>Having Martin Luther King speaking at the <BR>>White House would definitely have been <BR>>a statement AND a very political <BR>>one too. <P>Instead of being invited to the White House, Martin Luther King got his phone tapped, relatives and friends intimidated and himself killed, especially since he no longer defended unconditional non-violence against a totalitarian regime.<P>>>Are we mad at Jesse Owens for <BR>>>running in the 1936 olympics and <BR>>>grinning at hitler when he won <BR>>>his gold medal???? <P>Jesse Owens wasn't 'invited', reality was that Hitler had no real choice but to tolerate him. <BR>Clinton's racism may be more subtle than Hitler's, but that doesn't make him less racist (just a little more up-to-date). <BR>In fact it's very racist to invite respected black musicians to depict a certain image of what Clinton so-called stands for. He's just using the respect and integrity all these great artists have to his own benefit, <BR>just like Nike and Sprite did/do when they endorse (d) Jordan, Pippen, Tribe, Large Pro, Grand Puba, ...<P>take care,<BR>krewcial