a desperate final attempt) to get African Americans to band together like never before for the sake of their children's future Christopher Seymore called an Emergency Meeting with all Minnesota DFL African American Caucus Members.

It is no secret, I am Christopher Seymore. This is my personal Blog as a non-profit philanthropist.
I am calling this meeting with all (P.O.C.) PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE STATE THAT CAN ATTEND, BUT I NEED THE DFL & GOP P.O.C. CAUCUS MEMBERS TO SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT FOR THEIR PEOPLE!

WHY ? BECAUSE MINNESOTA LEGISLATORS HAVE FAILED US! YEAR AFTER YEAR!
Below is a screen shot of a google inquiry search. It is all the proof you need to see why we are in a State of Emergency in Minnesota as People of Color!

1.)OUR CHILDREN                                                                                     

It is very Important that I bring this up now and bring this out now as our country is in up roar over the Trump's Administration Immigration Policies of children being removed from their parents at the U.S. Border. Today Tina Smith was on CNN saying this is awful, and call for resignation of the Director of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen for doing so. It is my belief that Tina Smith should resign for the same reason as she has done nothing as Lt. Governor or U.S. Senator to combat "Black children disproportionately removed from their families; state lawmakers seek fix"

2.)OUR MONEY                                                                                   

According to Star Tribune article: http://www.startribune.com/coalition-seeks-ambitious-legislative-agenda-aimed-at-easing-racial-economic-disparities/374814121/#1                  

"Black community leaders gathered at the State Capitol to ask legislators for $75 million to create a capital fund for black-owned business start-ups. "                                                    

"DFL Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed $100 million in state dollars to tackle racial economic disparities." BUT NO CHANGE INSIGHT!!! WE MUST READDRESS OUR ECONOMIC DISPARITIES NOW BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS! WE MUST HAVE WHAT IS ALLOCATED TO P.O.C. GO TO PEOPLE OF COLOR, DIRECTLY TO THE NEEDS!

3.)OUR SITUATION IN MINNESOTA         

(A)"Black household income in Minnesota has long lagged behind that of white households. And, in a state with one of the nation’s lowest unemployment rates, it prompted a fresh search for the reasons behind Minnesota’s stubborn and seemingly worsening racial disparities." (B) "The Twin Cities, it turns out, are also home to some of the worst racial disparities in the country. In metrics across the board—household income, unemployment rates, poverty rates and education attainment—the gap between white people and people of color is significantly larger in Minnesota than it is most everywhere else. Earlier this year, WalletHub used government data to measure financial inequality among racial groups in each state and found that in 2015, Minnesota ranked dead last overall.

4.)OUR ACHIEVE GAPS                                    

"it is a relative lack of investment, not segregation, that pushes black Minnesotans so far away from achieving equality. “If we had access to the proper resources, African-Americans could have thriving enclaves within the Twin Cities community,” Levy-Pounds said. Anthony Newby, executive director of the Twin Cities-based Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, tended to agree that investment is the answer. “All of these gaps would very clearly improve with more investment from public and private sectors,” Newby said. He used his own neighborhood in North Minneapolis as an example of what happens to a community when investment is absent: “There aren’t jobs. There isn’t a restaurant within two miles of where I live. There is no investment. You can’t buy a house because banks aren’t lending money.” Not only is there no investment, said Newby, wealth is extracted from black communities via finable violations that disproportionately target persons of color. Newby referenced an ongoing investigation in which early data showed that, “in black communities, cars are being towed at a rate of 3, 4, 5, to 1” relative to white communities. An American Civil Liberties Union analysis of policing data from Minneapolis backs up Newby’s claims. In 2014, Black people were 8.7 times more likely than white people to be arrested for low-level offenses, all of which are punishable by fines."

5.)OUR NEW COMMUNITY                                                

"There is little agreement among experts on why Minnesota—despite its progressive reputation—has done so poorly on race. One theory is that Minnesota had been so white for so long it simply didn’t know what to do with the communities of color within its borders. Susan Brower, the Minnesota State demographer, said that until recent decades Minnesota didn’t have a large black community. Approximately 48 percent of African-Americans currently living in Minnesota emigrated from another state."

6.)OUR HISTORY IN MINNESOTA                      

"Another theory is that Minnesotans have forgotten the history of prejudice in their state, and because it’s gone unrecognized, it’s never been challenged. Rose Brewer, a professor of African-American and African studies at the University of Minnesota, remarked that historically, “Minnesota has a surprising connection to slavery.” One city in Minnesota, St. Cloud, was home to a small population of slaves before the Civil War. Slaves weren’t an uncommon site in the Twin Cities either, as Southern slaveholders were welcome to visit and bring their slaves with them. The problem, Brewer believes, is that few Minnesotans know about that history. “The history of racism here is unknown; it hasn’t been exhumed and challenged,” Brewer said. “And unless you root that out, systematically it remains.”