No love for Bob? (Letters).IN YOUR PUBLISHER'S PAGE EDITORIAL, you praise Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder and billionaire Robert Johnson Robert Johnson may refer to:
Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the 20th largest city in the United States. , becoming the first African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. majority owner of a major sports team ["The Ultimate Goal," March 2003]. I wonder how many 10-year-old black boys will put aside their school books to shoot baskets with the hope of [becoming] a professional basketball player. Mr. Johnson has proven he is not interested in the black community, especially black children. BET made Mr. Johnson a billionaire, and he repays us with rap and hip-hop videos. Take a look at Cita, 106th and Park, Rap City Rap City may mean:
When will BE stand up for the black community and stop portraying Robert Johnson as a black role model? Editor's Note: Robert Johnson built the first black-owned major cable company, became the first black entrepreneur to take his company public on 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. (in the process, inspiring thousands of African Americans to take stock market investing seriously), established a solid foothold in hotel ownership, and is now the only African American to gain ownership in a business where black people had been, without exception, relegated to being highly paid, easily disposable labor. We feel the more relevant question is, how many black boys [and girls] can we inspire to put down their basketballs and hit the books with the hope of becoming a billionaire who can afford to buy a major sports team? James Frazier Staten Island, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of jef109@msn.com |
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