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Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Is Al Sharpton a racist


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Sharpton IS a racist though... and the guy in Florida was a Mexican, not a white guy so a fail on the analogy.

Not to derail the thread, but George Zimmerman is a multiracial Hispanic (white on father's side, Peruvian on the mother's side). He is not Mexican.
 
Not to derail the thread, but George Zimmerman is a multiracial Hispanic (white on father's side, Peruvian on the mother's side). He is not Mexican.

Why don't you tell us something we don't know?
 
Correct. He isn't actually dumb it was more a description of the way that he acts and runs his campaign. I can't remember much and will watch it later but I do remember Louis being pretty uncomfortable in certain situations. He makes a great rap and challenges people on a radio station too... classic. He also runs around with a drug king pin for a certain area for a day. Really interesting.

But he is laughing all the way to the bank on the backs of the black race............
 
Redress I say to myself you can never out do yourselve but you always do...........To defend Sharpton after the Brawley and jewish remarks is really outrageous.......One question for you............can any radical lefty do any wrong?

Nice deflection there, Navy.
 
That does not make him a racist. It makes him and you doing the exact same thing, playing the race card.

The only people that play the race card in DP is you and the rest of the Liberals pushing for Gay marriage and comparing it to black injustice.......you do it everytime you run out of excuses...................When and how have I played the ****ing race card? I will be waiting for you answer.....You and Sharpton make a great pair!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
But he is laughing all the way to the bank on the backs of the black race............



Yes I agree it's all about money with Sharpton, Jessie Jackson and the like ... anybody with a bit of brain cells can see that!
 
Redress I say to myself you can never out do yourselve but you always do...........To defend Sharpton after the Brawley and jewish remarks is really outrageous.......One question for you............can any radical lefty do any wrong?

Speaking of outdoing themselves...I am not defending Sharpton. I do not like the guy. However, one thing I do like is facts. When you are wrong, and proven wrong you do this, you try and turn it on the other person. SOmetimes it is just better to admit you where wrong.

By the way, have you found a definition yet that would fit for Sharpton to be racist?
 
I don't call anybody "a racist." I might call their ideas racist or even call them racist as an adjective. But "a racist" as an identity just seems... racist.

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I don't call anybody "a racist." I might call their ideas racist or even call them racist as an adjective. But "a racist" as an identity just seems... racist.

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Ehh, I'd say few people are overt racists, but they do exist. We usually have some wonderful examples in the race and IQ threads.
 
The only people that play the race card in DP is you and the rest of the Liberals pushing for Gay marriage and comparing it to black injustice.......you do it everytime you run out of excuses...................When and how have I played the ****ing race card? I will be waiting for you answer.....You and Sharpton make a great pair!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You mean other than trying to use Obama's middle name to insunuate he is Muslim?

How about this time:

Why didn't you add 2008 when it was 96% for Hussein Obama. Even hardcore black Republicans like Armstrong Williams voted for him because he is black DUH!!, your point is?

Or this time:

I will never understand why the Jewish population or the Black population in this country vote democrat.....The democrats could give a **** less about them.....They make promises to them that they know they can't keep..They just want their vote, Now you have the Obama administration(God knows what he is) slamming Israel our best and really only ally in the ME. If the dems every lost the black and Jewish vote they would never win another national election.......

Or this time:

Powell voted for Obama,......There both Black...you do the math..........

Hell NP< that is page one still of a search that returns 146 posts, and I could easily come up with different parameters.
 
go Australia goooooooooooooooooo' oops am I going to be warned again in this nice Forum?

racist??????? omg???? me?????? OMGGGGGGGGGGG
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Sharpton and those like him are only racist in a vacuum. With no legitimate oppression of blacks and other minorities going on, then he is just making trouble. However, were anyone to suggest that no such oppression is going on, that person would be lying or just plain stupid.

I'm not sure what definition of racism we're using here, but I'm going to explain mine. Racism is the oppression of people based on race. Not the dislike. Not the hatred. It's the act of oppression. By the definition, Sharpton cannot be racist, as he isn't capable of oppressing anyone. Which color skin you are born with is still a fairly strong indicator of your opportunities in life. We all know that this paradigm is not inherent to nature. It is a construct that we (mostly the white "we") have created. Until it is no more, then someone like Sharpton must continue to show us that it is there and that it needs addressing.

The idea that talking about race makes one a racist is a fabrication designed by those who like it that white people have all kinds of advantages over other races to keep the discussion about race quiet. Are gays bigots against straight people for clamoring about the rights that they are denied? Of course not. Just as blacks are not bigots for clamoring about the opportunities that they are denied. The myth is that speaking legitimate grievances is the same thing as bigotry, and that is a very clever tactic, specifically working to keep blacks and other minorities oppressed.
As opposed to being just plain naive? Seriously, while your post was very articulate, it was just a bunch of warmed over "blacks can't be racist" crap. Sorry, but no, ANYBODY can be racist, and it is measured in their actions and motivation to people of other races. Sharpton not only fits the bill, he is the proverbial poster child.
 
Maybe. It depends on whether he truly believes the things he says or not. If so, then yes, I'd call him a racist.
Why would somebody... anybody... get a pass if they said something but didn't believe it?

Really, to me, if anything, that's actually worse than believing it.
 
Personally, I would agree with you, but many people do think so. It's a vigorously debated issue.

Well whether or not Jews are a race, racism and anti-Semitism are all forms of irrational bigotry and should be called out and stamped out no matter what we choose to call it.
 
But he is laughing all the way to the bank on the backs of the black race............

Navy, are you ashamed of investing in gold even though most of the world's gold and diamonds are mined by underpaid, overworked black workers in Africa? No? I didn't think so.
 
Navy, are you ashamed of investing in gold even though most of the world's gold and diamonds are mined by underpaid, overworked black workers in Africa? No? I didn't think so.
Maybe they shouldn't have turned down that secure and high-paying civil service job. :roll:
 
go Australia goooooooooooooooooo' oops am I going to be warned again in this nice Forum?

racist??????? omg???? me?????? OMGGGGGGGGGGG
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Why am I warned by the mods because I posted this? why?
 
Since you are somebody's pet and protected, don't bother citing my posts as I'm not allowed to respond. Talk to yourself.
I don't even know what that means.
 
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