Biden exhibited his usual cringe worthiness during the meeting. “White Europeans will be in the minority by 2040. You all will have to learn to work with Hispanics. Who make up a larger percentage of the population than you do.” During his campaign Biden at one point spoke of Latinos as being more “diverse” than blacks and one would assume more worthy of his attention. Not content to tell black people that they mattered less than another group, he added his own Bidenesque bizarre commentary such as an assertion that “biracial commercials,” his words, were proof of progress.
In a loud voice and in the manner of a bullying boss Biden dashed any hopes that he would use executive orders to enact policies that he can’t get passed because of Republican congressional opposition. He accused Melanie Campbell of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, of not reading his policy paper because she disagreed with him. He was vehement about not using the power of executive orders to thwart congressional Republicans and claimed concerns about constitutionality as an excuse for doing as little as he possibly can.
Biden didn’t call anyone a “dog faced pony soldier” or advocate that police aim to shoot in the legs. Nor did he resurrect Corn Pop. We must be thankful for small favors. But Biden is still the bigot who warned of a “racial jungle.”
In a hectoring tone Biden claimed that the assembled group shouldn’t
expect him to do very much at all. Even their meager demand of black
cabinet officials was met with insult, “If it doesn’t count for y’all to
hell with y’all,” said the man that the black
political class supported and defended. Al Sharpton helped by praising
Cedric Richmond, who Biden promised to have at “every meeting,” and
vouched for Biden and Harris as being substantive people. Sharpton
played his role of scoundrel, making the case that black people should
not only get jobs but ought to be held to the same weak ethical
standards as crooked white people. In case there was any question about
where his loyalties lie, he added, “I will never embarrass you.” We can
translate that to mean that Sharpton is on board with anything that
Master Biden should want. Such a pledge would not be uttered by anyone
who wants to make real change.
-- Margaret Kimberley, "Freedom Rider: Master Biden Speaks" (BLACK AGENDA REPORT).