Sharpton's Death Threats

Reading all the comments here and in the Al Roker Blog,(and many others) I firmly believe the racial chasm in this country is wider than ever.
It will take more than the fifty years since the civil rights movement to change anyone's thinking.
Perhaps we should just let Pres. Bush start his countdown clock and just begin anew.
For everyone's sake. Happy anniversary Jackie Robinson.

Of all things to receive death threats over, Don Imus? Are you fucking kidding me?

Yeah, he's a prick, but I wouldn't want to see the guy dead.

Regardless of the Imus mess... Sharpton is 100% pure slime who jumps on issues purely to satisfy his own self interests. I'm not saying I would like to see anything bad happen to him... but, I would not be terribly sad if something did.

Violence directed at anyone is obviously wrong... but I'm pretty sure the world keeps things in balance to some degree, and what goes around, comes around... etc. One day, if not already, Sharpton is going to piss off the wrong person.

Bush Boy lovers still posting I see.

Hey guy's don't worry, we the people of color, will lead you...no drag you into civilization by the scruff's of your neck.

GO REV AL!!!!

Last I checked, Rev. Al Sharpton never dragged a human being from the back of a pick-up truck, nor did he commit any murder. or, even assault on anyone.
it's true, what goes around, comes around. If only a segment of the population really believe in that.

Look, I'm not a fan of Al Sharpton, but, man, nothing like a black man with influence saying unpopular things to draw all the closeted resentment, fear, misunderstanding, dare I say "racism", out into the light. Good job Shanikwa (racism AND misogyny, good one!), drew, Rabble Rouser or Media Whore?. All of you prove why Sharpton even exists. Its people like you.

Sharpton IS an opportunist, no doubt. What I'm most troubled about by him is his tendency to "speak for the black community" when of course, one man cannot represent the views of an entire group of people. But the venom which is spewed towards him by all of you emboldened by the anonymity of blogging is really disgusting yet enlightening. It just goes to show, Big Al Sharpton does have ONE thing right: there is still a lot of racism in the world, most of it is held in private, and it takes public idiots like Imus and Michael Richards bring all of this seething resentment through the placid surface of political correctness and conformity. We have troubles people, big troubles. So nobody tell me racism is dead.

two words: tawana brawley.

What the hell happened in the latter half of the twentieth century? Blacks and Whites could read the writings of of Frederick Douglas, Booker T. Washington, W.B. duBois, Martin Luther King. We could all listen to the music of Duke Ellington and, frankly, so many black musicians that it would be futile to try to make a list.

Now we have a slime ball like Sharpton pretending to speak for Black America and rappers pretending to sing (is that the right word?) to it. Frustration and outrage is what they peddle. It's just sad.

For the first three quarters of the last century Blacks made truly immense contributions to the cultural life of this country and I believe that that's no longer the case. We are all the poorer for it.

Hip Hop, rap music what ever you want to call it, IS an immense contribution to the cultural life of this country, maybe not for you, but it is. Just b/c you don't like something doesn't mean it hasn't contributed something to the collective culture of the country or the world. And not all hip hop is about shooting off guns and screwing women.

When you can go to clubs from Warsaw to Dakar to Los Angeles to Buenos Aires to Paris to Iowa City and see people decked out in their b-boy gear and dancing to rap music, its hard to make an argument that the artform didn't contribute anything to US or global culture.

I'm glad you're going to remember that, TOM.
Remember what happened at the Sean Bell shooting, they too, went to strip club.
So, I guess you're in good Company, The Duke students and the Sean Bell party.
which is it? Can't have both parties being choir boys. Or, can we????
ta ta.

I don't like Al Sharpton. I don't think he speaks for all black people. I think he takes things too far and resorts to dirty tricks. Nevertheless, I think he provides a valuable service.

The reason why the Al Sharptons of the world exist is to provide a voice to a sub-population of disenfranchised people. He's merely a lightening rod.

Why do we need him? Look at history - ever hear of the Watts riots? In the 60s, every medium to large city had significant riots by black people who were angry that they weren't being heard. A few big mouths step up focus the anger of the mob and get them to protest peacefullly instead of tearing a city apart, setting files, and looting.

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and their predecessors are tools of the government and have been since we were all in diapers. But Al is better than a riot any day.

No number 26, I was contradicting what Tom wrote.
How can one group justify their strippers and not the other.
I remember all those posts written on Gothamist stating they (S. Bell) shouldn't of been at a strip club anyway.
Yes, Karma is a bitch, 1 in 166 is a bitch.