Word: farrakhan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like many white Americans, Hirschorn seems highly disturbed by the remarks of Minister Louis Farrakhan, and accuses him, ironically, of "racial demagoguery." Given the history of Blacks in this country, we find it mind-boggling that this term is used to describe a man who merely gave white Americans a long overdue warning that Blacks will no longer stand by and allow them to kill our leaders. Indeed, Hirschorn and others who take exception to such a justified position are the true demagogues...
...continued uproar over Minister Farrakhan's response to Milton Coleman's action has consistently remained afactual; Hirschorn's tirade, unfortunately, is no exception. First, Milton Coleman admits to violating a confidence with Reverend Jackson--a confidence of the type that is common between reporters and political figures. His only defense--which shows that he knew he did something wrong--was that Jackson had allegedly made this remark among other Black reporters. However, on ABC's Nightline, one Black reporter, Kenneth Walker of ABC News, said that this "simply is not true...
...while condemning the one alleged threat against Coleman's life, they remain silent about the more than one hundred death threats against Reverend Jackson (far greater than the number received by any other candidate), or the bombing of his headquarters in Anaheim, California by two whites. We, like Minister Farrakhan, feel that Coleman or anyone who would so carelessly enhance such a climate of danger for a Black leader should be ostracized from the Black community. Furthermore, we condemn as racist any whites who would dare judge the decisions of Blacks regarding the inclusion or ostracism of anyone from...
...accused the Democrats of being soft on anti-Semitism for not forcefully attacking Jesse Jackson and his radical Black Muslim supporter Louis Farrakhan, who are still embroiled in the controversy over Jackson's reference to Jews as "Hymie." Bush's attack "was a beautiful stroke," explained one Reagan aide. "Hart and Mondale don't dare attack Jesse because they are afraid of him, but they are also feeling the heat from the Jewish community...
...sure you realize that Black people are able to think for themselves and the great majority of us do not subscribe to negative ethnic, racial, or religious references and speeches. Therefore, the implied threats by Muslim Minister Farrakhan do not represent the thinking of myself or other Blacks who know the differences between righteousness and rhetoric...