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Why Isn't Closing 40 Philadelphia Public Schools National News? Where Is the Black Political Class?

Why Isn't Closing 40 Philadelphia Public Schools National News? Where Is the Black Political Class?
If some racist made an inappropriate remark about the First Lady or her children our national "civil rights leaders" Obama fans all of them, would be all over that. But standing up for ordinary black children is something our leaders just don't do much any more.  When was the last time you heard Sharpton, Jealous or any of that tribe inveigh against school closings and the creeping privatization of our schools?  
Why Isn't Closing 40 Philadelphia Public Schools National News? Where Is the Black Political Class?

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