From a January 11 Radio America/WorldNetDaily interview of Bob Parks, member of the national advisory council of the conservative “black leadership netework” Project 21:

PARKS: Well, first off, the liberal establishment seems to have a problem with dark-skinned black people. Look at what happened to O.J., the darkening of his picture for the Newsweek cover. If you look at Hollywood in general, light-skinned black women seem to be the preference of Hollywood, and the darker-skinned black male usually tend to be the bad guys when it comes to these kind of portrayals.

As far as Harry Reid is concerned, I think he's just more embarrassed and has been pushed to apologizing because he got caught saying these statements. I don't see anything in his recent history that shows that he has any kind of great love for black people. I'm not saying that -- I'm not going to jump right out and say he's a racist like a lot of other people are saying, but I think his apology is more out of convenience than out of sincerity.

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PARKS: Well, this is where I could probably get in some trouble, but I'll say it anyway. I think a lot of black people like being the victim. And whenever a racist statement is issued, they can get all offended, but if you look at the way that the Democrats' policies in the past -- if you don't mind, I'm going to read a quote from my "bonehead of the day," which was Eleanor Holmes Norton on January 10:

“Eleanor Holmes Norton (IF she can be intellectually honest with herself) should look at all things that Democrats like Reid have done To blacks instead of for them: the destruction of the black family through entitlement programs, politically endorsed mass abortion of black babies, denial of school vouchers to help black kids escape failing schools run by liberal teacher unions (sound familiar, Congresswoman?) economic development broken promises, a liberal entertainment cul-ture that discourages black education and towards sports and rap are prominent things that come to mind.”

The Democratic Party can scream racism all the want. The Congressional Black Caucus, which I don't believe sends any of their kids to public schools, they can scream racism all they want. And unfortunately, the black community will hear this. Hopefully, at one point in the near future, the Republicans, the conservatives will come out and throw the history of the Democratic Party back in their faces, so they may think twice before going this knee-jerk route of race-baiting.