Jesse Jackson Fetes Ethnic Media for Rebuilding New Orleans

Anthony D. Advincula, New America Media

- The Rev. Jesse Jackson called on members of ethnic media on Thursday to unite and support the revitalization efforts in New Orleans. “We should help each other, promote each other, and learn from each other,” Jackson said in a press conference held at Xavier University. “We need to find a common ground to connect us – and push for better healthcare, education, economy, and employment.”

The crucial process of economic reconstruction, he said, is to allow the old-time Nola residents who fled from Katrina to come back and reconstruct their houses. “Allow the displaced to return from exile!” Calling the minority journalists the “media arm of our struggle,” Jackson said that post-Katrina New Orleans should be reported not just “through the lens of white perspective” but more so through the plight of those who suffer.

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