Dropped His Race Card

[schwael]

Saw this a few days ago in the post, and it made my jaw drop:

"Several decades ago, when I was head of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, I would have joined with Jackson and Sharpton with little reservation to call for Imus's demise. But somewhere along the way since then, reality intervened and I began to

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[farasche]

It's interesting because I thought that standing up and saying "we won't tolerate this" is a way of showing that you won't be a victim

[schwael]

cool, thanks for sharing all that. I didn't know Charlie Rose was going to do that. I'll definitly check it out! :)

[phatpharmer]

here's a friendly biography of the auther:

http://calbar.ca.gov/calbar/html_unclassified/hicks.html

here are some of his articles:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-tookie4dec04,0,2958733.story?coll=la-sunday-commentary

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/hicks200407090845.asp

http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/lessons-from-the-ruins/370/

this kind of thing seems pretty normal coming from mr. hicks

he is an african-american republican

[schwael]

heh. good to know. Reminds me of Bill Kristol and other neo-cons who like to think they've grown out of their liberal youths, but actually, they just got lazy and cowardly.

[cityonthewater]

Argh, newspapers just looove to publish stories like this, yet so rarely give space to the voices in opposition to white supremacy. so sad indeed.

[schwael]

hey Drake ;)

Sorry i never got back to your last comment. it got burried on my todo list! ;)

Great to hear from you. I look forward to keeping in touch better.

~Liz

[cityonthewater]

no problem, Liz. great to hear from you too!!