Rupert Murdoch Ain't My Brother's Keeper
Min. Paul Scott
Recently, many black folk cheered President Obama's creation of his new, nonprofit spin-off of My Brothers Keeper called My Brother's Keeper Alliance.
That's all good and gravy, as I like the idea of givin' back to the hood as much as the next guy. And I kinda dug the President's speech about how so many "young men of color" just don't get the breaks of the more economically privileged...
But before I could break into my impromptu rendition of John Legend's nouveau civil rights anthem from the movie Selma, "Glory," I had to change my tune.
I happened to notice that one of the proud sponsors of the initiative is News Corp, which is owned by the father of Fox News, himself, Rupert Murdoch.
Whoa!!!
Now, I know that if you start marking off everything that Murdoch owns between his News Corp and 21st Century Fox companies, you might as well go back to writing on stone tablets but Fox News is an example of anti-black journalism, if I've ever seen one.
Fox News has been responsible for the most degrading images of black people since, well... BET's Hot Ghetto Mess. Every night, between Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, the network puts out enough negative images of African Americans to make James Brown stop singin' "I'm Black and I'm Proud." If you see any black person on Fox News (except for Dr. Ben Carson and a hand full of their other homies) , you can bet your last dollar that they are being treated like...dare I say it ...thugs.
Remember it was Mad Money Murdoch, who once tweeted "all the Egyptians I know are white" in response to the almost lily-white Noah movie cast. (I sure hope he doesn't fund the Brother's Keeper Black History Month program, next year.)
This is not the type of person that I want directing the lives of black boys. The last thing we need is a bunch of new black right wing extremists dressed like Will Smith's buppy cousin, "Carlton " from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, dancin' to the ol' school sounds of Ted Nugent.
Nope. We need more Malcolm X's and Marcus Garvey's, not Uncle Toms and Sambos.
My granddad used to say "all money ain't good money." And this is definitely the case with News Corp. Why can't the project be funded by black celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Floyd Mayweather or one of the major Hip Hop artists who spend 50 grand on a good night makin' it rain on naked women in a strip club.
President Obama, should return Murdoch's check with a nice "thanks but no thanks" written on it in graffiti.
That's one brother that My Brother's Keeper should tell to keep his money!
Min. Paul Scott is founder of the Messianic Afrikan Nation. He can be reached at (919) 972-8305 or info@nowarningshotsfired,com Follow on Twitter @truthminista
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
NWSF Bullet: Rumor that Fox News Fired Dr. Marc Lamont Hill
The folks on the Right are buzzing over a rumor floating around on the 'net that Murdoch and company have given their token black commentator , Dr. Marc Lamont Hill the axe. This comes after they made a big stinky over Hill's web page that they said supported folks like former Black Liberation Army member, Assata Shakur.
Kinda reminds me of the old story about the little girl who picked up a rattlesnake that promised not to bite her. When the snake bit her he simply said, "You knew I was a snake when you picked me up."
The question that folks always ask is "why do black folks go on fox, anyway." As someone who has appeared on the channel multiple times, I also get that question.
Some may suggest that we are just gluttons for punishment. However, the truth is the black "Good ol' Brotha's Club" already has the Liberal media on lock down. So, we go on Fox hoping to get a good punch in before we get caught off.
But that doesn't change the fact that you're still dealin' with the Empire of Evil.
As the old folks used to say, "lay down with dogs; wake up with fleas."
Kinda reminds me of the old story about the little girl who picked up a rattlesnake that promised not to bite her. When the snake bit her he simply said, "You knew I was a snake when you picked me up."
The question that folks always ask is "why do black folks go on fox, anyway." As someone who has appeared on the channel multiple times, I also get that question.
Some may suggest that we are just gluttons for punishment. However, the truth is the black "Good ol' Brotha's Club" already has the Liberal media on lock down. So, we go on Fox hoping to get a good punch in before we get caught off.
But that doesn't change the fact that you're still dealin' with the Empire of Evil.
As the old folks used to say, "lay down with dogs; wake up with fleas."
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Monkey Business as Usual
Monkey Business as Usual
Paul Scott
By now you've probably seen the infamous New York Post cartoon of two police officers standing over a dead chimpanzee with two bullet holes and the caption " They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/18/new-york-post-cartoon-race
We'll isn't that special...
Now I don't wanna come off like that church lady from the old school Saturday Night Live skit who saw the evil one's hand in every action undertaken by mankind so I'll try to be as objective as possible.
There is a reason why African Americans get uptight when animals, especially monkeys, are in any way, shape , form or fashion connected to anything dealing with black folks.
For many years, European historians promoted as scientific fact the idea that Africans were the missing link between apes and humans. However, on page 105 of Michael Bradley's book "The Ice Man Inheritance," he makes the point that feature wise, it is the Caucasian that has more in common with apes than Africans by quoting Ashley Montagu and Ivan T. Sanderson.
During World War II, some white soldiers went overseas spreading the myth that black soldiers had tails to mess up their rap with white women.
It has been suggested by some that even the movie King Kong was really about the attraction of black men to white women.
Also, I remember years back when AT@T caught heat for having an ad that had humans representing the other continents but (you guessed it) a monkey was chattin' on the phone in Africa.
So, the outrage over the Post has precedence.
This is not the first time that the NY Post has been criticized by black folks. I remember back in the day Public Enemy had a song dedicated to the racist journalism of the paper called "A Letter to the New York Post."
But the question is, with all the other stuff going on in the world, why is this story so newsworthy ?
Simple. The sidebar issues.
A lot of people are going to get a lot of mileage from this story and come next week people would have forgotten all about how the controversy started in the first place.
So, why all the static?
The Civil Rights folks need something like this every now and then. I am sure the donations have dropped since President Obama was elected and many proclaimed America as "post racial." So, the Civil Rights fighters are going to use this to prove why your tax deductible donation is still necessary.
It has been rumored for months that the Democrats are trying to get the Fairness Doctrine instated that will give the liberal tree huggers equal access to the airwaves. Ironically enough, since folks on the Left fear radical black voices, this may result in even less "controversial" authentically black issues being discussed in the media.
The Right Wing Conservative bigots may actually benefit the most from this controversy. Since the election, many have been playing the reverse race card and saying that there is some anti-Conservative conspiracy. They are playing the victim role very well.
Fox News' Sean Hannity already has a "Hate Hannity" hotline and folks like him are referring to themselves as "Conservatives in exile."
By the way, who owns the NY Post again?
That's right..Rupert "Money Bags" Murdock, who also owns Fox News.
So, I guess the world is a stage and every actor plays a part.
My prediction is...
In the end, they will all find a way to blame Hip Hop. After all, 50 Cent's "G-Unit" does stand for "Gorilla Unit," doesn't it?
Or maybe they will blame Kool and the Gang for releasing "Jungle Boogie" back in the '70's.
Who knows?
Paul Scott, Hip Hop TRUTH Minista" writes for No Warning Shots Fired.com. He can be reached at info@nowarningshotsfired.com (919) 451-8283
Paul Scott
By now you've probably seen the infamous New York Post cartoon of two police officers standing over a dead chimpanzee with two bullet holes and the caption " They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/18/new-york-post-cartoon-race
We'll isn't that special...
Now I don't wanna come off like that church lady from the old school Saturday Night Live skit who saw the evil one's hand in every action undertaken by mankind so I'll try to be as objective as possible.
There is a reason why African Americans get uptight when animals, especially monkeys, are in any way, shape , form or fashion connected to anything dealing with black folks.
For many years, European historians promoted as scientific fact the idea that Africans were the missing link between apes and humans. However, on page 105 of Michael Bradley's book "The Ice Man Inheritance," he makes the point that feature wise, it is the Caucasian that has more in common with apes than Africans by quoting Ashley Montagu and Ivan T. Sanderson.
During World War II, some white soldiers went overseas spreading the myth that black soldiers had tails to mess up their rap with white women.
It has been suggested by some that even the movie King Kong was really about the attraction of black men to white women.
Also, I remember years back when AT@T caught heat for having an ad that had humans representing the other continents but (you guessed it) a monkey was chattin' on the phone in Africa.
So, the outrage over the Post has precedence.
This is not the first time that the NY Post has been criticized by black folks. I remember back in the day Public Enemy had a song dedicated to the racist journalism of the paper called "A Letter to the New York Post."
But the question is, with all the other stuff going on in the world, why is this story so newsworthy ?
Simple. The sidebar issues.
A lot of people are going to get a lot of mileage from this story and come next week people would have forgotten all about how the controversy started in the first place.
So, why all the static?
The Civil Rights folks need something like this every now and then. I am sure the donations have dropped since President Obama was elected and many proclaimed America as "post racial." So, the Civil Rights fighters are going to use this to prove why your tax deductible donation is still necessary.
It has been rumored for months that the Democrats are trying to get the Fairness Doctrine instated that will give the liberal tree huggers equal access to the airwaves. Ironically enough, since folks on the Left fear radical black voices, this may result in even less "controversial" authentically black issues being discussed in the media.
The Right Wing Conservative bigots may actually benefit the most from this controversy. Since the election, many have been playing the reverse race card and saying that there is some anti-Conservative conspiracy. They are playing the victim role very well.
Fox News' Sean Hannity already has a "Hate Hannity" hotline and folks like him are referring to themselves as "Conservatives in exile."
By the way, who owns the NY Post again?
That's right..Rupert "Money Bags" Murdock, who also owns Fox News.
So, I guess the world is a stage and every actor plays a part.
My prediction is...
In the end, they will all find a way to blame Hip Hop. After all, 50 Cent's "G-Unit" does stand for "Gorilla Unit," doesn't it?
Or maybe they will blame Kool and the Gang for releasing "Jungle Boogie" back in the '70's.
Who knows?
Paul Scott, Hip Hop TRUTH Minista" writes for No Warning Shots Fired.com. He can be reached at info@nowarningshotsfired.com (919) 451-8283
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