I do, but only through reading and my own volunteering (in a small city). But I know that large cities are all run by Democrats, Jeremy. I know that Democrats in government (I have never been talking about people who vote Democrat in elections.........I have ALWAYS been talking about the 'leadership' of the party), haven't done anything to help blacks. I know that New Orleans has been a Democrat city in a Democrat state, and THAT is why there is such poverty...........poverty that conservative leadership would begin to remove.
btw, your singing the praises of Maxine Waters and Jesse Jackson proves that you are NO 'independent'.........you really should have been honest about that, you know? I wouldn't mind discussing this issue with a liberal, if he were honest enough to say that he was a liberal. Intellectual honesty is imperative in any productive conversation, and you haven't demonstrated it (The Jesse Jackson of 40 years ago is most certainly NOT the Jesse Jackson of today........a photo hogging, racist, who cares more about getting his face on a camera than equal rights, and has done more harm than good to the equality of blacks).
btw, here in Ohio, we have a man running for Governor who will revitalize and reform this state. His name is Ken Blackwell. HE is the kind of man you should be admiring, because his conservative policies will extricate blacks from the quagmire that liberal policies have condemned them to.
There are people on this forum far more capable of educating you than I, and I hope they will help you out.
Can you help this young man out, guys??