[Clara Lou]

Julian Bond's entire life has been focused on matters of race. Julian, unfortunately, has not adapted well to old age and has failed to move out of the mid-20th century. Like Jesse Jackson he clings to the issue of racism in order to remain relevant-- and fails.

[antivenom]

Bond realizes the "victim" status is fading fast...too many blacks have adopted the middle class dream and lifestyle, understand what competition is all about, and are now paying taxes and see where their taxes are going, they are leaving the ghettos and low income housing for nicer neighborhoods, and have a better look at the past and realize that hard work does pay off.

Bond's only minions are the ones who are still willing to sit on their porch waiting for their handout while their children roam the streets of the ghetto looking for a quick buck while dodging each other's bullets.

When you are the "spokesperson" for the ghetto dwellers and common street criminals, you won't and aren't held responsible for racist rhetoric.

[driftless]

The worst thing that could happen, as far as race-baiting scoundrels like Bond, Jackson, Mfume etal are concerned, is for Black Americans to rightfully conclude that the so-called Black "leadership" has been an anchor around the necks of American Blacks for the last thirty years. The sooner they realize that their progress comes from themselves and their families and not from glory-seeking and filthy lucre-chasing mountebanks like the afore-mentioned scalawags, the better off they'll be.