Suggests Kevin N. Wigginton for the Men of Quality Initiative. He discusses about a recent gathering of over 400 young black men were the absence of the media was greatly noticed:
What does it take to get the media to cover African-American males in a positive light? Any citizen can pick up the newspaper, turn on the television, even listen to the radio and find tons of news coverage on the negative plight, actions and events surrounding any age black male. Where are the media when positive events happen in our community concerning black males?
If 425 black men decided to walk down the same street at the same time, minding their own business; or if they showed up at Fourth Street Live wearing “throwback jerseys,” which are deemed inappropriate apparel . . . every media outlet in Louisville . . . would cover the story. (<a href=”http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
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March 26th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
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On point, there will never be any media to cover our folk doing well to tell you the truth. Now I don’t know if it’s racism as much as good news is not usually reported. Now if you said some Black guys were starting a gang fight then the media would show up and you can tell them the good things but then again the police might show up to. If we don’t create our own media outlets to let our own folk know what’s good then we’ll be left with the cat who robbed the bank.