Should the majority cares what Lacy Clay has to say? I can see it now, affirmative action for talk shows Yes! is this country great??????

Hey lunatic - Did you read the last line of your column? “A majority of Congess is composed of white males.” Perhaps that could be the reason why white males are on the sunday talk shows rather than blacks. This is such common sense. You liberals are so caught up in political correctness and cow towing to whatever the black community (black caucus, NAACP, etc) claims as an injustice that you forget your common sense.

Oh please put Maxine Waters on the air - she is so my fav!

Honestly, I think they don’t want to appear. I actually heard Mike Wallace on a Friday say he was having trouble finding Democrats to appear on his show to defend the Administration. Gee, I wonder why?

Good Grief, Obama is on ever newscast 24/7. Where does it end. Maybe give Barney Frank a talk program, to run simultaneously on all stations, his buddy could solicit on the program.

With all respect to Barbara Lee, doesn’t everyone pretty much HAVE to serve on committees? If they happen to have some seniority, don’t they get to be sub-committee or full committee chairs? Being in that position as a member of Congress doesn’t make you brilliant. They may be brilliant people, but your argument doesn’t prove squat. If the GOP took over the House tomorrow, how many would be chairs? None, that’s right. What happens to their brilliance then???

What’s interesting is that all these networks, who tirelessly push liberal agenda after liberal agenda, who constantly point out the gaps in female and minority practices in schools, businesses, and so forth, cannot and do not practice what they preach on the nightly news…

As a follower of Fox News in the evening, I can attest to the fact that they have a lot of black guests on. Johnh, you are dead on…Obama is covered ad nauseum every day, every hour, every minute on ABC, CBS, NBC and his hind end kissed by every newscaster and reporter. Do we need more hind end kissing by guilt-ridden white guys on Sunday mornings?

This just in: It has been discovered that there is a severe lack of black announcers, coaches, players, owners, general managers, and fans at all NHL games. This disparity must be corrected at once! A national boycott will surely be called soon by the Black Caucaus, NCAAP, UNCF, ACORN, and Bad Boy Records…

How many blacks and Hispanics were asked but declined to appear? I notice that that question wasn’t part of the “Sunday Morning Apartheid” report.

After the last time Charlie Rangell appeared on Fox News Sunday, I bet he never picks up the phone again. He had his butt handed to him on a plate.

Go_fish makes a valid point. Before you get upset, you need to see how many black and hispanic folks were asked and declined to attend. If they do decline, this changes the complexion of the situation. There is no legitimate beef.

However, I am assuming (and we all know what happens when people do that) that this is not the case, because if it were, this would not even be worth reporting. That being said, what is the harm in asking more minorities to be included? What is the worst that could happen?

When you are the majority, as white folk are today, you do not have to be worried about being represented. There are plenty of people out there similar to you, with the same thoughts, ideas, and beleif systems. It is easy to make jokes about the people who do not feel represented, and go happily on our way. We take this for granted.

People on this blog often state that minorities need to realize how the game is played, and start following by the rules. Okay, fair enough. But what happens when you try to fit into a system, but that system does not include you? It is easy for most of us to relate to the people who are on these shows because they are like us. What if it was the other way? What if there was no one there for us to relate to? How could we possibly connect? We wouldn’t. We would feel alienated.

I can imagine that minorities feel the same way. If we want them to play by the rules we have established, then we have to include them, which, apparently, we do not always do. We can’t say, “Pull yourself up, and do it like we do it!” if we deny them the opportunity.

Tim also brings up an excellent point. The media is as guilty as any other institution that discriminates, and I doubt they will notice the hypocrisy in their claims. Again, the media seems to drive a wedge between the people of this country instead of uniting. However Tim, I seriously doubt an NAACP boycott of the NHL would do much damage to professional hockey.

Clyde said: Tim, I seriously doubt an NAACP boycott of the NHL would do much damage to professional hockey.

You’re correct, but there is always a Big BUTT. If some Black Hockey player came along with the skills of a tiger Woods, the media would fall over and break its neck promoting him not because of his skill, but because of his color. They did the same with Woods in the beginning; he has sustained himself because of his talent nothing more as it should be.

Clyde, my NHL post was completely tongue-in-cheek, and I would agree that a boycott by those groups wouldn’t even register with anyone.

To be serious for a moment, I didn’t think about considering how many people have been asked and refused to appear. That was a good point by those that made it. Goes back to the traffic ticket discussion we had a couple of weeks ago. It’s never good to draw conclusions on numbers without having enough information on how, why, when, and by who was involved.

Clyde, your point is also a valid one. I think for my own self my hypocrisy at this is due mostly because of the crowd that is complaining about it…politicians wanting more face time. To me, this is not a real critical area in terms of equality and justice. Your point is still a good one, although I wonder why other groups (Hispanics, Asians, etc) don’t feel the need to complain about it.

The question should be is what is the correlation between the number of minorities in the percentage of minority officials to the number on the talk shows? Actually it surprises me that the liberal/socialist regimes at ABC, CBS, and NBC don’t have more. People want to complain about Fox News, but they have quite a few guests who are minorities and women, but nobody ever mentions that. My guess is if there was money to be made, the majors would increase their participation. Kind of hypocritic isn’t it. Results are based on actions, not words. But, liberals who tend to be of average intelligence at best, just don’t get it.

Rep. G.K. Butterfiled is the prime idiot. “Good for ratings?” What, does he think they all have that Will Smith draw?

This just in: It has been discovered that there is a severe lack of black announcers, coaches, players, owners, general managers, and fans at all NHL games. This disparity must be corrected at once! A national boycott will surely be called soon by the Black Caucaus, NCAAP, UNCF, ACORN, and Bad Boy Records…
— Tim

I don’t think that the lack of involvement of the African American community or Hispanics in Hockey has much to do with the need to dominate yet another sport. I’m guessing that the economy and economic repression of these groups has more to do with it.

You don’t need a huge financial committment to nail a hoop to a wall and play basketball. Baseball requires a field and someone needs to have a ball, same with football. Hockey and golf are different. There’s a huge financial committment to raise a hockey player.

As the playing field becomes more just, thanks to affirmative action, we are likely to see, in the future, more African Americans and Hispanics involved in these sports. And, quotes like the one above will likely be less funny, to some.

Jellio, since you feel to take my comments way past their intended realm, what about soccer? Cost is a reason it became the world’s sport in even the poortest of countries. What about swimming?

I don’t think you realize that football is also a very expensive sport. It’s not much different than a youth hockey program. The cost to play either at a young age is very comparable. And yes, I do know from when I was a kid AND with my kids today.

If you become good at any sport and start needing your own gear, start traveling to tournaments, and so forth, than any sport can become expensive.

I don’t disagree with the economic disadvantage blacks are in as a group compared to whites, but your apparent lack of insight into youth sports and their associated costs makes your comments somewhat humorous, to some…

I find it ironic that the congressional BLACK caucus is calling for diversity…

Maybe slavery reparations could be packaged as appearances on the Sunday talk shows. There could even be residuals paid for reruns! Meanwhile, it would bump all those white blowhards (Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Charles Schumer, Pat Leahy, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum) off the air.

Boy, talk about your win-win situation.

Merc Man- Although I agree not seeing Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Charles Schumer, Pat Leahy, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, and Diane Feinstein on Sunday morning political talk shows for a few weeks would be a refreshing change, but your comment about slavery reparations is really short sided (I am glad to see that you were joking). However, with the Senate’s passing of legislation apologizing for slavery and discrimination, this country could use a few Sundays full of discussion of race and diversity in American society today. It is a topic that is quickly glossed over in the media, especially since we have a bi-racial white guy as the President. Reading other postings, prior to yours, I can tell there is a great need for a serious discussion about race and white privilege and their effects on how our society operates today.

How do we make up for 234+ years of discrimination in America? Today’s legislation specifically discussed African Americans, but what about the American Indians? Personally, I think it is something we will never get over, especially when those in positions of power do not think we have a problem.

Clyde- I agree with you whole heartedly. It is easy to put down the underrepresented of our nation and keep them down. So what harm would it do to ask more minority lawmakers to be on Sunday morning talk shows? If they fail to represent their issues well, and the host is seen by audience as having won the discussion, what harm would it do?

There is no diversity here! Anyone that expresses an opinion that does not agree with what is being pushed here is deleted. I do not agree with what is being pushed here at all.

Why is it that white people simply cannot have a program, game, commercial, that shows only whites without blacks wanting a part of it, or start a protest that it is racist not to have at least 50% black guests? Now they want more show time on a white panel? If its my show, and I’m the host, and I don’t want your black input which will always turn around to include the plight of the blacks in this country, and wanting something for free, then its my right as owner and host NOT to have you on the show!!! If they want that kind of exposure then start your own talk show and have only blacks as guests! Apparently that would be too much work so they would rather feed off whitey instead. And, you are absolutely correct VT, if the debate issues here are inserted by white people that disagree with what the blacks are spewing, they DO get deleted! That would indicate to me that the author, Steve Parker, is black! So, this blog is slanted towards giving blacks the edge? How biased is that? If you want change then everyone is going to have to change, not just white people! In my opinion that isn’t ever going to happen - blacks cannot adjust and don’t want to adjust because then THEY would have to give something back, and giving is not part of their program - it’s taking!!!