So I got all the cartoons on record and I'm watching the State of Black America on C-SPAN.
I say so far, so good because there seems to be an effort to avoid the error of lashing Black folk. They are definitely Cosbyites. But...you had to hear Cathy Hughes talking about the hip-hop generation. She got a semi-standing ovation. You had to hear Rev. Jackson talking about the history of the civil rights movement. You had to hear Rev. Sharpton talking about how the Black vote is not guaranteed, that Black folks vote their interests and always have.
There's a real generational divide, and probably a personal interest divide, evident among the speakers. Not a lot new, but I like the tone.
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at the learning center and can't get streaming video..,
but listening to the obama drama on c-span radio, I very much liked Jesse Jackson's comments about Obama. Dismissed the "Black enough" trivia with brilliant aplomb and put things into perspective I would endorse with the quickness..., sometimes it's very hard not to like and admire the rev...,
They'll be streaming it from
They'll be streaming it from the C-SPAN site later.
The Reverends rocked this morning. And across the board I feel the hip-hop representation was heard respectfully and overridden. Shapton's "We always had Pigmeats but they weren't at the White House representing our culture" should (but won't) shut up his Conservative critics.
Comparing Simmond's hip-hop summit to this one would be interesting.
I don't have cable but would
I don't have cable but would like to view the Union somehow one the Net....what links would allow me to do that?Â
That's going to take a
That's going to take a minute. C-SPAN's live feeds are oversubscribed and I can't find the one that should be on BlackAmericaWeb.com. You'll have to hang on until C-SPAN puts up their links. I'll post them up when that happens.