Did any readers catch my interview last Sunday on Pundit Review Radio? The handful of radio interviews I’ve done have been friendly: conservative or conservative Christian hosts and callers who agreed with me. One day I’ll be faced with a hostile host and a hostile audience. I got a taste of it Sunday night.
One of Jesse Jackson’s sheeple (a black man) called in to complain about my harsh treatment of “Reverends” Jackson and Al Sharpton. It turned into a mini-shouting match, to my chagrin. The caller said that he was glad people like Jackson and Sharpton were out there speaking up for “African Americans” and that I needed to lay off.
I told him the liberal media propped up those clowns (I didn’t use that word on the air) because it’s easier to get quotes and sound bites from so-called black leaders speaking for a group than it is to actually deal with blacks as individuals.
In response, the caller said as a person of African descent, he appreciates what Jackson and Sharpton do. I interrupted him (rude, I know) and said as someone also of African descent, I did not, and I resented the white media’s perception that such men represent me and my interests. I asked:
Are we sheep? Why don’t other racial groups have leaders? Why only blacks? Are we children who can’t think for ourselves and be responsible for our own lives?
I don’t think he answered me, and the questions were rhetorical anyway. I thought the exchange was blogworthy, and since I’m way more interesting to myself than to anyone else, I wondered if you heard it. Unfortunately there’s no audio file of the show to download.
