When HUD Secretary Ben Carson compared slaves to immigrants the liberals went nuts even though Obama had said the same thing several times. There is this little known rule of liberalism that says Republicans aren’t allowed to compare anything to slavery because it’s racist, but democrats can do it and it ain’t racist. I’m not sure why this rule exists considering democrats were the slave owners and segregationists, but it’s a rule nonetheless. Luckily Jesse Jackson is a democrat so he was free to make a slavery comparison.

NBC News reports that Jackson was speaking at the Hispanicize conference when he said this:

Rev. Jesse Jackson compared Latinos and Mexicans who would help build President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall to “blacks building slave ships” as he exhorted Hispanics and communities of color to unite under common, shared values.

Of course this is a stupid comparison as slaves were owned and forced to do things against their will while Latinos and Mexicans are free people who can decided if the want to do something or not. Some of them might even decide that they need a paycheck and work on President Trump’s wall between the US and Mexico to provide for their families.

I wonder if Jesse Jackson will subsidize all Latino people who refuse to work on the wall. Probably not. He’s more on the receiving end of money than the giving end.

Speaking of which, I get the district impression that Jackson’s appearance at this conference is his effort to become the leader of the Latinos. Check this out from The Miami Herald:

With all the talk of Latino criminals in the United States, a border wall with Mexico and rising fears of deportation, some Hispanics have begun to think they need a unifying leader who will bring disparate groups together: a Latino Rev. Jesse Jackson or Rev. Martin Luther King, perhaps. On Wednesday, those attending the Hispanicize 2017 conference in Miami got Jackson himself talking about leadership and organizing strategies. The most powerful tool that both Hispanics and blacks have is the vote, he said.

Put that with this and see if you aren’t detecting a scheme:

He also threw a jab over what constitutes a Latino politician, saying it’s not about color but about “who has a common set of shared values.” He added that large Latino numbers does not necessarily equal political force. “That’s potential. Unless it’s organized it’s not actual power,” Jackson said.

In other words, Latinos need Jackson to organize and lead them. With Al Sharpton and Black Lives Matter, Jackson is no longer top dog in the race-hustling game. If can get the Latinos to anoint him el jefe, he’ll be bigger than he ever was when he was the voice of the black community. There’s a lot of money to be made here and Jackson knows it. For those who thought he was finished, he’s attempting to pull off the biggest race-hustle coup of all time.

Sure, he may have to get used to being called “Hesse Hackson” but that’s a minor inconvenience considering how lucrative hustling on behalf of the fastest growing segment of the population will be.

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