ISHMAEL REED ON RACE, THE MEDIA, AND NEW ORLEANS

Published in the San Francisco chronicle and online on common dreams Color-blind Coverage? "Because many whites believe a fact only when someone who resembles them informs them of it, black opinion-makers are wasting their time when they talk about the racist features of the New Orleans' calamity. It's better to leave that job to Maureen Dowd, writing in the New York Times, Francis Fox Piven, appearing on KPFA radio and, remarkably, Don Imus on MSNBC." ...