Posted on 08/06/2020 5:46:01 PM PDT by rktman
A black woman who went from being on welfare to being a millionaire has become a viral sensation this week over a video in which she slammed Black Lives Matter and condemned the push to remove a Confederate statue in her town.
Cathy Dodson of Wichita Falls, Texas stood up to speak at a city council meeting over whether a Confederate monument at city hall should be removed. After living in the city for 41 years, Dodson said the monument is irrelevant to her, so nobody else should worry about it either.
“Speaking as a black person living in the city, I can honestly tell you the black folks in Wichita Falls don’t care one way or another about that monument,” she said. “That’s why they’re not here. They don’t care.”
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Dodson then opened up about her personal story.
“One of my proudest moments was when I walked into that welfare office and told them, ‘I don’t need these food stamps anymore. I can feed myself and my son,'” she said. “Fast-forward 38 years. I own 17 homes right here in Wichita Falls […] and run a bed and breakfast. I have made a success out of my life out of hard work and perseverance.”
Dodson credited her success to working hard, adding that the monument did nothing to hinder her.
“My success came in and happened in spite of that rock sitting in the front yard of Memorial Auditorium,” she continued. “It’s just a rock, it’s not good, not bad. It don’t have the ability to be racist. And it don’t have control over anybody. It’s just a rock.”
Not stopping there, Dodson said that it would be ridiculous for the city council to remove the statue, as they would only be helping cancel culture.
“The issue of removing the statue is a distraction and an excuse to dismantle this city,” she said. “If it comes down, there will be something else and something else and something else and something else to please these terrorist young folks.”
She also had some choice words for Black Lives Matter.
“If BLM wanted to help black people in the area, they could help with their needs, like paying the rent, putting food on the table,” Dodson added about Black Lives Matter. “That would be more beneficial.”
I wish SHE would run for office. GOP would be nice, but any party, just keep the same attitude. Each party has it’s naysayers and ‘happy with losing’ fatalists. She could be one of the leaders.
It ain’t nothing but a rock. AMEN.
What a woman, she shows why America is great, it gives you the opportunity. God Bless her, God Bless Texas, God Bless America.
Good for her!
Brava! Applause!
She’s got the picture. Sees it all.
May God continue to bless this wonderful woman and keep her safe.
Way to drag down a positive thread with racism.
But...but...Democrats only know what’s best for blacks...because they think all blacks are ignorant and helpless...what an Insult!
I heard this on the radio (Larry Elder?) about 1 1/2 weeks ago. She was brilliant and passionate, and her experience SHOULD be an inspiration to other people similarly situated today...if they, or the so-called “black leaders” were actually interested in having people succeed.
However, as she herself indicated, BLM and others like them have no such interest. They are race whores (my words, not hers) who prey on people and their bad situations rather than help them. They wear $3,000 suits, dine at fine restaurants and drive around in $50,000+ cars while the people whom they *purport* to help live in squalor with little or no hope of getting out of that situation.
What a BS comment.
That’s simply not true.
WOW just WOW God Bless this woman and I am so happy she has become successful and is FULL OF COURAGE!!
Just heard it replayed today. Mrs. rktman and I were both choked up listening to her passion. Many blessings on her. I did see someplace that the city council took no action on removing the monument. For now anyway.
There are hardly any that think the way she does and lets people know that.
The overwhelming majority are democrat socialist whether they recognize it or not.
I wish they all thought like she does.
Intelligent? Well she sure ain’t stupid. Most adult black folk I’ve met aren’t devoid of common sense, which this gal has plenty of. It’s just so many have been under the libtard thumb for so long. They are just starting to hear the truth.
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