It amazes me how far right reactionaries like MM need to confront anyone who challenges the purity of their cause, some how that he is not a racist because he only attacks black leaders who mobilize poor blacks to fight the status quo and profit from it, too.
You need to be held accountable on this Board for what you are and what you want to do in race relations.
Tell us your goals, please.
Fair enough. I am a registered Independent and have voted for DEM, GOP and IND Presidents. I personally believe there is far too much focus on "Race Relations" and not near enough focus on the horrific conditions in the Inner cities largely populated by poor Blacks. I truly believe that all Black lives matter, not just the ones killed by police.That is my biggest criticism of Sharpton. Rather than use his position on improving conditions in these communities, he focuses on the symptoms of the dysfunctional community i.e. confrontations with Police. When you're kid is at that point, I'm sorry but you've already lost him! He's dancing on the edge of the cliff, and we all go nuts when the dance goes wrong in a split second. I'm saying focus on root cause, try to keep the families together, motivate businesses through tax breaks etc to teach their trades to these kids.
If you bothered to take 2 seconds of your time, you would have found out that Al Sharpton does work on curbing violence in high crime rate neighborhoods.
Al Sharpton has started a new movement to combat inner city violence. For the last four weeks, the MSNBC Politics Nation host has been overseeing a movement that monitors different corners in the city between the hours of 11pm and 1am.
Sharpton’s intention is to involve members of the community in his Occupy the Corners, or OTC movement so that violence will start to decrease in their communities. With New York as a starting point, Sharpton plans to grow the movement and hopes that it will spread across the country. Philadelphia and Chicago are specific cities of interest for Sharpton to grow the movement, especially in light of the recent tragedy in Chicago where 19 people were shot in a span of 30 minutes, one day in August.
Al Sharpton Starts 8216 Occupy the Corner 8217 to Combat Inner City Violence Black Like Moi
Starting this Friday on Aug. 17, the Rev.
Al Sharptonand the
National Action Network (NAN) will begin its “
Occupy the Corners” initiative in New York City to help curb the rising tide of gun violence in the African American community.
Al Sharpton Occupy the corners News One