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Where is the outrage that was manufactured to run Rush Limbaugh off the air? Is it absent because Gumbel is allegedly black? So just picture for a moment, if you will, that you're watching SportsCenter tonight and Dan Patrick says, "The lack of whites in the NBA makes it look like a welfare office." Think that would get buried like Gumbel's comments? For what it's worth, maybe Gumbel should do some research on the emerging face of the GOP.

Some cast aside traditional loyalties... Adam Hunter, an ambitious law student with bright eyes, an easy smile, and plenty of charisma, seems practically destined for politics... a first-year law student at Howard University, a historically black campus with a long record of liberal activism. He has political ambitions of his own -- but not with the Democrats. Instead, Hunter, who as an undergraduate headed Howard's chapter of College Republicans, sees himself as part of a younger generation of African-Americans. He is ready to cast aside traditional loyalties to the Democratic Party and forge his own political identity. ''There's a lot...

There were some eye-opening remarks from Bryant Gumbel on the most recent episode of HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel. According to a transcript posted by a television columnist named Seth Frelich, Gumbel said the following in his closing monologue last week (emphasis mine): "Finally, tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who don’t care about them and won’t watch them ... Because they’re so trying ... Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing. So try not to laugh when...

By WES ALLISON, Times Staff Writer Published February 28, 2005 WASHINGTON - It was cold and snowy outside the Heritage Foundation, the nation's leading conservative think tank, but the rhetoric inside was collar-tugging hot. The entitlement state has replaced personal responsibility for too many black Americans. So-called civil rights leaders are too quick to blame racism for dysfunction within the black community, rather than an urban culture that often rejects education and glorifies vulgarity. Although it is getting easier, African-Americans are still too timid about speaking out for the right, for fear of being tarred as turncoats and Uncle Toms....

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp News Conference Conservative African-Americans and Leadership Heritage Foundation Washington, District of Columbia (United States) ID: 185652 - 02/24/2005 - 1:30 - No Sale Innis, Roy, Chairman, Congress of National Equality Peterson, Jesse Lee, President, Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND) Innis, Niger, National Spokesman, Congress of Racial Equality Williams, Alvin, President and CEO, Black America's Political Action Cmte. Kirsanow, Peter A., Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Participants are expected to discuss black leadership in America and how to improve moral leadership in the black community.

The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com The war waged withinBy Alvin WilliamsPublished July 7, 2004 African-American World War II veterans who visit the new WWII Memorial in Washington will share a special recollection unique to their wartime experience.     In addition to their experiences on the front line facing the enemies without, they will also reflect on their experiences with more abstract opponents within -- segregation and discrimination.     Despite not being afforded many of the rights at home for which they were fighting abroad, many African-American soldiers gave their lives in service to their country. The war they waged daily was both internal and...

<p>Earlier this year, VH-1 named Michael Jackson's "Thriller" the greatest music video of all time. The video was heralded for its plot, clever use of costuming and creative choreography.</p> <p>Mr. Jackson's 1982 video and its immediate successors are directly responsible for the emergence of MTV, VH1 and similar networks offering music videos. Unfortunately, the thrill that once came from watching your favorite song unfold on screen is long gone.</p>

It was a historic moment for the Grand Old Party: At the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, black conservatives took center stage, delivered speeches in prime time, raised their voices in a gospel choir and locked hands with the white men who, by an overwhelming majority, run the party. By the end of the convention, the future national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, and secretary of state, Colin L. Powell, had emerged as black conservative stars, and a concerted effort by Republicans "to invent new black leaders" -- as former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) once put it -- was...

There has been much talk lately about what and who have the greatest influence on our children. Some point to the Internet. Others identify celebrities, teachers, television and movies. According to a new poll, however, the answer lies closer to home: Most respondents believe parents still have the greatest influence on the character and future success of our children. Black America's Political Action Committee's national survey of black registered voters placed parents at the top of the pyramid, ahead of athletes, performing artists, politicians, clergy and everyone else. In addition, 61 percent of the respondents said parents bear the most...

Alvin Williams, president and CEO of Black America's Political Action Committee, states this in a recent editorial column. I added the “Huh?”. While I admire his optomistic outlook in the article, it boils down to nothing more than wishfull thinking. The crux of his argument is based on his assumption that the black-American voters love affair with demorats is “showing signs of strain”. Supposedly, this is because none of the 9 democrat pesidential candidates are “lighting their souls on fire”.Well, they're not firing the souls of white, asian and latino dem voters either but that is no reflection on George...

<p>Three years ago, many Democrats dismissed the Bush presidency as a likely four-year hiatus preceding the return of a Democrat to the White House in 2004. Some were angry about the election controversy, claiming an injustice had been done and promising Mr. Bush would serve just one term. Others portrayed Mr. Bush as inept, claiming he would be unable to pass legislation in such important areas as education and the economy.</p>

<p>While American cars, computers, life-saving medical treatments and even cleaning products continue to advance each year, our public education system remains at a virtual standstill.</p> <p>In many inner-city neighborhoods, the situation seems hopeless, not only to families that live there, but also to their more-fortunate neighbors, whose taxes have financed the education establishment's costly wish list for the past three decades with little or nothing to show for it. A generation already has been lost; we can not afford to leave another behind. It is clearly time for change.</p>

Poll Shows Most African Americans Want Affirmative Action Reformed; Nearly 70 Percent Suggest Changes Should Be Made to Current Policies 7/7/03 3:55:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Margaret Ekam of BAMPAC, 202-785-9619 WASHINGTON, July 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a national poll of African American registered voters commissioned by Black America's Political Action Committee (BAMPAC), sixty-five percent (65 percent) stated that affirmative action is good in principle but needs to be reformed. Only 18 percent of African Americans expressed support for affirmative policies in their current form. The poll was conducted June 6-26 among 1800 African American registered...