C-Span's Blacks

Jagdish Bhagwati a Columbia Prof. appeared on C-Span to make insulting remarks about
"blacks in Harlem," who don't want to work as hard as immigrants and how they should
use immigrants as role models.The Prof. didn't mention that millions of whites feel
themselves deprived of job opportunities,electricians, construction workers,etc.. because employers want to get away with paying slave wages to immigrants. This was preceded by a discussion of Cynthia A.McKinney's run in with a capitol policeman.The
discussion was framed by the right wing Moonie paper, The Washington Times and was
calculated by C-Span's producers to draw ugly racist comments for the entertainment
of the audience.One man called Ms. McKinney a "crack ho'." Most of those who do crack
are white, by the way. They just don''t get sent to jail for it.When some ethnic groups
are insulted by C-Span callers they get cut off. When blacks are insulted, none of the
callers are corrected. C-Span sees blacks as opportunites for comic relief and for
humiliation for the entertainment of its white callers.April 1,2006