Before you black liberals jump all over me, I didn’t say it. Another black liberal said it. That makes it OK, I suppose.
Several people e-mailed me last week about Tavis Smiley’s PBS show. There was a symposium going on called, “State of the Black Union 2005.” I was doing more interesting things and decided not to watch it. I’m still getting e-mails about the show, so I think I’ll watch it and offer my opinion.
If you’ve seen the video online somewhere, please let me know. I’d like to do more than just read about it. Black liberals jumped all over me for daring to utter a discouraging word about Chris Rock’s clownish Oscar performance because I didn’t watch it. I want to slam the door on that nonsense when I critique this gathering of disgruntled liberals and their inane ideas.
Someone forwarded this press release from Jesse L. Peterson:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!!!March 3, 2005
Contact: Ermias Alemayehu (323) 782-1980 / Cell (213) 804-1872Jackson, Farrakhan Call for Separate ‘Agenda’ for Blacks
Rev. Peterson: “There is No Separate Agenda for Black America!”Los Angeles — Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, author of SCAM: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America, blasted liberal black leaders for their proposal to create a separate agenda for black Americans. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan, Michael Eric Dyson (Professor, University of Pennsylvania), and others convened Saturday at the “State of The Black Union 2005″ Conference and called for a “contract with black America” as they attacked black Republicans. PBS talk show host, Tavis Smiley, hosted the day-long symposium to discuss the “health care crisis” in America and to “define the African American agenda.” The event was televised live on C-SPAN.
Rev. Peterson responded to the conference goals Saturday live on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. He said, “There is no separate ‘African American’ agenda. The agenda for black Americans is the same as the one for whites and other Americans: Love of God, country, and family; lower taxes, a good education, and a good environment to raise a family.”
Rev. Peterson said, “Things are getting better for black Americans. They’re getting married and taking more personal responsibility for their own lives. They are beginning to question the established liberal black leaders which have kept most of them angry at the white man and addicted to programs.” He added, “More blacks are rejecting the evil Democratic platform (abortion on demand and homosexual marriage).”
At the Tavis Smiley hosted conference, Jesse Jackson attacked the Bush Administration and compared them to Nazis.
On the same panel, Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, said, “Western Education is racist…we have black people with power and money controlled by whites.â€
During his closing remarks, Michael Eric Dyson, went on a unstoppable tirade about being proud of his “Niggerdom.” Dyson screamed, “I’m a victim of Democracy!” and “I embrace my Niggerdom — I’m a Nigga! I’m a Nigga! And all you Niggas out there get down with me.” Dyson received a standing ovation from Jesse Jackson and the audience.
Bishop Eddie Long, one of several black Pastors who met at the White House as part of the Republican effort to boost black support for the GOP, was questioned about being a closet Republican. The Bishop admitted that he had attended a meeting at the White House but added, “just because we went to the house, doesn’t mean we had intercourse.”
Rev. Peterson’s organization BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and the Heritage Foundation co-sponsored a highly successful conference titled Responding to the Call: The New Black Vanguard Conference last Thursday at the Heritage Foundation’s headquarters in D.C., to expose the black liberal agenda and to counter the recent attacks on black conservatives.
Speakers at the event included Roy Innis (National Chairman and CEO of Congress of Racial Equality), Gloria Jackson (President, Booker T. Washington Speakers Network), Mychal Massie (Syndicated Columnist and member of Project 21), Niger Innis (National Spokesperson, CORE), and Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson.
“It’s time out for Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan and Al Sharpton,” said Rev. Peterson. “Most blacks not all, not all, not all — are suffering not because of racism, but because of a lack of moral values.”
“We have to rebuild the family in order to change the situation in the black community. Black people are waking up and that’s why the so-called black leaders are calling for a new ‘agenda’ — they know their time is almost up,†said Rev. Peterson.
Rev. Peterson on C-Span’s Washington Journal, click on link, then on title to watch… (Emphasis added)
Scroll down or do a name search until you find Peterson’s name. Also, watch the event at Heritage here. I met him at CPAC. Black liberals can’t stand him. I like him and admire his courage. 
If someone can hook me up with the PBS video or tell me where I can find it, I’ll get on this thing. Black conservatives need to speak out against wrong-headed and damaging advice. The condition of the black community will not be improved with such nonsense.
