DAILY RECORD
by DeWayne Wickham
March 3, 2015

….“This is a real in-your-face slap at the president, and black folks know it,” Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., told me. “He (Netanyahu) wouldn’t have done it to any other president.” When I asked Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat and highest-ranking black in the House, why the Israeli prime minister would be so disrespectful of Obama, he responded: “You know why.” I think I do. By agreeing to sidestep normal diplomatic channels to address Congress, Netanyahu has become an instrument of a Republican Party that has shown an unbridled, personal disrespect for Obama, his wife and children since this black family moved into the building many Republicans apparently think is literally a white house. READ MORE

Clearly our journalism students are in good hands: DeWayne Wickham is dean of Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication.