On Monday, the Republican National Committee held a luncheon to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March of Washington and Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
One of the luncheon speakers, Bob Woodson, head of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprises, received a standing ovation at the end, the Washington Post reports. Woodson criticized black leaders over Trayvon Martin, the black Florida teen who was shot to death by George Zimmerman, who was later acquitted. Woodson, who is black, said groups including gays and immigrants have been prioritized over poor black people in American society.
“Everybody has come in front of them on the bus — gays, immigrants, women, environmentalists,” Woodson said, the paper also reported. “You never hear any talk about the conditions confronting poor blacks and poor people in general.”
