BOB KLAHN wrote in a message to ALL:

 BK>  Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans, made a comment that New Orleans 
 BK> will be a black city again, and that is how God wants it.

That's not exactly the way he put it or what he said.

[...]
 BK>  Still, it was stupid.

I agree with that.  What he actually said was stupid.

 BK>  The part I did not hear about is where he said a lot more about 
 BK> how the black community had to take responsibility for improving 
 BK> itself. When Cosby said that he got headlines in the right wing 
 BK> media. When Nagin said it, it got zero coverage that I have seen 
 BK> yet.

That isn't correct, either.  They both got coverage, but because Cosby is
an established celebrity, his remarks got more.  I remember when New Coke
came out and Cosby was the one chosen to pitch it.  I lost some respect for
him then because New Coke made me sick and I called the home office in
Atlanta and told them about it.  But Cosby got my respect back when 1) he
lost a son and 2) tried to do something beneficial for the black people.

What some don't know about Nagin is that prior to hurricane Katrina, he was
about to propose a tax hike on the New Orleans citizens.  His excuse, for
lack of a better word, was that he was tired of the drive-by shootings and
the drug problem in the city.  If he really wanted to do something for New
Orleans, he knows where to begin.  New Orleans hasn't had a decent mayor
since Morrison.

[...]

 BK>  Seems when a black public figure says something it only gets 
 BK> coverage if it's something stupid that can be used against him, 
 BK> and all black democrats, or if it's a black man saying something 
 BK> critical of black people.

Oh please!  The editors of the media are always looking to jump on anything
that is anti-Bush or they think will sell.  They are living in a fool's
paradise and losing subscribers daily.  I know.  I was once a subscriber.

 BK>  When a black democrat says something positive to black people it 
 BK> gets buried, esp if the right has something they can hang him  with
 BK> at the same time.

See above.  Everyone has an agenda.

 BK>  Here is more of what he had to say, what you didn't hear from  the
 BK> right wing media. When Cosby made similar comments I saw  posters
 BK> on the right gloating over it. Not this time.

The media is anything but right-wing.  They are much too liberal.

 BK>  ...

 BK>  Nagin described an imaginary conversation with King, the late 
 BK> civil rights leader.

 BK>  "I said, `What is it going to take for us to move on and live 
 BK> your dream and make it a reality?' He said, `I don't think that  we
 BK> need to pay attention any more as much about other folks and 
 BK> racists on the other side.' He said, `The thing we need to focus 
 BK> on as a community - black folks I'm talking about - is
 BK>  ourselves.'"

I love that part.  It's a prime example of a man out of touch with reality.
 Ask any psychiatrist.


Regards,

Roger 
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