Nod Ya Head
Doing a terrible job of keeping up with things, but still manage to visit The Sideshow every single day. Why, you ask? Well, there's yesterday's link to Boston.com: Bush courts black voters in speech, but response is tepid:
An awkward quiet had settled over the hotel ballroom when the Republican president, who got less than 10 percent of the black vote in 2000, stirred things up by telling the audience he wanted them to support his reelection, a request that drew looks of incredulity and murmurs of surprise."I know, I know," Bush said. "The Republican Party's got a lot of work to do. I understand that."
That line drew the most enthusiastic applause for any of Bush's remarks, including from the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who attended the conference and sat up front for the speech.
"You didn't need to nod your head that hard, Jesse," Bush told him.
Well, I laughed, anyway.
The President also asked about the Democratic Party taking the votes/support of the African-American community for granted. Which, yeah, they kind'a do, and had he suggested a viable alternative, some other political party perhaps, I'm confident the audience would have given the matter some thought.
Of interest to the NABJ, NAHJ, AAJA and NAJA members in the house:
Bush yesterday accepted an invitation to speak next month at a conference of African-American, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American journalists in Washington.
That's UNITY, for us civilians; they have a brief news release on the subject:
President George W. Bush has accepted an invitation to speak at UNITY 2004, the world’s largest gathering of journalists of color, on Friday, August 6. The convention will be held August 4-8 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington , D.C."We are pleased that President Bush will meet with our journalists of color, so we can hold a dialogue in this presidential campaign on the most important issues facing people of color in the nation," said Ernest R. Sotomayor, UNITY President and Long Island Editor for Newsday.com in New York.
[. . .] The convention is the signature event of UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. -- an alliance representing the combined 7,000 members of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) and the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA).
Someone who enjoys raining on parades -- so, clearly, not me -- will no doubt mention NLGJA, because there aren't enough acronyms flying around, and the absence is, um, a long story, really.
LGBT Events at UNITYAll the Gays are White, All the People of Color are Straight, but Some of us are Brave: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People of Color
All gay people are white? All people of color are straight? So where does that leave me? The face of gay and lesbian America is changing. More and more African-American, Asian, Latino and Native Americans who are also lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender are coming out, but they are often overlooked. This workshop will provide journalists with information and resources on how to identify and cover issues pertain to gay and lesbian people of color, and will discuss the potential clashes between race-based civil rights issues and gay and lesbian issues.
Ok, maybe not that long a story. Be nice if the people who need (in my biased opinion, anyway) to attend that particular workshop the most weren't also the least likely to show up, but I don't do parade-raining.
Much.
Comments
I'm certain Jesse Jackson was thrilled to have the Ultimate White Opressor there to tell him how to exercise his right to freedom of expression.
Jeezum crow is that man a fuckwad.
Hear that, Mr. Ashcroft? Be sure to scribble it down in my file. I, garrity, on 28 July 2004, did knowingly and with malice aforethought call our Resisdent a 'fuckwad.'
Make sure you spell it right!
Whoa. I'm really getting bitter, eh, wot?
Posted by: garrity | July 28, 2004 1:11 PM