Let the Dems keep hating: Jamilah Nasheed could pull off the political coup of the century

WOW, I've been reading all of the comments regarding this article and it floors me that today, we can honestly state that there's still racism in this world.  Nigger? Illiterate? Excuses for black communities being the way that they are?  It's really quite SAD!  First off for those of you that know nothing about Jamilah Nasheed, left me give you some facts regarding my friend:  Never were we in a gang, that some of you may think of when you hear such word.  "gang (noun) 3.) a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons: I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with."  We hung out all the time and did things that all teenagers did or may have wanted to do:  skating, went to parties, went to carnivals, concerts, church, and just had plain old fun.  To state that she's illiterate because you may not like her choice of words are just ignorance on all of your part.  Not everyone are the same, not everyone communicates the same but to think that your choice of verbiage is the right way, is offensive in itself.  We, as people, make excuses for our behaviors because we feel that were justified to do so.  Why would one believe that their way is the Right Way?  Because, we trust our own judgments before others, so you're warranted that belief.  I think all of you that are posting on this site and voicing your opinion, I would hope are smart enough to know the history of "African Americans"?  We may not speak your specific choice of words because earlier in time, we were never given the opportunity to learn or better yet, even be treated the same.  We learned on our own, we overcame all of the obstacles that we were faced with and I'm sorry to be the one to inform you:  but, I honestly don't believe that many of you would be here today had you been faced with those same challenges.  So, I'm sure you're pondering:  "No, I'm not Racist at all"!  But, will I take a stand for someone I truly know, that you only know from articles, Yes!  To summarize blacks as illiterate, violent, and don't want much out of life.... You only have yourselves to Thank for this outcome.  When I speak of you, I'm not addressing the ones specifically making comments because you feel your the only voice that needs to be heard, I'm addressing the "white man" that have oppressed our communities for years and still feel as though they were right for this rhetoric.  Concluding:  I beg to differ with all of your opinions about "black" and its' communities.  We've never had a fair opportunity....this is fact and not an excuse.  Of course, this goes well beyond all of you making your sarcasm remarks but when this type of behavior is constantly practiced, then we as a nation gets NOWHERE.  You may take a look at: 

Sociological Comparisons between African-Americans and Whites and review the statistics for yourself. 

I can only pray for all of you at this time because as I hate to be the one to inform you, and as smart as all of you are; you would think you would know this already, but only God can judge one's character.  When you leave earth, where will you go? 

Peace and Love to all of you,

Sharron Banks

African American Student

Webster University's Dean List

GPA:  3.9

Team Jamilah Nasheed:  You have to truly know her, to understand her!

A caption to one of the photos reads, "I'm black before I'm a Democrat." -- What the hell? What if someone said, "I'm White before I'm a Republican." Well, that person would be all over the news for being a racist.

Double standard.

This paragraph says what is wrong here.

"So she's effective in the sense that she gets stuff done with the Republicans," she says, pulling the phone to her ear. "She'll say, 'Because I'm getting stuff for my people.' Her district is one of the poorest. I'm not too sure how much she's gotten...

I guess without campaign finance limits someone can happily buy her district now.

Nasheed's comments sound more like a "campaign" comment ! Cage those votes early, as educated and informed voters don't buy the race card play. Clearly has signed her ticket toback to the hood and unemployment line come the General elections. You just can't fix stupid !

Her entire persona is so negro she is actually holding her community back. She would serve her community better being elected to the shampoo girl at alderman Flower's beauty salon.

Last time I checked this is the USA ! Hoods, territories, etc as subscribed to by the majority of "minorities" simply promotes "compartmentalization of our society. Until those elements progress out of the jungle culture there will be racism - period ! Playing the "race card" while subscribing to the behaviors that simply promote racism as evident in the majority of black communities and obviously subscribed to by Nasheed is clearly hypocritical, disingenuous and has diminished validity to race issue claims in the general populous ! One is either part of the problem or part of the solution > At the end of the day, Nasheed is clearly a promoter of the problem and ultimately defines her relevance - which is clearly Zero !

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I'm white and I have been treated badly by blacks many times in my life. I've been assaulted on the street for walking down the sidewalk. I've been yelled at, called a "cracker", "white bread", and so much more. I do have black friends, I am not a racist, but any idiot can see that black people by and large are the criminals, drug addicts, murderers, and rapists of America.

Good post. Double standards in the black community need stop.

because you think all blacks are on crack and you should know because you're black and on crack??

Whites keep blacks out of their businesses, that is untrue, jews keep blacks out of everything.

Is this what the black is, a killer? Pathetic and predictable.

Whites don't want to be around your criminal rapist ass.

She's black before she's an American too.

So the black muslim was hanging out at a Lil Wayne concert and she ran into the black baptist and they got catty? This should/could be an SNL skit. I guess when "Nasheed" did the stabbing she didn't get a felony charge/conviction...or can you run for office as a felon in Missouri?

N I double G U R ess

James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Jamilah Nasheed. All great political intellectuals. Yeah.

Good luck constituents.

She is a lawn jockey or porch monkey first ! This is the RFT - what do you expect???

how the hell is chappelle-nadal going to complain about nasheed siding with the democrats?? chappelle-nadal didn't even vote for obama ffs!!!

People wonder why others are racist. I am white and after reading an article like this I now am one.

Yes, who does Jamilah Nasheed think she is? She is a racist. I think the answer to her question to Mayor Slay is to tone down the vitriol of people like her. Whether you are black or white (and I am not going to mention other races just to throw them in to be politically correct, because this is about being black and or white in St.Louis), it is not fair or appropriate to admit as a politician that you put race before all else in making your decisions. Would there not be an uproar if this article were about a white politician who was published in the press as vocally admitting putting being white before being a Democrat in a racially divided city that needs to work on race relations? When we can say as people, when our politicians can say as politicians, I am a St. Louisan before I am a Democrat or a Republican, before I am black or white, that is when our city will be able to become a better, healthier, more respectable and more complete and whole place to live. Shame on you Jamilah Nasheed, and shame on all of you who continue to further this ridiculousness in a city that in so many other ways has become progressive and something to be proud of.

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Really????? The purpose of remembering slavery is so that mistake can never happen again??? in this century?? I gave your arguments some substance until you said that complete nonsense. Its in all of the history books so everyone knows about it and will always know about it. To claim that African Americans are scarred from it today is complete, total bullshit. Its an excuse. Should anyone forget it? Absolutely not. Should you (as a group) use it as an excuse not to achieve greatness? Absolutely not but you are.

Just so you know, I as a white person am reminded of slavery frequently by people such as yourself but carry no guilt or shame for something that happened over a hundred years ago nor do I try to forget it ever happened. I have no reason to apologize to you or any black person for slavery because its a part of history I wasn't involved in and neither were you. If that in your eyes makes me a racist then so be it. I will start celebrating white history month instead of black history month.. oh wait there is no white history month. I'll start watching the Miss White America beauty pageant instead of the Miss Black America pageant... oh wait, there is no miss white america pageant. Maybe I will start reading literature from the NAAWP instead of the NAACP, oh wait, there is no association for the advancement of white people. the next time I will vote for a white president so there is actually a truth that you could possibly call me a racist for.

Also, the last time I checked, the majority of police officers in the city of St. Louis were black so blame yourselves.

I believe that at this point, the hugest problem facing north St. Louis is the black on black crime. They are killing each other every day and it is very sad. There is a famous quote that says before you can love anyone, you have to learn to love yourself. It is very difficult to bridge any relations gap when one side is apparently its own worst enemy and killing each other. If Nasheed could get everyone in north St. Louis to stop the killing, and get along with each other, only then will she have something to bring to the better relations table.

Don't give me the slavery excuse either. My great grandfather had a number tattooed across his arm thanks to his stay at Hitler's concentration camp. Those people weren't taken from their homes and sold into slavery in a different country, they were taken from their homes, put into a concentration camp and brutally murdered, women and children first of course and then their skin was dried and used for lamp shades. Some of them survived. Not one time did my grandparents or my parents or myself say, I am too scarred because of what happened a couple of generations ago and the German people still keep me down because I'm a Jew so I have no motivation or desire to bust out of my current situation and fight like hell to make something of myself.

Every individual is in charge of their own destiny in this country. Some people have it made easy to succeed and others have to overcome difficult challenges whether it is due to race, health issues, or something else. Its time to stop blaming and start doing. Its hard to do if you are down but the reward is priceless. Any people of north St. Louis of any color who are struggling need an inspiring leader who promotes individual self worth, motivation and positivity, not someone with a "what are YOU going to do about that Mr. Mayor" attitude.

@James. It sounds like you're assuming that I'm Black. FAIL.

It also sounds like you are defining education based upon the status quo of indoctrinating children into being good citizens of the society we live in. EPIC, RACIST FAIL. Education is not how much a person can be trained to be like you, it is the teachings that help them grow to be a responsible member of their community and the world community. But that's a common racist mistake; forcing your culture on another group of people for your own gain. You seem to misunderstand "education," so I shall "educate" you.

The ancestors you speak of did good work on behalf of equal rights in this country. And they must be spinning in their graves to hear their descendant waste time and energy generalizing the very people they sought to help. Undoing you ancestors’ work- FAIL!

That police pull you over because you disobey the law. The police far too many Black people over because they "SUSPECT" they break the law. The suspicion is based on perspective, one that is not in Black people's best interest. But when a Black Man who is tired of being pulled over for the cops poor "suspicion," the cop is trained to accelerate the situation to the point of using force, the situation ends up bad. Cops are here to protect you, but their here to watch and aggress on Black people.

The past is only inconvenient for those who history makes to look bad. Germans want to forget about the Nazi takeover, and how a vast majority of their citizenry assumed a mob mentality and killed over 6 million human beings. They want to forget that, but ask a Jew if they forget it.

The Catholic church wants to forget the Inquisition and the string of child molestations coming to light recently. Ask the parents; did they forget? Should the children just "get over it?" Should the common folk forget that the church can give in to extremity and killed thousands of people on trump up charges of heresy and “Black” magic? Not at all, that knowledge should guide their interactions from then on. And the church should remember; so as not to make such mistakes ever again.

That's the purpose of remembering slavery; so that mistake can never happen again. But mentalities like yours that “just want to forget” run the risk of not learning the lesson. This COULD lead to some serious problems, and not just for you (see all of your FAIL(ures) above). You could come to feel like it’s REALLY ok to treat people like you think; that would be a problem for you.

Now "education" would dictate that you learn something about your racist perspective on the matter. Hopefully, you have received your "education" well.

What a dumb article, this Nasheed seems like an idiot, "I am black before a Democrat." If I ever said "I am white before a Republican", it would definitely not be looked upon as positive. She brings race into issues that it should not be brought into. Way to look out for your constituents Nasheed, you moron. You voted on certain things just because you were mad at people that didn't vote for your cause. That is the worst kind of representative!! Why don't you make your decisions based on the actual facts of the issue, not on whether you dislike someone that week or because of the color of your skin. This is one of the reasons St. Louis is the way it is, you vote for representatives because they are black...not because of their education or knowledge. She doesn't know what the hell she is doing.

Until there is recognition that blacks can be as racist as whites and the term "race relations" should not mean whites giving stuff to blacks, there will be no movement forward between the races.

I would be curious to know from this woman what made her join a gang when she was younger and if while in that gang she committed crimes against her own neighborhood, her own neighborhood's economy by stealing retail or other crimes. If she would use her past experiences to help kids avoid falling into the same trap, then more power to her. I just don't think that going on the offensive against the mayor would be the best approach to the issues of her area. In retrospect, she seems to be relying on her old gang methods of trying to get something.

What a brave woman, fighting against the tide. Too bad not many democrats listen to her wisdom. Thats what party members should do, regardless if you are dems or repubs. Whats right is right and whats wrong is wrong. You dont have to vote party lines.

I was wondering if anyone could tell me why there have been so many murders (81) so far this year in the city of St. Louis? I actually stopped watching the local news on a regular basis but last night saw the 81st person had been murdered and the police were adding more people to their homicide investigation division. They didn't give any other details besides the street corner of Florissant Ave and something. Do they usually say the motives behind the killings? Why are all of these people being murdered??