Recently, I was involved in a mini-discussion with some members of The Conservative Brotherhood concerning "Black leaders" and what they have said vs. what the mainstream media reports they have said.
One of the things I mentioned was, despite the claims, Al Sharpton and some other "Black leaders" had spoken out against the filth in rap.
To that end, I quote Something by Al Sharpton as it appeared in Davey D's website.
With all the stuff going on in this world, all they're worried about is being able to call a woman out of her name?! That's their cause? First of all, it's wrong. But second, it is insulting. These rappers and "hip-hop impresarios" weren't worried about unemployment or the financial conditions of those who support their records and made them stars. They weren't worried about the education system that keeps too many of their fans and families in poverty. They weren't worried about voting rights. They didn't have any conferences on any of that. There wasn't one seminar entitled "Economic Empowerment" or "Jobs for the 21st Century."
No, they want the right to call somebody a ho or a bitch - somebody who brought them into this world. As far as I'm concerned, they are low-down devious things who aren't worth the millions of dollars young people spend t o make them stars.
Maybe one of the astute folk commenting here will remember this incident:
The editor of a university newspaper, maybe 10-12 years ago, published a blatantly racist column, extolling the "rich heritage" of euros, the parasitism of the black race, and other putrid commentary.
When called on the carpet and directed to resign, he pointed out that these were not his views at all, and not his own words at all, but rather a verbatim quote from the Nation of Islam, with one detail: the editor had reversed the words "black" and "white" wherever they occurred in the piece.
Does anyone recall when/where this happened? Any web references?
TIA
Posted by: True_Liberal at September 3, 2004 06:25 PM