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Larry Elder Signs New Book at UCLA: Showdown By Alex Alonso for Streetgangs Magazine May 3, 2003   New Book by Larry Elder Last week, syndicated radio talk show host Larry Elder was signing his recent book, Show Down: Confronting the Bias, Lies and Special Interests that Divide America at the Festival of Books on the UCLA campus. He was at the booth of his flagship radio station, 790 KABC Los Angeles, and was scheduled to begin signing his book at 3pm when I caught up with him. Shortly before 3pm, a line with approximately 50 people already had assembled and was patiently waiting to get their books signed. Mr. Elder hosts a 4-hour syndicated radio talk show and had a short visual presence on television with his show, Moral Court, which is still aired in a few markets in the US. He has also authored two books that some consider controversial, so seeing a line of people waiting to meet Elder was not surprising, but what I was surprised about was the lack lust showing at funny man Tom Arnold's booth where he was signing his recent book, How I Lost Six Pounds in Five Years, on the same day. There was no line. Elder's first book The Ten Things You Can't Say in America, was on the New York Times Best selling list. In it he attacks the current Black leadership such as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, Johnnie Cochran, Louis Farrakhan and Earl Ofari Hutchinson. His main criticism is that Black leaders are slow to call for a cultural change in the community that would reduce the number of pregnant teens and out of wed-lock child births and make Black men more responsible fathers and spouses. He also has a chapter entitled, Blacks Are More Racist than Whites.   Larry Elder interviewed by Alex Alonso while book buyers patiently wait in line to get their books signed in background In a brief conversation with Mr. Elder he told streetgangs.com that his recent publication is a two-part book that first discusses the events of September 11 and why it happened. His main premise is that the government's role in governing has grown far beyond the intentions of the founding fathers, and because of this overarching role, government has spread itself too thin to adequately and effectively do other mandated roles such as national defense. Elder states that the government's role with education, health care, and transportation on the federal level, has diminished its ability to protect people and property and to prevent events such as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and the 2001 World Trade Center destruction. Advanced Poll What is your view of radio talk show host Larry Elder? An "Uncle Tom" [1412 votes] A great conservative [325 votes] An Entertainer [230 votes] A race baiter [572 votes] None of the above [600 votes] View results   Take the Larry Elder Poll The second part of his book begs the question, why don't more people think this way? Here Elder focuses on what he calls a "trio of victocracy;" 1) Mainstream media, 2) Hollywood elites, and 3) Academia, which in his view are predominately left of center politically and ideologically. Elder believes public school K-12, colleges and universities, the powerful Hollywood elite, and the media have and continues to indoctrinate the populous with leftist views from primarily leftists teachers, professors and television / movie personalities. He has openly used his radio show to criticize, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Moore, Alec Baldwin, Madonna and other well-known celebrities for their leftist views and their condemnation of the current administration.   Festival of Books at UCLA He also takes issue with those that consider the United States Constitution as a "living-breeding document" rather than a "contract" that limits government's role to a set a specific provisions. He also challenges the thinking of Hollywood elites, that government's job is to provide assistance for the people, pay for education, provide housing, or guarantee healthcare for every American. The US Federal Government is spending 2 trillion from their GDP and according to Elder that is 80 percent over involved. If Elder could overhaul the federal government, he would shut down the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Department of Education, Department of Labor, and the Environmental Protection Agency (this should be done by the state). Limited government's responsibilities should be funded by duties and tariffs to finance, police, fire, justice system and other activities that the founding fathers intended according to Elder. Courtney Rosenbladt's review of Showdown of the Irvine Review What Do You think of Larry Elder? , Post your views on the message board. News Topics | Home | Research | History | Blood Gangs | Crip Gangs | People| Life in a Gang | Gallery | Memorial | Migration | Graffiti | Resume| Injunctions Homicides | Maps | Contact

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