Transcript: Interview: Robert Smith and Earl Ofari Hutchinson discuss the state of today's black leadership

ED GORDON
NPR Special
05-26-2005
Interview: Robert Smith and Earl Ofari Hutchinson discuss the state of today's black leadership

Host: ED GORDON
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM

ED GORDON, host:

From NPR News, this is NEWS AND NOTES. I'm Ed Gordon.

The Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton say Mexico's President Vicente Fox should apologize to African-Americans for saying Mexicans take jobs not even blacks would want to do. Both ministers went to Mexico to tell Fox that African-Americans were outraged. Earlier this week, we ask our roundtable guests whether blacks were served by all the time spent on this issue. Columnist Nat Irvin had this response.

Mr. NAT IRVIN (Columnist): I mean, how could that ...

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