Where You At?

Every since a Los Angeles jury found Jesse Jackson not liable for an alleged assault of Jesse Lee Peterson. Peterson, I thought had been scarce. It kinda reminded me when Armstrong Williams made himself scarce in opinion columns, after his scandal of receiving funds to support the "No Child Left Behind." You couldn't find Williams and when he did make appearances, his columns appeared leftward. And now the same can be said about Peterson. After Peterson losted his civil case against Jackson, he kinda disappeared, didn't hear a peep or rumors of his saying he would not hire a black person with a black sounding name. So where did Jesse P. go? Did we have to place his face on a milk carton? Did we need to call a press conference and start a series of "Where Are They Now?"

The one thing that really differentiates liberal blacks to conservative blacks is that liberal blacks, no matter the scandal, no matter the embarrasment will always show up in public. Al Sharpton and Tawana Brawley matter, we have seen Al lose weight, gain weight and lets not mention the hair. Jesse Jackson and the hymie remarks, the Illinois high school boys, playin' on his wife and more embarrasing moments including the Tookie Williams execution has made us see the man who so eloquently spoke during his presidential run, now slur his words and unable to rhyme the word "cat." Yet, like other liberal blacks, they tend to find the television camera and with no problem or slur say "cheese!!!" or if you're Jackson, "chuuse!."

Unfortunatle the same can't be said about Peterson. Peterson has quietly went away and picking his platforms. If you visit his site www.bondfinfo.org you'll see that he has taken a stand on illegal immigration and now speaking at colleges about the failure of black leadership. Which is good, except for one thing. He is speaking. Take a look at his latest speaking engagement and the comments made:

Professor Disrupts Rev. Peterson’s Speech at University of Texas at San Antonio

BOND Founder and President Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson entered a hornet’s nest when he came to the University of San Texas at San Antonio to address the students.
A black professor of African-American studies named Frederick Williams had been attempting to fire up his students for two weeks in the classroom prior to Rev. Peterson’s address, and reportedly had even offered extra credit to students who would come and protest the speech!

As Rev. Peterson entered the university’s main auditorium, he saw an armed security guard in each corner. (we got play by play reportin' here)

After being introduced by an event organizer, Rev. Peterson began to speak. Much of the audience was enraptured with Rev. Peterson’s touching story of personal transformation.
The title of Rev. Peterson’s address was “How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America”, and he explained how that exploitation comes about. He urged black Americans to turn away from corrupt leaders such as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the NAACP, and the Black Caucus.
Hearing Rev. Peterson speak honestly about their leaders angered many in the crowd, and hands began to shoot up, before the question and answer session even began.

Professor Williams was there with his troops, and brought some printed buttons with the words, “We support legitimate black leadership”. Someone pinned one of these buttons to Rev. Peterson’s lapel, and on observing the button on Rev. Peterson, Professor Williams angrily demanded that he remove it. Rev. Peterson replied that he too supports legitimate black leadership!
Rev. Peterson explained that the fall of the black community started years ago, when government regulations mandated that women could not receive federal assistance (welfare) as long as there was a man in the home. So black men left the homes, and the government became the daddy of the family. Rev. Peterson said, “The government (bureaucracy) is anti-God and anti-family.”

Professor Williams asked that since Rev. Peterson had stated that the government was anti-God, then what about President Bush? After all, isn’t he the government?
Rev. Peterson told Williams that as a professor, he should know that the government is a bureaucracy, not a person, and suggested that students get out of Professor Williams class (due to his ignorance).
At this point many in the audience began to erupt. One black man called Rev. Peterson a “Sambo”—a tool for the white man. There were several times during the presentation when angry black students jumped up and acted as if they were going to come up to the stage and attack Rev. Peterson. (this is where, some folk pin the victim card on black conservatives)
One young woman stood up and started raving, in total disagreement with Rev. Peterson. After failing to engage her in dialogue, Rev. Peterson good-naturedly asked, “How’d you like to married to her?” (An insult by Peterson)

Two young women got up and said that Rev. Peterson shouldn’t say the things he was saying. Jesse asked them, “Name one thing I’ve said that’s wrong.” Of course they couldn’t.
In an attempt to find a rational person to converse with, Rev. Peterson finally said, “Are there any normal people here, cuz these folks are crazy.” Professor Williams jumped to his feet and said, “Don’t talk to these kids like that!”
Amongst the liberal overreaction, a Hispanic man stood up and told Jesse, “I agree with everything you said, it’s all true.” The man suggested that Rev. Peterson run for President. Then apparently feeling the hostility of an angry liberal pack around him, the man promptly got up and headed for the exit!
At last the meeting was over. Wary of potential trouble, guards hovered around Jesse. A black student approached him asking, “Why do you say you hate black people? (Of course he never said that). Another asked, “Why do you say you’re not black?” (Rev. Peterson never said he’s not black, he said he’s not an African American).
Other crowd members approached Rev. Peterson to thank him for the speech, and to let him know how much it helped them.
During the event, a number of event organizers had been threatened by black audience members. One black male threatened to “bitch slap” a young female organizer, after she had asked him to quiet down.
Because of the danger, Rev. Peterson had to be escorted all the way to his car.
Rev. Peterson later commented that he was encouraged by the open and honest dialogue. And that all that happened was good, even the outbursts, because it can get those who overreacted to take an honest look at themselves. He was also encouraged by the energy and courage of the organizers.

If you are interested in booking Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson to speak at your university, church, or conference, call Patrick Rooney at (323) 782-1980