“Bravo!” Roland Martin (Update)

Washington Watch With Roland Martin: New Sunday Show Aimed At Blacks
NEW YORK — Roland Martin will anchor a new Sunday public affairs show aimed at a black audience that will debut in September on the TV One network.
The "Washington Watch" program aims to tap into a new interest in politics and government due to the election of President Barack Obama, said Johnathan Rodgers, TV One's president and CEO. It debuts Sept. 27 at 11 a.m. EDT, and the show will be repeated each week at 5 p.m.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/04/washington-watch-with-rol_n_225782.html

I wish Roland Martin well. He has earned such a position in the media. Like any Black individual in the media Mr. Martin has gotten caustic and oftentimes blistering criticisms from both sides of the racial divide and yet he survives which is no small feat. If you carefully listen to foes of Blacks, including some Blacks ourselves, there will never be the right time for a Black to have his own media show addressing our issues. In my opinion, critics conclude all of America’s issues should be authenticated with constant references and analogies to the Hitler regime, Hitler himself, Anti-Semiticism, the Neo-Nazi Party and other Jewish hate groups dragging us Blacks along for color. As I have noted before when the Nazi party headquarters are raided you will not find “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” or “The Mis-Education of the Negro” on their bookshelves and neither will you find the “Black Liberation Flag” hanging on their walls in mockery.

The critics who feel this way feel this is the only way to authenticate troubling issues here in America and perhaps it does but not our home grown Black issues. Surely this is learned behavior on the part of our critics. Could this be the reason some issues of our society will never move forward by making such absurd analogies? Is American history really destined to keep repeating itself by constantly, I say constantly, making such ridiculous comparisons? Most of America’s issues are born and festered here and should be resolved thusly. Speaking of absurdities, *I saw one the other day comparing Pres. Obama to Hitler. I can not understand this Hitler obsession. We Blacks have our own American history to draw upon with our Bull Connors and Jesse Helmes’ and do not need to visit 1930 Germany for nuffin!

I look forward to watching Mr. Martin’s new show. He is considered by many an “arrogant” Black man which means in translation he, like myself and many other Blacks, are living the American taboo by being Black, educated and having the audacity to be comfortable within ourselves in this environment.

Finally, and in my opinion, Mr. Martin can become a wealthy man with his new show as well as bringing great prestige to the TV One Network by having on-line Salons as was attempted by the Washington Post. (Busted!) Personally, I like the idea. (Smile) I like it very much. There is an old saying, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!” The time has long past when a Black man in public has to address the whole spectrum of the Black community. There are people working hard doing their damnest addressing various individual segments of the Black community and I hope Mr. Martin and his producers have the good sense to know even then you can not win’em all. Let Mr. Martin address his segment of our society and I thank God almighty in the heavens above it was not Tavis Smiley! Here’s wishing Mr. Martin well and the best of luck. Color me ranting!
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-Span and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
(UPDATE)
* Republicans Claim Free Speech Re: Hitler/Obama Comparisons at Tea Party
Excerpt:

According to JaxPoliticsOnline.com:
numerous signs that were prominently displayed at the gathering, including two that featured Barack Obama in Nazi garb. One sign, in fact, had altered Obama's appearance to resemble Hitler. Other signs compared ACORN, the community organizing group accused of voter registration irregularities, with the SS-the Nazi organization responsible for enacting the Holocaust and the group responsible for most of the crimes against humanity committed by the Third Reich.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-derrick/republicans-claim-free-sp_b_225998.html