This afternoon I’m attending a conference called Reclaiming Our Destiny: The New Black Vanguard Conference II at the Heritage Foundation. I didn’t attend the first conference last year, probably because I wasn’t able to take the afternoon off from work.
A panel of black conservatives, moderated by Jesse L. Peterson of Brotherhood of a New Destiny (BOND), will discuss race-related issues:
Is too much government dependency destroying Black families? What role did racism play in the Hurricane Katrina response? Are establishment Black leaders exercising legitimate moral authority or simply fleecing their constituencies? How well are Black churches combating the moral crisis in urban America? How can Black Americans achieve true success? These and other questions will be addressed by our distinguished guests.
I’ll finally get to meet author Shelby Steele, as well as actor Joseph C. Phillips and Peter Kirsanow of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Steele has written several books and countless articles, including Of Race and Imagination and A Victory for White Guilt. You can see samples of Phillips’s writing here.
[Update: Oops...Kirsanow attended last year's conference, but he isn't scheduled to attend this one. Read his articles, anyway. 
] Kirsanow frequently writes for National Review Online. Samples: The Abominable Snow Job and Running on Urban Mythology.
I probably won’t have time to do a write-up of the conference, but you may be able to watch it live on the web site.
Related posts:
- Our Own Worst Enemies
- Our Own Worst Enemies II
- If white Americans…
- The GOP’s Problem with Blacks
- Embrace Your Niggerdom!
Update II (12:00 p.m.): I thought I misread the event announcement. Peter Kirsanow had to cancel at the last minute, and I was asked to appear in his place. This is wild. I was going as a spectator ready to listen, ask questions and take pictures afterward, now I’m on the panel. Which will be recorded by C-SPAN. Scary. OK…off I go. See you later. 
Update III (8:16 p.m.): I, mere blogger, was on a panel with Dr. Shelby Steele. Unbelievable. More later.
First-time visitors/commenters who saw me on C-SPAN: First-time commenters must be approved, so if you leave a comment tonight, I will approve it in the morning when I check the blog. I’m going off-line for the night. Thanks for the kind e-mail, and I hope you become regular readers. 
