Michael Bloomberg forced to face reality

Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, has learned that money can’t buy everything during his run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

His general attitude about minorities and previous city-wide “stop and frisk” policy, which focused on New York City Police stereotyping minorities, especially Blacks and Latinos, has come back to haunt him.

On Sunday, March 1, while visiting Selma, Alabama, Bloomberg made a stop at the Brown Chapel AME Church to speak at a Bloody Sunday 55th anniversary commemorative service along with other Democratic leaders.

From the start, many parishioners weren’t happy with Bloomberg. His campaign arranged his appearance after he personally turned down an invitation to speak by telling the church pastor, Leodis Strong, that he didn’t have time to visit the historic location that was so critical to the Civil Rights Movement because he needed to focus on beating President Trump. Although the Rev. Strong did his best to try to approach the appearance and speech as a teachable moment for the former mayor, some people literally stood up and turned their backs on Bloomberg in protest while he spoke to the congregation.

It appears that Mr. Bloomberg missed the fact somewhere along the way that he won’t be beating anyone unless he changes his ways and embraces minority communities.