The Black Commentator - June 21, 2007

I do not speak lightly when I say that The Black Commentator is one of our national treasures.

For the Black community, progressive readers from all racial and ethnic backgrounds and walks of life, supporters of human rights, those who oppose war and oppression, and those who are not content with the current state of affairs in America and the world, The Black Commentator provides a crucial voice. The voice of the Black community always served as America's conscience. At a time when the government engages in wholesale criminality and threatens the civil rights and human rights of its citizenry, the uncompromised voice of Black folk is needed to monitor injustice where it occurs, speak out against it and provide solutions. This is the role that The Black Commentator serves in today's society.

I cannot imagine a world without the important publication you are currently reading. In a world of media mega mergers, fewer and fewer companies own more and more of what you see, read and hear. As a result, a handful of large corporate conglomerates own much of where the nation turns to for news, information and entertainment. They control the message. And they are coming for the Internet next. As a result, diversity suffers, progressive viewpoints are silenced, and voices of dissent are drowned out. The number of media outlets owned and controlled by people of color and women is a tiny minority and declining, although these groups represent a sizable majority of the population.

Through my Color of Law column, I am honored to engage all of you in matters of national and international significance, including the legal system, human rights, and racial, social and economic justice. As I have learned, the readership of The Black Commentator is worldwide, as people from all over the global village turn to us - unfiltered and uncompromising as we are - to make sense of the world.

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David A. Love
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