National Urban League partners with NBC owned theGriot.com, calls campaign “I am empowered.”

Yikes.

It is great to see a new media campaign by an historic black organization, somehow I feel we are right back debating about the mythical “black agenda,” and how relevant it is in the 21st century United States.  While the National Urban League deserves credit for trying to stay relevant and promote actual policy-based solutions to improve the lives of Black Americans.  I’m not sure whether I should laugh or cry at the ineptitude of launching a campaign to empower Black men and Women on a GE and Comcast owned NBC property.   Now, the National Urban League could be receiving a significant amount of in-kind contributions from NBC/ General Electric / Comcast, it is hard to know unless the National Urban League decides to be completely transparent about the advertising campaign.

Fair enough.
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