Jesse Lee Peterson - Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America

Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is a great American. He is a man of conscience with a bold prescription to make America a better place.

SEAN HANNITY

Scam is a devastating analysis and critique of how black politicians and the civil-rights establishment have delivered one disaster after another for black Americans. Indeed, its an account of whats nothing less than a gross betrayal of those who gave their blood, sweat and tears to make todays liberty and opportunities possible. Rev. Petersons solutions are just the simple commonsense of our ancestors, something all too rare today.

WALTER E. WILLIAMS, Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson has become one of the more principled black conservative moral leaders in our country. His tenacity and leadership is a throwback to the leadership of Booker T. Washington. Black America, all of America, needs more leaders like Rev. Peterson.

NIGER INNIS,the national spokesperson
for C.O.R.E. (Congress of Racial Equality)

Bucking the racial stereotype is hard work. I know because Ive been doing it for years. Allies in the fight to promote racial good health are difficult to find. The Rev. Jesse Peterson has what it takes to point America toward better race relations.

KEN HAMBLIN, The Black Avenger

Jesse Peterson exemplifies two qualities rare in any age, and certainly rare in our own: a passion for truth and extraordinary courage.

DENNIS PRAGER

I give the Reverend Peterson high marks for his unrelenting willingness to expose those media anointed and self-appointed black leaders whove made a long and lucrative career posing as the mouthpiece of blacks. Despite my deep disagreement with the Rev. Peterson on many issues, I salute him for having the courage to challenge the black establishment and for always remaining true to his beliefs.

DR. EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON, nationally
syndicated columnist, author of The Crisis in Black and Black

SCAM

REV. JESSE LEE PETERSON

SCAM

HOW the BLACK LEADERSHIP EXPLOITS BLACK AMERICA

Copyright 2003 by Jesse Lee Peterson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Pet erson, Jesse Lee, 1949
Scam : how the Black leadership exploits Black America / Jesse Lee Peterson.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-7852-6331-4 (hc)
ISBN 1-5955-5045-3 (tp)
1. African American leadership. 2. African AmericansSocial conditions1975 3. African AmericansPolitics and government. 4. African American politiciansBiography. 5. United StatesRace relations. 6. RacismUnited States. I. Title.
E185.615.P438 2003
305.896'073dc22 2003014466

Printed in the United States of America

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To Justice Clarence Thomas:
you are the example of what black
Americans should be.

CONTENTS

I was born and raised in New York but came out to California to expand my construction business in the late eighties, which is how I put myself through college. I first became interested in talk radio during the Iran-Contra hearings. Tuning in to those hearings one day I became absolutely riveted. The next thing you know I was habitually calling in talk radio shows to passionately comment on what I was seeing, instead of taking care of my business. Soon I realized my future was in radio, not construction!

My first on-air gig (unpaid!) was at my college radio station at UC Santa Barbara, and one of my first guests was none other than Jesse Lee Peterson. He was just putting BOND together at that time. Jesse made a great guest, even back then. He always had courage and the insight to know that something was very wrong in the African American communityand, more importantly, the knowledge of what to do about it.

Later, I was hired by a station in Huntsville, Alabama, and guess who I interviewed there? Jesse Lee Peterson. Jesse reciprocated, and had me on as a guest on his radio show. It was always fun working with Jesse because he never backed down, but never got upset either. He had a light touch, which was refreshing in this world of syndicated radio.

One day I got a big breakthe chance to host in a Top 10 market (Atlanta). Then WABC in New York, and of course Hannity & Colmes. Jesse was there with me every step of the way.

Jesse always treats my liberal TV counterpart, Alan Colmes, well even though the two of them almost never agree! He does a fantastic job every time.

As you probably know, Im a big believer in family. My wife Jill is the love of my life, and I believe my two children are the greatest gift God has ever given me. I am always concerned about the kind of world we will leave our children. Supporting the family has never been more critical, and Jesse and BOND are at the forefront of this movement. I heartily salute them.

Along the way I became a member of BONDs National Advisory Board and even received their prestigious Booker T. Washington award, for which I am very proud.

My latest book is titled Deliver Us From Evil, and I used that title for a reason: There is evil in the world, and it means to do us harm. I go to church with families whove lost family members at Ground Zero, so I am continually reminded of the tragic effects of evil. Make no mistake, we must confront evil. We cannot afford to fail in that mission.

One thing I love about Jesse Lee Peterson is that he gets it. He too can see the cold reality of evil, and how we must confront and overcome it. Remember the words of the old spiritualWe Shall Overcome. Just as Dr. King knew Americans had to confront the evil of his day, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson knows we must confront the evil of this day.

In 2003, Jesses bombshell book, Scam: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America, was released. I was proud to offer a blurb that appeared on the front jacket of the book. It read, A man of conscience with a bold prescription to make America a better place. I meant every word because those who lead America to its better self will be those men and women of conscience who refuse to remain quiet in the face of evil. Men like Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson.

You are reading an updated version of Scam, and this book has never been more important to the future of America. The truths written in this book are powerful and life-changing if you have the heart and courage to view this book with open eyes and an open heart. Even if you end up disagreeing, Scam will one day be remembered as a bold and audacious booka classicand I believe a turning point in a monumental struggle for the hearts and minds of African Americans.

A profound, positive change is in the air for America, and Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is not only at the forefront of this movement, but also helped pioneer its returna return to the character of great Americans like Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and Harriet Tubman. This is where the hope for the future of black America resides.