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P21: Black Leader Uncovers Modern-Day Civil Rights Scam
Project 21 ^ | 12.10.03 | Dutch Martin

Posted on 12/10/2003 5:20:30 PM PST by mhking

In the early 20th century, black educational pioneer Booker T. Washington noted: "There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs - partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose their grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs."

Sounds like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters and Louis Farrakhan to me.

This passage opens Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson's new book SCAM: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America. Peterson, the founder and president of the Los Angeles community assistance organization Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny and a member of Project 21, lays into the modern day civil rights establishment in ways that would make even conservatives wince.

Peterson shows how this "other class of colored people" profits from black misery and racial strife just as Washington described almost a century ago. In exposing these modern black "leaders," Peterson says the problems of the black community are due to a lack of moral character and not racism. In other words, we no longer need leaders - we need change.

A chapter is devoted to the abysmal failure of the modern NAACP and why it should now be boycotted for being completely out of step with the needs of black America.

Over 90 percent of black homicides are committed by other blacks. Instead of addressing the root causes of black-on-black crime, the NAACP blames gun manufacturers. The average black public high school graduate, in reality, only has an eighth-grade education. Yet the NAACP vehemently opposes helpful school choice options that are overwhelming supported by black parents.

Over 70 percent of black babies are now born out of wedlock. Julian Bond and Kweisi Mfume, however, prefer to tackle more important issues such as the supposed lack of minorities on popular television shows. Peterson concludes, "If the NAACP were truly concerned about black issues, it would focus most of its attention on black-on-black crime, restoring morality in black men and supporting policies that strengthen black families... But as these moves would increase the real-world welfare of blacks... the NAACP wants nothing to do with them."

Ouch!

SCAM notes how the fear of being labeled a "racist" leaves many whites holding their tongues when things run amuck in the black community (yet black liberals have virtual carte blanche to spew all manner of invective). This fear prevents an honest dialogue about race (take the recent fallout over Rush Limbaugh's comments about NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb, for example), and serves the interests of self-appointed black leaders and their liberal white sympathizers. Peterson urges whites not to fall prey to such psychological bullying.

Peterson's organization holds an annual "National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson," so it's no surprise he saves the lion's share of venom for the self-proclaimed heir-apparent to Dr. Martin Luther King. Citing investigative reporter Kenneth Timmerman's best-selling tell-all, Shakedown, Peterson rips into Jackson like a buzz saw. He also discusses why he is presently suing Jackson and his associates for an alleged assault that occurred in December of 2001. Peterson has clearly not been afraid to publicly challenge the black establishment, sometimes at considerable risk to his own safety.

SCAM is more than just a stinging indictment of the modern-day civil rights establishment. It's also a critically compassionate look at what's really plaguing the black community - in particular, the plight of the black family - and what can and must be done to reverse the downward spiral in which many black men, women and children find themselves.

Peterson's ten-point plan on how the black community can realize its full potential and achieve true spiritual freedom is worth of a full-length book in itself.

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Darryn "Dutch" Martin is a member of the National Advisory Council of the African-American leadership network Project 21. Comments many be sent to Project21@nationalcenter.org.

Note: New Visions Commentaries reflect the views of their author, and not necessarily those of Project 21.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blacklash; blackleaders; bookreview; deneenborelli; freedomworks; jesseleepeterson; project21; scam

1 posted on 12/10/2003 5:20:31 PM PST by mhking
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2 posted on 12/10/2003 5:20:46 PM PST by Bob J (www.freerepublic.net www.radiofreerepublic.com...check them out!)
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3 posted on 12/10/2003 5:21:04 PM PST by mhking
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To: mhking
We are homeschooling and I just recently saw a book by Booker T. Washington that I had decided to use for our "living books" reading. He was and still is insightful.
4 posted on 12/10/2003 5:36:42 PM PST by kuma
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To: mhking
good read.
question: why is it that I have never heard of Project21 or the National Center for Public Policy Research on any of the traditional media outlets?
One would think that a predominantly black(? I get that impression from the site, but not sure), conservative organization of this sort would be newsworthy in itself, yes?
5 posted on 12/10/2003 6:33:31 PM PST by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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To: mhking
This is what the rat party has been doing for many years - pretending to be looking out for 'the little guy' while only lookking out for themselves by prolonging the little guys hardship.
6 posted on 12/10/2003 6:34:53 PM PST by Ed_in_NJ
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To: mhking
Jesse Jackson: "Problem Profiteer"


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/809996/posts

Very similar. A good read too.
7 posted on 12/10/2003 8:01:09 PM PST by the_daug
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To: King Prout
Anything that shows a liberal they aren't needed isn't newsworthy.
8 posted on 12/10/2003 8:05:34 PM PST by cyborg (far right extremist american...........)
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To: mhking
I hadn't heard of his book, but I'll sure get a copy. Rev. Peterson is awesome!
9 posted on 12/10/2003 8:06:21 PM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: King Prout
Project 21 things have been here hundreds of times! It's not a secret!
10 posted on 12/10/2003 8:15:55 PM PST by BobS
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To: PistolPaknMama
John McWhorter is another great black conservative author. He tears 'em up.
12 posted on 12/10/2003 8:47:00 PM PST by wizardoz ("Now we know what the "F" stands for in John F. Kerry." -stands2reason)
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Now we know what the "F" stands for in John F. Kerry

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13 posted on 12/11/2003 5:41:58 AM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: King Prout
I've seen them on MSNBC quite a few times.
14 posted on 12/11/2003 5:44:23 AM PST by eyespysomething
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To: mhking
Is it just me or does Je$$e Jack$on look increasingly overweight everytime he gets his mug on the news? He looks physically corrupt (morally?).

When will his tax returns ever be audited? Tacit approval of public corruption only breeds more corruption.
15 posted on 12/11/2003 5:50:17 AM PST by OldCorps
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To: BobS
"here" doesn't pertain to the question ;)
we routinely see stuff here on FR that "the legitimate media" refuses to cover until it becomes too big to deny.
16 posted on 12/11/2003 6:25:00 AM PST by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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To: eyespysomething
broadcast or web?
either way, it is news to me.
thanks.
17 posted on 12/11/2003 6:25:54 AM PST by King Prout (...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
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