Contract With Black America

​https://contractwithblackamerica.us/wp-content/uploads/CWBA-Full-Contract.pdf

​Ice Cube and has presented the Contract With Black America (to both the Democrat and Republican parties.  Democrats are interested but won’t discuss or address the document until after the presidential election.  Republicans are interested and wanted to have an in-depth discussion prior to the presidential election.  Ice Cube has been criticized by those in support of Democrat party for even talking to let alone negotiating specifics with the President of the United States.
 
I find this situation to be absurd.  The Black community is in a catastrophic state right now.  Let’s talk facts…
 

1. The wealth gap in the United States: In 2016, the median net worth of non-Hispanic white households was $143,600. The median net worth of Black households was $12,920. Black net worth is 0.9% of white households.  (US Census Bureau)
2. A global plague (Covid-19) has disproportionally impacted the Black community resulting in thousands of deaths of Black Americans. 
3. Due to measures to contain the virus, millions of Americans have become unemployed.  According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment rate among Blacks is 12.1% compared to 7.0% for whites. 
4. Many of the jobs lost thus far due to Covid-19 may never return. 
5. Food insecurity has increased significantly.  While there is no current data published by the US, we know that in 2019, 19.1% of Black households were in this category. (Reference: USDA Economic Research Service; https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics.aspx)
6. Overall, the country is in an economic recession and the Black community is in an economic depression.
7. Black people are 28% of those killed by police despite being only 13% of the population.
8. Black people are 3 times more likely to be killed by police than white people
9. The prevalence of police killings is not correlated to criminal violence.

​This controversy is a cynical ploy to divide Black people, sow seeds of distrust and diminish the power of the Contract With Black America.  To embrace and implement the contract will cost billions of dollars.  The more that can be done to damage the initiative the longer America can go on with business as usual.  Ice Cube is absolutely correct to talk to those in power and willing to demonstrate interest in the comprehensive Contract With Black America.

I fully support Ice Cube in his position. 

Let’s be clear, we’re talking about Black people who are the descendants of slaves in America.  Not diversity, not people of color, not black and brown people, simply Black Americans descendants of slaves in America.

The time is now.  The situation is urgent.  Black people are suffering from all sides – health, wealth, unemployment, hunger, evictions, and police brutality.  Let’s stop playing games and get a comprehensive game plan to get all the elements of the Contract with Black American enacted.