EDITORIAL FARRAKHAN'S FREEBIE TAXPAYERS SHOULDN'T SUBSIDIZE HATE.LOS Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. likes to pat itself on the back for its diversity and its tolerance. So it's hardly a city that should be giving freebies to Louis Farrakhan, the hate-mongering leader of the Nation of Islam Nation of Islam: see Black Muslims. Nation of Islam or Black Muslims African American religious movement that mingles elements of Islam and black nationalism. It was founded in 1931 by Wallace D. . The Anti-Defamation League Anti-Defamation League B’nai B’rith organization which fights anti-Semitism. [Am. Hist.: Wigoder, 33] See : Anti-Semitism has discovered that the city has waived $29,000 in fees for a planned Nation of Islam conference at the Convention Center in February. The ADL is protesting the decision - and with good reason. The protest begs an important question: Should the city be renting out the Convention Center free of charge to anybody? After all, it's a taxpayer- supported business, not a charity, though its staggering losses show it's not a very well-run business. But certainly no group is less deserving of the freebie free·bie also free·bee n. Slang An article or service given free: "such freebies as subway and bus maps" New York. than one whose leader promotes bigotry and anti-Semitism. If Farrakhan wants to do business in L.A., let him change his tune. |
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