Have we overcome?I've been reading BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine for more than a year now and always look forward to Earl Grave's editorials. But his remarks in the January 2007 issue, "Carrying on the Legacy of Ed Bradley
Edward Rudolph Bradley, Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was a highly-respected American journalist, best known for 26 years of award-winning work on the CBS News " (Publisher's Page), were something right out of the '60s, filled with statements of social injustice Social Injustice is a concept relating to the perceived unfairness or injustice of a society in its divisions of rewards and burdens. The concept is distinct from those of justice in law, which may or may not be considered moral in practice. , racism, inequality, and written with an "us against them" mentality that I just haven't seen from him before. This particular editorial veers away from his normally positive outlook and takes a negative look at the injustices committed against African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. in the field of broadcasting and, in so doing, magnifies and inflames distrust for the white community. Graves says: "It's not a coincidence that the ills and pathologies of African Americans are scrutinized, magnified and amplified as the norm, while our dignity, honor, and virtue are rarely reported--and then only as the exceptions, not the rule." Wow. That's hard to take from a man who has swung the gavel gavel small mallet used by judge or presiding officer to signal order. [Western Culture: Misc.] See : Authority at the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . And what does that have to do with Ed Bradley's legacy? Sure, there may be a disparity between African Americans and whites when it comes to broadcasting jobs, but the same can be said about women land other ethnic groups.] I am disappointed because the positive, reassuring, no-nonsense editorial I [expected to] read from this great leader in the black community was replaced with one of anachronistic a·nach·ro·nism n. 1. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order. 2. self-pity and blame at the expense of another great African American--Ed Bradley. Gordon Stevens Carlsbad, CA gstevens@neiglobal.com |
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