Tavis Smiley Ends State of Black America’s Union Show

Tavis mumbles every no and then about speaking truth to power. But the last time he expressed even a mild disagreement with Barack Obama he was hounded off the Tom Joyner Morning show as a “hater” and forced to apologize. Speaking truth to power has its costs, and Tavis may be reluctant to pony up any more. It’s like he said ten years ago, when he started SOBU, we didn’t have a black president.

Maybe a few years from now, when Republicans regain the White House, it’ll be time to crank SOBU up again. Till then, the State of the Black Union is dead, because the White House, the Democratic party and the corporate media establishment need to silence the black conversation, and assure that the only public pressures on the president come from the right.

Bruce A. Dixon is managing editor at Black Agenda Report, and based in Atlanta. He can be reached at Bruce.Dixon(at)blackagendareport.com.

 

Article Submission: Bobby Ward

This Article Appeared in The Black Truth News Volume 3 Issue 7 July 2012

 

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