Jesse Jackson on Race Comments by New White House Press Secretary Tony Snow

by Democracy Now (repost)

Fri, Apr 28, 2006 7:43AM

We get response from the Rev. Jesse Jackson about comments made by incoming White Press Secretary - former Fox News commentator Tony Snow. Last week, Snow said on his radio program, "People like Jesse Jackson who have committed themselves to a view that blacks are constantly victims have succeeded in creating...an underclass that doesn't seem to be going anywhere."

At the White House on Wednesday, President Bush introduced his new Press Secretary, former Fox News commentator Tony Snow.

Snow is already coming under scrutiny for a series of controversial comments he's made on his radio program. Just last week, Snow said, "People like Jesse Jackson who have committed themselves to a view that blacks are constantly victims, have succeeded in creating in the United States the most dangerous thing that we've encountered in our lifetime; which is, an underclass that doesn't seem to be going anywhere."

The Reverend Jesse Jackson joins us now on the line from Michigan.

* Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader. He is the founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition, a progressive organization fighting for social change.

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