Errmm,I think it was because Betty was dark-skinned.







*Jett ducks for cover*



blktrainers

She was Muslim and her funeral reflected that.

I don't think that it was because she was Muslim. I honestly think that a lot of people outside the NYC area did not want to risk the votes they may have lost. I mean Pataki and Guiliani (sp???? for both) they went and they are about as Muslim as Dennis Rodman. I just don't think that a lot of other notable people attended because it was not broadcast or made known like Coretta's death and it definitely was not the IN thing to do.

CSK's funeral was a chance for people to make a political statement in front of the world instead of honoring the woman who had passed.

What amazed me really is that Betty, Coretta, and Medger Evers wife were all real close from having to deal with the loss of an African American leader that was their husband struck down in his prime. They really became sisters because no one else understood what they were going through and being that they were in the same boat knew each other would not reveal things confided in the other. Something that a lot of people did not seem to notice as they a tragic link among them.

It just makes you feel so sad for these ladies. I mean we lost leaders but think of the loss they must have felt and carried with them for all this time......