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Black Network Demands an Apology from Rainbow Coalition After Official Calls NASCAR Fans 'Cracker' and 'Redneck' 7/9/03 9:43:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National and Sports desks Contact: David Almasi of Project 21, 202-371-1400, ext. 106 WASHINGTON, July 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are calling upon the Rainbow/PUSH organization to apologize for derogatory comments about fans of NASCAR auto racing made by Rainbow Sports director Charles Farrell. In a recent interview with CNSNews.com, Farrell said, "there is a perception that stock car racing is a good ole boy's Southern redneck cracker sport." "Webster's definition...

Black Network Applauds Proposed Voucher Plan for Nation's Capital; Parent Choice Initiative Could Serve as Model for Communities Nationwide 7/8/03 4:47:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National and Metro Desks Contact: David Almasi for Project 21, 202-371-1400 ext. 106 WASHINGTON, July 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud congressional efforts to create a school voucher program that will aid impoverished students living in our nation's capital. A proposal introduced by U.S. Representative Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) aims to provide monetary school vouchers to students who come from families subsisting at 185 percent below the poverty level...

Jayson Blair Was Wrong, But He Had Accomplices By Michael King A New Visions Commentary paper published July 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 777 North Capitol Street NE #803, Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/371-1400, Fax 202/408-7773, E-Mail Project21@nationalcenter.org, Web http://www.project21.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Fallout from the Jayson Blair controversy continues at the New York Times. The top editors were forced to resign. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter resigned over criticism that he relied too much on stringers to produce his articles. The newsroom is in shock. Former Times reporter Jayson Blair was wrong in what...

On Nov. 12, 2002, Steve Hinkle, an undergraduate at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo, was walking around campus, posting fliers advertising a speech by Mason Weaver, author of "It's OK to Leave the Plantation" (1998, National Center for Public Policy Research.) In that book, Weaver -- an African-American -- traces his own journey "from Berkeley militant to conservative businessman," and argues that dependence on government welfare programs puts many modern African-Americans in circumstances akin to slavery. Weaver asserts that "overseers" and "drivers" still exist on today's "mental plantation." He uses these terms to describe those...

Black Network Praises President for Proactive Role in Africa; Bush Trip to Africa Highlights President's Concern for Region 7/3/03 4:25:00 PM To: National Desk Contact: David W. Almasi for Project 21, 202-371-1400 x106 WASHINGTON, July 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- President George W. Bush begins a five-day visit to the African continent on July 7. Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are proud of the President's hands-on approach to fighting terrorism and famine and preserving human dignity in Africa. "(America) is fully engaged in the broad, concerted effort to help Africans find peace, to fight disease, to build...

Black Leadership Network Urges NASCAR to Sever Ties with Jesse JacksonBy National Center for Public Policy ResearchNational Center for Public Policy Research | July 2, 2003 Project 21 has joined a campaign begun by the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) to urge NASCAR to stand up to what appear to be intimidation tactics employed by Jesse Jackson and fight an apparent corporate shakedown.Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are calling upon NASCAR to sever its financial ties to Jackson.A board member of Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition publicly implied June 24 that the NASCAR auto racing organization is...

Nor deny to any person… The Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision regarding Grutter and Gratz has had the country abuzz for the past week. And while either side of the argument may lay claim to victory, I believe the country has been dealt a significant defeat. The decision, besides striking down the University of Michigan’s undergraduate admissions policy, left much to be desired. The only thing clear when the two cases are viewed side by side is the incoherence of the decisions, particularly when one reads the opinions of Justice O’Connor’s. She apparently desired to be everything to all people;...

Michigan Riots a Perception Problem, Not a Race ProblemBlack Network Says Black Distrust of Police is Misguided For Immediate Release: June 18, 2003 Contact: David Almasi at 202/371-1400 x106 Rioting in the predominantly black city of Benton Harbor, Michigan after a fatal high-speed chase between motorcyclists and local police is being characterized by some as a ³race riot.² Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 disagree, noting that a distrust of the police as an institution that is held by many blacks is at the heart of this matter, not exploding racial tension. "The rioters in Benton Harbor were...

The Reparations pipe dream and The Taxcut reality for Blacks Americans When I think I finally have the self-promoted and selected black leaders figured out they throw me another crave ball. While doing research online I came across Jesse Jackson’s weekly commentary in the Chicago Sun Times, where he is railing against taxcuts and carrying the Democrat Banner that taxcuts only benefit the wealth, funny that such an argument would come from a wealth man like Jackson, he goes on to state in his commentary that taxcuts put in danger social programs such as Medicaid and Medicare, as well as...

(CNSNews.com) - As homosexual advocacy groups increasingly model their push for greater acceptance on the rhetoric and tactics of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, some black groups are beginning to take exception. The comparison between the two movements and the "rights" associated with them can be misleading, said David Almasi, director for Project 21, a group of conservative black leaders. "Homosexuality is behavior. It's not something you're born with," Almasi said. The homosexual movement identifies itself with a number of sympathetic causes, including the Holocaust remembrance and the civil rights struggle, to advance its effort to gain acceptance....

<p>More black Americans today are finishing high school, going to college, moving to the suburbs and earning higher salaries than in previous decades, while the trend of single-mother households is in historic decline, a new report shows.</p> <p>According to a report released yesterday by the Census Bureau, the percentage of black families led by unmarried females is 43 percent, the lowest percentage since at least 1980, when 40 percent of black families were led by an unmarried woman.</p>

Commentary by National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice Sent to Black Media by Project 21 For Release: April 17, 2003 Contact:  David Almasi at 202/371-1400 x106 Observations on faith and freedom made by National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. this past February are being circulated to the black media as a New Visions Commentary by the African-American leadership network Project 21. While Dr. Rice's remarks were initially re-released to coincide with the observance of Easter, her comments are increasingly poignant now since American military forces have led the liberation of Iraq. "Our cherished...

The need for Regime Change in the African America Community I am sitting here in my office in Baltimore Maryland, watching coverage of the war in Iraq and in watching the coverage I think to myself how much the people of Iraq and the African America Community have in common when it comes to the need for Regime Change. The people in Iraq who have disagreed with government of Saddam Hussein have often been jailed, beaten, or killed by the mindless agents of Saddam Hussein and those of us who have disagreed with the self-appointed and white liberal promoted “Black...

It's First Tuesday, so that means it's time for yet another installment of "Truth, Justice & The American Way" with Michael King.Michael's guest this month is Project 21 Executive Director David Almasi. David is also the Executive Director of the Washington-based National Center for Public Policy Research. Michael and David will talk about Project 21 and it's work advancing conservative issues and causes in black America. They'll also talk about the Iraq War and associated & assorted sundry items. Of course, the obligatory "Hold Muh Beer" story or three will get tossed in for good measure.The Chatroom will be open,...

Black Activists Criticize Senate Liberals for Delaying Historic Vote on Hispanic Nominee For Immediate Release: February 11, 2003Contact: David Almasi (202) 371-1400 x106 ore-mail project21@nationalcenter.org African-Americans affiliated with the conservative black leadership network Project 21 are outraged by stall tactics being threatened by liberal U.S. senators opposed to consideration of the judicial nomination of Miguel Estrada. Estrada would become the first Hispanic to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Project 21 members liken the current filibuster threat to the opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and say that while liberal senators...

Black Group Opposes Racially Divisive Plan to Reinstate Military Draft To: National Desk, National and Black Affairs ReportersContact: David Almasi (202) 371-1400 x106 or dalmasi@nationalcenter.orgFor Release: January 24A proposal by Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY) to reinstate a military draft is under fire from African-American conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network. Project 21 members call the Rangel proposal a blatant political maneuver meant to inject a divisive racial aspect into the debate over using military force to remove Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein."Ironic as it may sound, bringing back the draft would be a good sign for those who...

   THURSDAY, January 9, 20039:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. EST / 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PST... A DAY AT THE RACISTS The Lott Thing!The Byrd Thing!The Je$$e Jack$on Thing!The Sharpton Thing!The Profiling Thing!The Reparations Thing!The Hate Thing!The Thought Police Thing! It's time for theREPUDIATION THINGand we'll discuss it with B.O.N.D.'sJESSE LEE PETERSONand see if he can dissolve the grey areas of spinin the discussion of black and white.  ALSO...   Project21's Kevin Martin!! (aka FR's Trueblackman)  PLUS... Boneheaded Lie-beral QuotesCommie Rat Bastard of the WeekAnna's NEW Waste Of Ink Award All this (and possibly more)on the nextUnspun with AnnaZ CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE!!   Tune in....

Filed at 1:28 p.m. ET In his famous, fervent speeches of the 1960s, Malcolm X described the difference between house slaves, who lived in comfortable conditions in the master's house and loved the master, and slaves laboring in the field, who hated the master. The house slaves, he implied, were mainstream civil rights groups and leaders, who he thought were too closely aligned with whites. Now it's a term being used by activist and entertainer Harry Belafonte to describe Secretary of State Colin Powell. And Belafonte, who opposes a war on Iraq, isn't apologizing. Belafonte told The Associated Press he...

http://www.countypressonline.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2549&dept_id=514258&newsid=11351857&PAG=461&rfi=9 EditorialSecond Thoughts By: William W. Lawrence 04/20/2004The "powerful" Delaware County Republican machine is throwing its full support behind Arlen Specter. This "powerful" gang could not deliver the county for Dubya or his father. Let's make certain they cannot do it for Specter.All real Republicans should vote for Pat Toomey.***So George Soros, an anti-American, anti-Bush billionaire, is funding Arlen Specter's senate campaign and has been a Specter supporter since 1996. Let's send the "powerful" Delco GOP machine and Soros a message. Vote Pat Toomey, Tuesday.***Remember Rick Santorum and Dubya have to support Specter. It's not as though they want to....

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Members of a black leadership group are asking Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) to resign from his position in the United States Senate because of recent comments he made regarding Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV). Talon News was one of the few national media outlets that reported on this story last week about Dodd's remarks about Byrd made on the floor of the Senate on April 1 (read previous story). "I do not think it is an exaggeration at all to say to my friend from West Virginia that he would have been a great senator at any...