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Vol. 63 No. 20 |
Thursday, May 18, 2023
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 63 Years
remembering
Mainstream Media’s
(May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)
Poses Biden Re-Election Challenges
Bias Against Kamala Harris
malcolm X
CONGRATULATIONS, BLACK GRADUATES! See Page 8
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA NEWSWIRE SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT During a December 2021 trip to Paris, Vice President Kamala Harris purchased a $375 cooking pot. America’s mainstream media didn’t approve. The media lamented high inflation in the United States and said that her purchase came as American residents barely made ends meet.
Southcrest Park Renaming Update See Page 7
By Dr. John E. Warren PUBLISHER
Malcolm Little, after a run in with the law, went to prison where he spent six and a half years. There he converted to the Nation of Islam and became a well known and well recognized spokesperson for the Nation. Under the leadership of Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm preached Black independence. He was to the Civil Rights movement in the North what Dr. King was to the South. Malcolm grew in popularity in the movement as he encouraged Black separation, economics and self help. He was a self educated man who during his prison life, read the dictionary from cover to cover. His views on the separatism taught by the Nation of Islam were modified after his journey to Mecca for the Holy Pilgrimage where he encountered Muslims that were blonde, blue-eyed and of many colors. His views on humanity became more inclusive and led to his separation from the Nation of Islam and his assassination on February 21, 1965 in New York City.
Middle School Flag Football See Page 10
“After a very significant and highly successful bilateral meeting in France on issues that are about national security, on issues that are about climate, on issues that are about what we are doing in terms of international norms and rules on everything from cyber to space. Come on,” Harris retorted.
Covid-19 cases in southeast SOURCE: County of San Diego [Data through 5/6/2023, Updated 5/11/2023]
The negative coverage of Harris included a 2021 Newsweek headline that blared, “How Left-Wing Media Turned on Kamala Harris.” See HARRIS page 2
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By Antonio Ray Harvey CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA
A coalition of movement-based organizations from various parts of California converged on the grounds of the State Capitol in Sacramento to send a message: Black Californians need financial resources to overcome setbacks caused by centuries of system and institutional racism. The coalition, which included members of the California Black Freedom Fund, the Black Equity Collective, California Black Power Network, and LIVEFREE California, called for $100 million over five years to strengthen the relationship between the public sector and philanthropy groups serving Black communities across the state. Samuel Casey, executive director of Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement and Senior Pastor of New See GRASSROOTS page 2
Life Christian Church in Fontana, speaks at the news conference at the State Capitol on May 10, 2023, in Sacramento, California. Casey said the funding for the coalition will “continue to fund our liberation.” PHOTO: Antonio Ray Harvey/CBM
For Mother’s Day, Advocates Highlight the Mass Incarceration of Black Women
While he advocated self defense and Dr. King, non violence, the two men had the same objectives in time. Malcolm’s autobiography was written by Alex Haley, the author of “Roots”. The celebration of his birthday, his philosophy and life started on this birthday observance and has led to many efforts to declare his birthday a national holiday. While this has not happened, a number of states have had legislation introduced to make May 19th a legal holiday in his honor and there are events held around the nation and some parts of the world honoring him. This year is the celebration of his 98th birthday. Many of his speeches and writings are still being read and some appear elsewhere in this issue. See MALCOLM page 2
The media’s bias against the vice president has surfaced in many ways, including intermittent headlines and articles suggesting a split as to whether she should be on the re-election ticket with President Biden. During an infamous March 2023 Zoom gathering of high-profile Democratic donors in Hollywood, suggestions abounded that Harris’ alleged lack of popularity would doom Biden. Those in attendance included former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, actress Helen Hunt, and Ron Livingston.
Despite Harris’ impressive list of accomplishments as vice president and her stellar political track record, Dr. Bre Haizlip, a retired psychology professor, observed that the most devastating impact of unconscious racial bias in political media “is the ability to make one of the highest-ranking officials in our nation invisible.”
Malcolm X at Queens Court, January 1964. PHOTO: Herman Hiller, World Telegram/Public Domain
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His father was murdered, leaving his mother a widow with children who were eventually taken from her and placed in foster care. Because his father was outspoken, it is believed that the Ku Klux Klan murdered him and presented his death as a suicide. His mother was placed in a mental institution after a nervous breakdown following the tragic death of his father, where she spent 24 years prior to her death in 1991.
PHOTO: NNPA
By Edward Henderson CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA On May 11, the Essie Justice Group (Essie), along with Bay Area leaders, community organizations, and advocates gathered at the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland to call PHOTO: Essie 4 Justice, Instagram/Courtesy of CBM
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