Live 8 Too White African Concert

Bob Geldof is coming under fire for his Live 8 concert line-up in London. This from Black Information Link:

Black activists and musicians were outraged at the choice of rock and pop musicians for the Live Aid-style extravaganza in London's Hyde Park. Sir Bob said the Live 8 free concert would showcase the "Crème de la Crème" of musical talent. But the list of acts failed to include a single Black British, African or Caribbean artist. Only one of the 22 acts, Mariah Carey, can be counted as an ethnic minority.

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Musician and author of BBC's 'Babyfather' drama Patrick Augustus said: "We are being totally excluded. "It seems like the great white man has come to rescue us while the freedom fighters never get a mention. They're just big-ing up their own people. "The organisers need to engage British, African and Jamaican artists who have been dealing with these subjects for a while. Where are the reggae artists that have been campaigning for truth and justice over all these years?"

An all white line up for an African benefit. Yeah that's a great idea. And to make matters worse:

The Make Poverty History campaign suffered a blow yesterday when it was revealed that the white wristbands were being manufactured 'unethically' with forced labour and poverty-wages in China.