My Confrontation With Jesse Jackson In His Lion’s Den

The Washington Dispatch ^ | 12/17/2001 | Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

[Spin]

It was thirteen years ago that I realized the reason for my failure in life was not racism but my own hatred. When I discovered and overcame my hatred, I also discovered the number that had been done on me by Jesse Jackson and others, and the despicably low and evil nature of this man. The man I had once thought a hero I now saw to be one with the devil, committed to keeping blacks angry for his own personal gain of wealth and power. I formed BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, with the purpose of rebuilding the family by rebuilding the man, especially the black man, as he has been the most victimized by so-called leaders such as Jackson. My heart’s desire became fighting for truth. This additionally meant fighting against evil, and for this reason we at BOND have long been fighting against Jackson. For years I have spoken out against this man, showing him to be a racist demagogue and problem profiteer who would rather the black community parish in self-destruction than lose any of his power base. This past week I finally got the chance to confront this man face to face.

On Monday, December 10, I attended a Los Angeles Trade Bureau Forum Meeting held at the L.A. Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the meeting was to unveil Toyota’s “21st Century Diversity Strategy,” a result of a Jackson shakedown of the Toyota company. In 2002, Toyota will be giving $700 million worth in contracts to minority businesses. However, it was implied by Jesse Jackson and others at the meeting, and not corrected by Toyota officials in attendance, that in order to receive these contracts, businesses should pay anywhere from $250 to $2500 annually to Jackson’s International Trade Bureau, essentially making him the gatekeeper to these benefits. Jesse Jackson and Irv Miller, Toyota’s Vice President for Corporate Communications, were the featured speakers. Over two hundred black business owners and representatives were in attendance.

Jackson’s speech contained such choice excerpts as, “I have been on the ‘red squad list’ by [Attorney General John] Ashcroft and others; they’re after us… They’re using bin Laden as an excuse to come after us. We [U.S.] gave bin Laden 60 million [dollars]. If we’re going to fight terrorists, we must also fight the Klan… Locking people out of economic opportunity is a form of economic terrorism.” Jackson also stated that minorities could not make it in America on talent alone, and that they must join his “Trade Bureau” or they could miss out on hundreds of millions in corporate dollars.

Following Jackson’s speech, Toyota’s representative, Miller, gave an approximately twenty minute presentation, then opened up to questions. I stood up and asked Miller, “As the president of a nonprofit conservative organization, BOND, I’m concerned that our young people will be locked out of any training programs offered by Toyota because of our conservative beliefs. How are you going to make sure that organizations like ours are not discriminated against by Rainbow/PUSH and its members?”

To put it simply, all hell broke loose. I was booed and told to sit down and keep quiet. Judge Greg Mathis, host of the TV show “Judge Mathis,” hollered at me, “You must be watching too much Bill O’Reilly.” Indeed. I was called “stupid” by Carl Dickerson, host of the event. Others were questioning why I would say such a thing, do such a thing, and so on.

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[2banana]

I, for one, will never buy another Toyota product

[billhilly]

Not buying a Toyota is not the answer. Hundreds of millions of people around the world don't buy Toyotas. The thing you shouldn't buy is the bs dished out by Jesse Jackson.

[stainlessbanner]

I heard Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson on a local radio station last week. He could not believe Toyota's (white) executives let Jesse rant against white people & the U.S.A. at this event.

No more Toyotas for me, either.

[Christian B]

I disagree with your statement on buying Toyotas. I think the best way to fight an ideology is to hit them in the pocketbook. My family and I try our hardest to patronize only family-friendly, moral, conservative businesses. It's like casting a vote every time you choose to buy a product from a like-minded individual, rather than some liberal who will use your money against you.

[Unicorn]

BUMP

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

"Jackson constantly talks about the strong presence of the Ku Klux Klan in modern society. Last Monday I saw the real Klan of today. Instead of drawling white southerners in white robes, the Klan are now black thugs dressed in suits. Both intolerant, both hate-mongers, and both committed to keeping black America down."

Guys, This from the article, and Jesse Peterson is stone cold dead on! Peace and love, George.

[who knows what evil?]

I disagree with your statement on buying Toyotas. I think the best way to fight an ideology is to hit them in the pocketbook. My family and I try our hardest to patronize only family-friendly, moral, conservative businesses. It's like casting a vote every time you choose to buy a product from a like-minded individual, rather than some liberal who will use your money against you.

Absolutely correct. 'Innocent bystander' made some great points concerning this topic the other day...we need to quit whining, because we have brought all of this nonsense down on ourselves...we let Jesse Jackson get away with this, because no one has the b*lls to take him to the woodshed. I own a Toyota, and I am in the market for a new car. That new car will NOT be a Toyota, because I will not do business with a company that caves to the heavy-handed tactics of extortion promulgated by Jackson's 'black mafia'. (Kudos to whoever used that expression on another thread.) For every American business that caves to extortion, Jackson lines up another in his sights. Someone needs to say "Enough!" Reverend Peterson has stated such. Will anyone have the GUTS to join him?

[RonDog]

BUMP!

[Christian B]

Make sure you let the company know that you won't be purchasing a Toyota and why.

[Fred Mertz]

Excellent post.

[DoctorMichael]

No more Toyotas for me, either.

Toyota pickups are really big in some markets. Maybe we need to get the word out to whats left of the Taliban and those Warlords in Mogadishu, Somalia to join in the boycott. LOL

[thefactor]

"There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who don't want the patient to get well." --
Booker T. Washington, 1911

Pretty much sums it up I think.

[who knows what evil?]

Make sure you let the company know that you won't be purchasing a Toyota and why.

You can bank on it! Excellent advice; Jackson got in the face of Toyota, and those of us opposed to his extortionist agenda need to do the same. Toyota can figure out the bottom line from there.

[stainlessbanner]

Wonder how many blacks will drive toyotas b/c of this.

[eloy]

bttt

[Republic of Texas]

I just traded in my (Toyota) Lexus ES300 for a Nissan Maxima. To be perfectly honest, Toyota, IMHO, makes a better car. However, I probably won't buy another, and I'm going to let Toyota know why. The only way to get their attention, is to hit them in the pocketbook, AND let them know why it's happening.

[wasp69]

Ping, dear.

[Christian B]

FYI - don't buy any Starbucks coffee either. Talk about a socialist conspiracy...