Bigotry Raises its Ugly Head at the FCC

Beyond The Rhetoric

A few months ago, Black and Latino advocacy groups, such as the National Black Chamber of Commerce, were shocked to learn that the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) derided us as incapable of writing articulate position papers and filing official comments to the FCC.

He did this while addressing the very conservative Aspen Institute in Colorado. He called us by name and said anything we file at the FCC must be written by White entities that pay or persuade us to lend our names and reputations to their cause. His point was that we colored groups don’t know anything about pertinent issues at the FCC and suffered from low intellect. President Bush has used the term “soft bigotry of low expectations”.

Well, it seems that he has appointed an FCC Chairman who goes well beyond the “Soft Bigotry”. This here is cold-blooded hard core bigotry. [ Read More Story...]

By Harry C. Alford | NNPA Columnist