Jason Whitlock is a sports columnist for the Kansas City Star and for AOL. He formerly appeared on ESPN.com and on ESPN's The Sports Reporters (he was the big black guy that wasn't from the East Coast).
Jason always has hot opinions. I don't always agree with him, but he always makes his point well.
I doubt if I agree with him much politically. However, he hits the nail on the head with this AOL article:
Time For Jackson, Sharpton To Step Down
I don't think this is merely a case of some young hip-hop guy wanting to take over the civil rights movement. He is, however, exposing Jackson and Sharpton for what they are: race hustlers.
Jason is going to be catching a lot of heat in the next few days, especially in the black community. He gets paid to give hot opinions. I think he has a lot of support out there, though.
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Here's the best part:
We don’t respect ourselves right now. If we did, we wouldn’t call each other the N-word. If we did, we wouldn’t let people with prison values define who we are in music and videos. If we did, we wouldn’t call black women bitches and hos and abandon them when they have our babies.
If we had the proper level of self-respect, we wouldn’t act like it’s only a crime when a white man disrespects us. We hold Imus to a higher standard than we hold ourselves. That’s a (freaking) shame.
He's also right and wrong about black leadership. Yes, they are holding leadership too long, but he's wrong about wishing they could have elections for them. The only reason that people like Jesse Jackson get to be leader is because people are still following him.
I think he knows there can't be elections for an unofficial role like that. But, anyone that opposes the status quo gets shouted down, especially in that community.
Jesse Jackson is a leader because people follow him, but he is also a "leader" because the media gives him credibility, and he shakes down corporations by playing the race card, forcing them to donate to his organization or he will cry that "corporation A" is racist.
There are successful African-American businessmen and professionals all over the place now. Those are not held up as role models, though. Athletes and rappers are role models, sadly.
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