The damage is bigger than any ‘‘visibility‘‘ that man can summon.

Look at the media (ignore the color), they are more interested in ignorant ‘‘blacks‘‘ than people like Anthony Braxton, one of the greatest minds alive.

Symphony,

That’s the assumption you make because you don’t see US in the news. Black folks and decent White folks are “doing” everyday without demanding a bull horn or soap box. There’s a lot to be said for “doing” without asking for credit or adulation. Check out the work of the Sentencing Project or the Southern Povery Law Center and tell me otherwise. While I readily concede there is still a lot more do be done, the progress that we’ve made in the last 4 decades is no small feat and the unsung heroes–the vast majority of hardworking and community-minded Black folks–deserve far more credit than what we are given.

Anonymous, rather than calling Al Sharpton–who has no law degree–you might want to think about calling a Black attorney. While Al Sharpton is holding court on the sidewalk, your attorney will be in court–where it counts.

The loser is the community.
The winner is A. S.

… And that suffices the media.

When will people start to make real choices, the ones the mirror real goals?

A. Sharpton and J. Jackson are opportunist.

It doesn’t make either of them villains or the heart of the problem. This is something that has escaped a lot of lazy minds among us who continue to insist it’s Jesse’s fault or Al’s fault that the media covers what it covers, ignores what it ignores and packages issues in ways that validate their own racism, that facilitate and encourage racism and ignorance among the American public.

These media uses of Jesse and Sharpton are also congruent with the practice of professional American journalism to prefer pronouncements from government and official sources rather than ordinary people. Who needs to investigate housing issues in black communities. Just get a soundbyte from Al. Jena? Stick the mic in Jesse’s face and it’s a wrap.

Peace,

Phil