| Donald W.R. Allen, II - Editor in Chief of the | | | | The injustices, such as years of empty promises |
| Independent Business News Network | | | | without the delivery of jobs and opportunity, |
| Good Afternoon, my name is Don Allen. I am the | | | | suffered by the people of Minnesota call for a |
| editor in chief of the Independent Business News | | | | different approach and new ideas. This means |
| Network. | | | | that we as a Conservative Movement cannot |
| I would like to thank Toni Backdahl and the Tea | | | | waste any more time attacking the beliefs of a |
| Party Patriots for this opportunity to speak to | | | | group, individual or organization, without brining |
| you today. | | | | anything to the table. |
| Malcolm X said, "I believe in human beings, and | | | | We need this movement that will speak to the |
| that all human beings should be respected as such, | | | | needs of all the people of Minneapolis/ St Paul. |
| regardless of their color." | | | | This includes whites, blacks, Asians, Native |
| The Tea Party Movement has reached out to | | | | Americans, Somalis, and immigrants, documented |
| me, and people that look like me. | | | | and undocumented. There is no place for racism |
| Yes, I've heard the mainstream media reports | | | | and intolerance in the Tea Party movement. I |
| that the Tea Party Movement is racist and did | | | | think that we are bigger than this. We are |
| not believe what I believed in. But I think that | | | | better than this. Our cause is nobler than this. |
| there is the potential for this movement to bring | | | | And it is time for us to move beyond objections |
| about a true revolution in this country. | | | | and attacks, anger and rage, to deliver |
| I also witnessed first hand on last Saturday the | | | | constructive solutions that will make this nation |
| mainstream media's attempt dismiss a positive | | | | the great nation that we know it can be. |
| Tea Party forum when WCCO channel 4 | | | | I come before you today to ask the Republican |
| television sent out a camera and reporter to a | | | | Party and Conservatives to set aside your sense |
| Tea Party rally in north Minneapolis at a Black | | | | of White Privilege. I ask that you actually make an |
| owned business and refused to air the report on | | | | effort to reach out to those in the community |
| their 6 p.m. news cast, sighting excuses of not | | | | with a promise of an open mind with actions to |
| enough time in the news cast. The fact of the | | | | follow. |
| matter was, this rally was in the heart of a Black | | | | I have to keep my plan local. In 2008 I personally |
| neighborhood; it was successful and we talked | | | | watched a process where GOP endorsed |
| about issues that concerned all people from all | | | | candidates receive less than favorable treatment, |
| walks of life. WCCO would never let this | | | | in an effort to support those who had a "more |
| information be aired on their network. The proof | | | | popular" base. |
| – they haven't aired it yet…I guess it's okay | | | | Minnesota's 4th and 5th Congressional District |
| for WCCO Channel 4 to stay inside the box. | | | | deserves conservative leadership able to answer |
| I always find it funny when people who fear a | | | | the needs of the many, without celebration status |
| new idea and make fun of that idea are lacking | | | | of a Hollywood rock star or tabloid starlet. |
| factual information to make an informed choice | | | | I come before you today on behalf of the many |
| for their families, friends and co-workers. If you | | | | Conservatives who look like me; who want |
| each, respectfully, look back in the past to local | | | | change in the political process; that want a |
| political races, the questions that are being asked | | | | different kind of response from elected official |
| today are the same questions that were asked in | | | | that govern our poor and jobless communities. |
| 2004, 2006, 2008. When will an answer come | | | | I ask that you actually make an effort to reach |
| forth? | | | | out to those in the community with a promise of |
| But yes, there are troubling circumstances. Some | | | | an open mind and actions to follow. |
| in the Tea Party Movement have taken Christian | | | | It is not okay to ignore Blacks, Hispanics, Asians |
| fundamentalists' language of ‘moral' panic and | | | | and Somali voters. |
| used it as a platform for a white nationalist | | | | In closing, using the words of the late Reverend |
| uprising." We, as a movement can no let this | | | | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Almost always, the |
| happen. The Message is not White or Black, it's all. | | | | creative dedicated minority has made the world |
| The Minister Louis Farrakhan said, "Anarchy may | | | | better." |
| await America, due to the daily injustices suffered | | | | Thank you. |
| by the people." | | | | |