The Real Black Leaders

The new generation of black leaders is still seething over Jesse Jackson's comments about Barack talking down to blacks. Says the rapper Nas:

"I think Jesse Jackson, he's the biggest player hater. His time is up. All you old n****s, time is up. We heard your voice, we saw your marching, we heard your sermons. We don't wanna hear that s**t no more," the rapper said in reaction to the comments:

Politically astute observations from a guy in the music business, wouldn't you agree?

"It's a new day. It's a new voice. I'm here now. We don't need Jesse; I'm here. I got this. We got Barack, we got David Banners and Young Jeezys," the Queensbridge MC said. "We're the voice now. It's no more Jesse. Sorry. Goodbye. You ain't helping nobody in the 'hood. That's the bottom line. Goodbye, Jesse. Bye!"

Film director Spike Lee was asked if he agrees with Jesse Jackson.

"No," he replied, unequivocally. "Here's the thing: I don't know why people are questioning whether Barack Obama is black enough. For me, that's an ignorant statement."

"There are middle-class, educated black people who speak the way he does. ... We have to try to move away from this so-called image of what black is, which is largely influenced by rap and that type of stuff," Lee said.

See - there are black leaders who get it.