From: graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (JIM GRAHAM)
Subject: Re: Jesse Jackson's Bigotry
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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:57:35 GMT

In article <11410b02@ofa123.fidonet.org>, Mark.Perew@p201.f208.n103.z1.fidonet.org writes...
>D&ED&ED The following story appeared in the LA Times on Sunday
>January 3, 1993.
> 
>************************************************************************
> 
>Jesse Jackson rips networks over staffing
> 
>   Jackson said he planned meetings with the sports presidents of the
>three major networks to discuss hiring practices for blacks.  "The
>networks deny blacks the change to be on the air," Jackson said.
>"We have broadcasters who are qualified to do it and who want to
>do it."

It has never ceased to amaze me how the "Revvvvvverend Jjjjjacksun"
thinks that many people actually _care_!

Why does he think he needs to _find_ something to whine about?

>The first thing that comes to mind when I read these phlgematics by Jesse
>Jackson is that statement by Martin Luther King.  "I have a dream of a
>day when my children will be judged not by the color of their skin but
>by the content of their character."  Not once does Jackson make any
>reference to the quality of the coverage or even if the quality of the
>coverage was in some how related to skin color.  His only complaint is
>one of the color of the skin of those doing the in-booth reporting.  That
>is a working definition of racial bigotry.

He'd be out of a job if he didn't find something to whine about.

It's that simple.

> 
>The final point is Jackson's use of the exclusive "we".  His very
>words establish an "us" vs. "them" mentality.  That kind of racial
>devisivenes is not going to promote the kind of harmony and mutual
>respect that Jackson has called for in the past.

Yup.  It's typical, and IMHO, it's one of the chief reasons that 
racism, or at least the _perception_ of racism in this country seems
to be on the increase.

Folks are just plain getting sick and tired of it all.  

The irony of Jesse Jackson, to me, is that he claims to be a "reverend".

Hogwash.  Nobody that deliberately causes divisions can be considered
a peace-maker by any stretch of the imagination.

White, or black.

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Jim Graham 

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