"Obama's campaign took Black support for granted, just like all the other Democrats over the years had been accused of doing."
What did the Obama campaign do? They took Black support for granted, just like all the other Democrats over the years had been accused of doing, only this time, even more egregiously so, since Barack Obama had clearly been the recipient of every possible favor and gift that the Black media could offer.
Obama's handlers felt no need to pay for what they had already gotten, free. Black media owners learned early this year that Obama viewed Black media support as something he was owed - not the other way around. Back in April, Black newspapers discovered that neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama had any money left over after spending it all on white media. Dorothy Leavell, publisher of Black newspapers in Chicago and Gary, Indiana, said: "If we're treated like this in the primary, there is very little hope that we'll be treated any better in the general election."
She was right! Charles Cherry II, owner of a Black media group in Florida, got tired of being left out of Obama's general election advertising schedule, and decided to produce an anti-Obama radio commercial, to get the candidate's attention. "If you want to win by getting black people to vote in the state of Florida," said the station owner, "you must actively engage the black community's political culture. A large part of this culture is black-owned media."
Good for Brother Cherry! Those Democrats do take Black people for granted. Especially the one with the African name.
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