Comments on: Black politics lacks savvy-ness http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2005/03/25/black-politics-lacks-savvy-ness/ African-American culture, news commentary, politics Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:48:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: JW Richard http://blackinformant.wordpress.com/2005/03/25/black-politics-lacks-savvy-ness/#comment-7974 JW Richard Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:31:40 +0000 /?p=600#comment-7974 Race and class is always going to be considered in American news. It's always been considered. To tell me that I shouldn't check the Black connection on things is like saying that your own website, as a Black Informant, is irrelevant. However, you and I both know that that Black angle isn't irrelevant, so that's why we're here. If Terry were Black, or lesbian (even with a "civil union" partner), or non-Christian (say, Muslim), the news channels wouldn't be slamming us with this stuff, nor would lawmakers/polictians of this administration make much fuss about it. Race and class is always going to be considered in American news. It’s always been considered. To tell me that I shouldn’t check the Black connection on things is like saying that your own website, as a Black Informant, is irrelevant. However, you and I both know that that Black angle isn’t irrelevant, so that’s why we’re here.

If Terry were Black, or lesbian (even with a “civil union” partner), or non-Christian (say, Muslim), the news channels wouldn’t be slamming us with this stuff, nor would lawmakers/polictians of this administration make much fuss about it.

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