A Bitter Pill

*Louis Farrakhan agrees with the incendiary statement from Mexican President Vicente Fox – that Mexican immigrants take jobs "that not even blacks want.” The Nation of Islam leader said Sunday that blacks aren’t trying to go to farms and pick fruit because they already “picked enough cotton.”

"Why are you so foolishly sensitive when somebody is telling you the truth?" he asked the congregation at Milwaukee’s Mercy Memorial Baptist Church.


While Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights proponents called on Fox to apologize for the remark, the Mexican president said he was commenting on the contributions that Mexicans make to the United States and did not mean any offense.


In Milwaukee to promote the Millions More Movement, Farrakhan suggested that blacks and Latinos form an alliance to address racial tension between the two communities.


The Millions More Movement, which has scheduled a rally for Oct. 15 on the National Mall, is billed as a more inclusive successor to the Million Man March – with women and gays encouraged to attend.