A reader of BC who made
a generous donation had the following comment this past
week:
It's hard enough to live here and maintain
one's psychic equilibrium--losing Black Commentator could
be a tipping point for more than this subscriber. Unless
there's a holdup on your end or I can't find an internet
connection, at some point in the early hours of Thursday
morning, no matter the time, I start the thinking portion
of my week with Bill Fletcher's African World. I then
make my way through the best weekly read I know, expectantly
pouring over everyone of your great columnists, feeling
the heavy loss of Professor Ronald Walters and pondering
David Love's must read commentaries. I'm often done before
Thursday evening closes, no matter what else I might be
doing.
Can't imagine a week without it. If more
people would try to picture their own week without BC,
the money will come pouring in.
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Dear
Reader of BlackCommentator.com,
At
BlackCommentator.com, we measure the health of the economy
by one simple metric: the number of BC readers requesting
a no-cost subscription through the Low Income Readers Program.
The
economic outlook isn’t good.
As
BC approaches Issue #400, we have more non-paying
subscribers than ever before. A higher percent of all BC
readers need no-cost subscriptions. We turn no one away
who wants to be a BlackCommentator.com reader, regardless
of one’s ability to pay.
Nonetheless,
our hard-hit readership can afford less in contributions
to support the Low Income Readers Program, and this has
lead to a serious drop in financial support. More and more
readers, fewer and fewer funds, expenses that only rise,
it’s a discouraging scenario all around.
If
you are at all able, would you consider making a contribution?
We
are grateful for donations of any amount. Even if you don’t
feel you can become a subscriber, are you able to help out
at all? Are you able to take advantage of one of the BC
subscription payment plans?
Thank
you for considering making a contribution. Thank you for
being a reader of BlackCommentator.com. We wouldn’t be sending
you this letter if it weren’t so very necessary to do so.
In
struggle,
Publisher
and Staff
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