A recent article on United Bank in Philadelphia appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer today. While the article accurately quotes some of our research, it carefully ignored other points. Here is what we submitted to the paper: Consider something as small as the House dress code being applied differently to the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. And there is the more important fact that "redistricting could mean the CBC’s four most senior – and oldest – members will soon be gone." This is an unprecedented level of anti black hostility and threatens to turn the Congressional racial clock back to pre-reconstruction days. And finally, five of the eight cases before the House House Ethics Committee involve blacks. While I might not agree with their alleged behavior, I know that Black congressmen are not committing 62% of the ethical violations on Capitol Hill. That much is certain. I believe many of these inve...
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