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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Greetings Sisters and Brothers,
But more important, at this junction, it is imperative that we, the ones who are affected by the likes of the Trent Lotts of the world do not provide him with the platform to espouse his lies. By tuning into BET tonight, you inadvertently support the agenda of both Mr. Johnson (seeking ratings) and Mr. Lott (seeking your sympathy and forgiveness). We must not provide either.
As responsible Black Americans we cannot let that happen. We cannot be "gotten over on" again. No other REPUTATABLE network has rolled out the carpet for this man. Therefore, you MUST ask yourself: then WHY Bob Johnson? The answer is clear-ratings equal dollars. And no matter what Lott says on BET, or how outraged we are sitting in our living rooms watching it, the bottom line result will be the numbers of viewers tuning in.
I must reiterate what Mr. Joyner said this morning: what is this man going to say that he hasn't said already? "I'm not a racist. Bob Johnson is one of my dearest friends."
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I must say that I am VERY surprised at AA's who hold this viewpoint. If one of the back bones of the AA community is the church, what happened to forgiveness? I really wish AA's would come out this strong against the racists in our community i.e. Farrakhan .... and the party that 90% of us vote for time and time again (Sen Byrd)
I really think the situation has been blown wayyyyyyyy out of proportion. I think Senator Lott has done all that he needs to do, which is apologize. He knows he is under a microscope, so regardless of what's in the man's heart, he has to, from this point forward "do right by us" on civil rights issues.
But to call for him to step down is reee-diku-lus! Everybody has skeletons in their closets. And I hope they don't start digging into every black elected officials background, and looking at what he might have said after a few drinks at a birthday party..... You might run across the term "white devil" being thrown around a few times. But I forgot, in the minds of some people, it's ok for AA's to say things like this.
Don't get me wrong, what he said was wrong....but he has apologized, now let's move forward. I mean is this really the most important thing going on right now??
......there i go with that conservative crap again!
