A question worth pondering

Finding and losing history

History found Records of freed Va. slaves placed online History possibly lost (suburbanchicagonews.com) "A property once covered in unique objets d'art and so renowned even the Smithsonian Institution took notice now is slated for demolition. Kane County officials this week took further steps toward tearing down the long-abandoned African-American Heritage Museum and Black Veterans Archives in Aurora Township by approving an application to the Circuit Court for demolition of 'dangerous and/or unsafe building.' 'This is the very beginning stage' of the demolition process, said Mark VanKerkhoff of the county's Development Department. It could be three to four months before the building actually is torn down, ...

Here we go again with another social experiment

TV One to begin Sunday show aimed at blacks NEW YORK (AP) — Roland Martin will anchor a new Sunday public affairs show aimed at a black audience that will debut in September on the TV One network. The "Washington Watch" program aims to tap into a new interest in politics and government due to the election of President Barack Obama, said Johnathan Rodgers, TV One's president and CEO. It debuts Sept. 27 at 11 a.m. ET, and the show will be repeated each week at 5 p.m. Martin, who is also a CNN commentator, will interview newsmakers and members of the Congressional ...

LA the hard way

When Antonio Villaraigosa ran for Mayor of Los Angeles a few years ago, most of his platform was based on the fact that he would be the first Hispanic Mayor in 133 years. Question his record beyond the historical narrative and suddenly you found yourself framed as one of "those people" who dislike all Hispanics. Well guess what I saw in the store the other day? That's right! The one time golden child for the Left who was gonna fix Los Angeles just by showing up is now being called a "failure" by a major publication. Just back in 2006, the ...

Why the rush to make Michael Jackson a “Christian”

On the days following the death of Michael Jackson, I read from two sources so-called accounts from Christians that Michael Jackson was in fact a Christian. Now I found the claim quite interesting because I know that MJ had also claimed to be a Muslim, Jehovah Witness and I believe that he also embraced Judaism to some extent. But how was it that all of a sudden folks were claiming that MJ was actually a Christian. Here was the first claim I came across. David Pack for purposedriven.com (The article was removed or moved to another link. But here is the ...

It begins here

Okay, all the hatin' over the BET Awards show is really getting silly. Don't like BET? Then work on changing the culture FIRST. If you can change the culture, you will decrease demand for what you feel misrepresents Black folks. Do it the other way around, and more "BETs" will pop up. Need an example? Some of y'all may remember back in the day when local churches would stage protests in front of local porn shops. Did they manage to get a few of them shut down? Sure did. But how did the porn industry respond to meet demand? They moved ...

If the black community has “black leaders”, who are the “white leaders”?

Asian Leaders?

Hispanic Leaders?

Jewish Leaders?

Mulatto Leaders?

What if the news went something like this…

“The execution moratorium is a top priority for many Asian-American leaders…”

or this…

“Prominent Hispanic American leaders have joined Dr. Poussaint in asking all school boards and all state legislatures to ban school corporal punishment immediately. “

how about this?

“White American leaders from around New York State came to Washington DC today at the invitation of US Senator Chuck Schumer…”

and for my favorite, this…

“Prominent Mulatto American leaders representing a broad coalition of organizations are urging members of Mulatto communities across the country to join the…”

These are real headlines with the word “African” taken out of them.

Just weird and sad

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Posted by Duane On May - 21 - 2005

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Shontell Says:
May 21st, 2005 at 9:12 am
In my opinion, there are no true “Black Leaders”. Most so-called “Black Leaders” are

puppeteered by local white officials to do things in their best interests, not ours. Until

some drastic changes are made in the black community and the way we treat each

other, it will always be this way.
DarkStar Says:
May 21st, 2005 at 4:10 pm
So, do you complain when conservatives use the term?

How about it when they apply it to, ohhhh, Jesse Lee Peterson?
Keith Says:
May 21st, 2005 at 5:41 pm
There are people I admire and listen closely to whenever they speak, and I simply don’t consider their race, rather it is their words and ideas that mean something to me.

I greatly admire Ravi Zacharias, but I don’t consider him a great Christian leader from India, just a great Christian mind.

I do not care for Jesse Jackson. It has nothing to do with his skin color but his ideas.

I have to wonder, is it the people of America who consider this man or that man to be a ‘black-leader’, this man or that man to be a ‘hispanic leader’, or is it the media who gives us this labels?

Most, not all, persons I know are concerned with the content of a persons expressed ideas and not their heritage or their skin color.
Duane Says:
May 21st, 2005 at 5:51 pm
Keith,

I like Ravi Zacharias as well. Excellent teacher!! I try to listen to him everytime I get the chance. I had a chance to see him at Georgia Tech some years back.

Have you noticed that race has been the keyword for this week? Very sad indeed
Duane Says:
May 22nd, 2005 at 6:52 am
EG,

President Fox comment

The Mayoral elections in LA

The Fillabuster crap

Some mural out in LA that supposedly was racist in nature

GE being hit with a discrimination lawsuit

and my uncle Frank when he is drunk–just kiddn’