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Organizations like the NAACP, People for the American Way , NARAL and Black Entertainment Television claim to represent all African Americans. Jeff Johnson of BET told Family News In Focus that African Americans, such as himself, have a problem with John Roberts’ record on civil rights. “I felt there are clear questions about Roberts’ record as it relates to documents that have been released.” But Niger Innes of the Congress of Racial Equality says Johnson, who is part of the liberal group, People for the American Way , does not represent the “silent majority” of African Americans. “Listen to the...

THE view most people have of colonialism and imperialism is largely negative. So any charge that a group, individual or government is guilty of them is bound to be resisted strongly by the recipient. Recently, in New York City, a broad charge of eco-imperialism was laid at the feet of the environmental movement. The Congress of Racial Equality (Core ) blames government officials, aid agency bureaucrats as well as sandal-wearing greens for mass disease and death in the poorest countries of the world because they export their most vile regulatory policies. According to Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore: "The environmental movement...