[VAcourier] Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. Challenges Jay Leno Remarks

[Virginia Division SCV Communication List]

  Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. Challenges Jay Leno Remarks

http://newsblaze.com/story/2007041712330100001.sp/newsblaze/OPINIONS/Opinions.html
see the video of the insult at:   
http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno/video/#mea=90776

ELM SPRINGS, Tenn. - Apr. 17 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Sons of 
Confederate Veterans, one of the oldest veterans organizations in the 
United States, have publicly challenged NBC's "Tonight Show" host Jay 
Leno over comments he recently made on the program.

In his monologue to open the April 10, 2007 'Tonight Show," Leno stated 
in reference to Don Imus, the talk radio host recently fired because of 
racist comments made on his program: "They say [Imus] is still working 
on raising funds for his favorite charity, the sons of the Confederacy 
(sic)."

"Sadly, this is a predictable statement made by someone who obviously 
doesn't know better," Sons of Confederate Veteran's Commander in Chief 
Christopher Sullivan said in reaction to Leno's comment. "Even though he 
is in front of millions of Americans every night, Jay Leno is a product 
of the same media system that has systematically attempted to equate the 
Confederate soldier with racism."

"I challenge Mr. Leno to provide any kind of substantive evidence to 
support his assertion that the Sons of Confederate Veterans supports 
racist causes or motivations, as he has inferred with the joke made on 
his program," Sullivan added.

"Unfortunately, racism is a part of any culture, and America is not 
immune to it in any region, be it north, south, east, or west," Sullivan 
said. "While it is regrettable that Mr. Imus made his racially charged 
and derogatory comments about the Rutgers ladies basketball team, it is 
equally offensive that Mr. Leno would attack Southerners the way he did. 
Mr. Leno ought to apologize for his offensive remarks."

"The SCV is all about protecting the honor of the Confederate soldier: 
no more, no less," Sullivan concluded. "Skin color has nothing to do 
with the task of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, as those soldiers 
were of many different races, ethnicities, and national origins. 
Obviously, Jay Leno doesn't know his American history very well, or he 
would have known that before he made such an ignorant and uninformed 
statement."

The Sons of Confederate Veterans is a fraternal, non-political, and 
non-partisan military and heritage organization founded in 1896 to 
perpetuate the honor of the fighting soldier of the Confederacy. It has 
over 30,000 members spread through the 50 states.


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