The Latest Cause Among Blacks

The American Thinker ^ | April 3, 2004 | Thomas Lifson

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In a rally at Harlem’s large and influential Abyssinian Baptist Church (once under the pastoral care of the late Cong. Adam Clayton Powell), “community leaders” agitated against the new liberal radio network Air America, as a victimizer of the black community.

None of the American newspapers which have lavished loving coverage on the tiny four station operation — the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, among them — bothered to cover the rally against it.

Toronto’s Globe and Mail which did have the integrity to cover an event which went against the left wing press's obvious agenda commented:

Something has gone terribly wrong. The launch of Air America was supposed to agitate Republicans and conservative talk-show stalwarts.

As we noted earlier this week, Air America executives have ruthlessly extinguished minority-oriented formats on small low-power radio stations in some of the big American cities, in order to get their signal on the air.

The rally in Harlem was convened by Bob Law, who formerly enjoyed access to the airwaves as a talk show host. His current crusade is to promote the contention that ratings services such as Arbitron and A.C. Nielsen systematically undercount black audiences, thereby starving black-oriented programs and outlets of their proper advertising revenues. The loss of black-oriented New York station WLIB to the overwhelmingly white liberal broadcasters of Air America particularly rankles.

At the rally,

Amadi Ajamu nodded and spoke of her own frustration at the loss of 'LIB. "They're turning this into a white Democratic Party instrument, turning it into something drastically different than what had been built through the years," she said. "We now don't have a voice for our issues like reparations, education, police brutality."

[JulieRNR21]

I just finished reading the Globe & Mail article on this same subject.

Link to that article here:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040403/HOUPT03/TPEntertainment/Columnists

[fella]

The demonrats are still treating the Blacks the same way they treated them before 1860 just like they have always treated them. A (tammany) tiger can't change its' stripes.

[evolved_rage]

"They're turning this into a white Democratic Party instrument

Suckers. The DNC has always been a plantation system. The Congressional Black Caucus is just rat segregation in action.

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[alrea]

The Congressional Black Caucus is just rat segregation in action.

It's always been about industry. These guys have found a way to sell and get a guarantee. Pulling cash flow by simply saying the right thing. Same thing with Democrats. Just say "racism is the problem" and the votes flow in.

[bayourod]

Blacks need to give Franklin a chance to win their hearts and minds.

They need to call in and ask him how Kerry feels about reparations today.

They need to ask why the Democrats have never nominated a Black VP.

They need to ask why the Democrat party has been lying to them about tax cuts being harmful when just last week Kerry says that what they really need is tax cuts for big corporations.

[Viking2002]

They'll never learn that there's a price to pay for feeding at their trough.......

[cavtrooper21]

...We now don't have a voice for our issues like REPERATIONS, education, police butality.."

Geeee lady, that may be WHY you lost your "voice".
Your Demosocialist massa's got worried that you were makin' too much noise and scaring all the white 'crats away.
The DNC screws you over coming and going but you'll still punch the 'crat button.

As good old Forrest Gump said:
"Stupid is as STUPID does.."

[cavtrooper21]

Welcome to Free Republic.


Who?

[justshutupandtakeit]

What a pleasure it was to listen to Drs. Williams and Sowell on Rush's show Friday. How many of these fools even know who these National Treasures are and are entirely ignorant of the best their people have produced?

[Political Junkie Too]

Air America executives have ruthlessly extinguished minority-oriented formats on small low-power radio stations in some of the big American cities, in order to get their signal on the air.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, they took over a Chinese-language station in Berkeley.

-PJ

[VRWCTexan]

They should also ask the "dumbocraps" how come GWB has more (well qualified) Blacks and Browns in key leadership positons that Klontoon ever thought of having in his eight years in office??

[cavtrooper21]

Rather than follow and emulate the true progressive achievers they insist on idolizing criminals, pederasts, rapists, murderers and thieves.
..and then they wonder why get so little respect from even the Demsocialists that claim to "represent" them.

[Lancey Howard]

Democrats treat blacks as if they were those little Sambo statuettes with the lanterns at the end of their driveway, near the front gate.

[CFC__VRWC]

They'll never learn that there's a price to pay for feeding at their trough.......

As long as blacks continue to behave like cheap whores for the democrats, they're going to be treated as such. I guarantee you that come election day, 90+ percent of the people whining away in this article will go out and unquestioningly pull the lever for John Kerry. And why? Because they know that he'll make sure Uncle Whitey keeps leaving those few crumbs in their mailboxes every month.

[KingNo155]

A God works in mysterious ways bump! LOL btw!

[justshutupandtakeit]

It is a sickening sight to watch.

[185JHP]

And some not getting the "mailbox crumbs" will enjoy the Evil Party continuing to uphold the canard that "You are under constant attack by evil white people, and anything you want but don't have, they keep from you by unfair means!"