April 20, 2007
The Reverend Al Sharpton Primary
A who's who of the Democratic party has been at the Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network conference in Midtown this past week. Opening day saw hopeful John Edwards and Democratic party chair Howard Dean, yesterday included former president Bill Clinton, Senator Joe Biden, Senator Christopher Dodd, and Governor Bill Richardson, today has Senator Hillary Clinton and tomorrow Senator Barack Obama and Representative Dennis Kucinich are appearing - which is why it's called the "Sharpton primary" by many. With his profile very high after the Don Imus-Rutgers women's basketball incident, the Sun notes that Sharpton is a political force.
Former president Clintontold attendees:
"You can help on health care by fighting diabetes and making our children healthier. You can help on the economy by making sure low income people are part of a normal banking system, not part of a system that's going to keep them bankrupt and in debt for the rest of their lives. And you can help by helping to create new jobs in a clean energy economy by fixing every building in the city where you live no matter where that is. If we do that you're going to see rising incomes, fewer people unemployed and healthier children."Bubba didn't mention his wife's presidential campaign, though. The Politicker reminds us that the last time Hillary Clinton spoke at a Sharpton event, she called the 2006 GOP-run House of Representatives a "plantation."
Other attendees made a stir, too. Former mayor Ed Koch told Shaprton, "If you would have apologized for the Tawana Brawley hoax, you'd be a crossover leader." And controversial political activist Lenora Fulani said to NY1's Dominic Carter, "What you and your network do now, and have done to me as a black woman, is to relate to me as a nappy-headed ho."
Photograph of Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards with the Reverend Al Sharpton by Frank Franklin II/AP
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For those who want to know "How come, after all his vileness, does Sharpton maintain his power base?" the answer is right there. The Democrats are the ones propping up Sharpton and they should be ashamed of themselves.
Fulani will use anything to get her name out there...if Fred Newman told her it suited her to be a nappy headed ho she'd boast that she was one...
I sent the following to Rev. Al. I hope he proves he is not a hypocrite.
To: Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network a
The comedian, DL Hughley recently made the following comments on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno:
"There were some nappy headed women on the team and those are some of the ugliest women I have ever seen in my life.” DL HUGHLEY on Jay Leno.
Where is the outcry from mainstream media, the African American community, or all these people that called for Imus' head on a platter?
The Rutgers Women's Basketball team members are beautiful! When the world gave them an opportunity to rage and unleash a fury toward Imus, they didn't. That's beautiful. When they had the eyes of the world on them, the exhibited grace and dignity. That's beautiful. When they had every reason and opportunity to malign and attack Imus, they forgave him. That's beautiful. D.L. Hughley's latest venture was canceled so he tried to piggyback on a painful period in our history by attempting to get a laugh on the cheap and THAT. WAS. UGLY!
WhatAboutOurDaughters.org is dedicated to combating negative portrayals of African American Women in popular culture. Apparently after Studio 60 went belly-up, DL landed at BET, the bastion of black empowerment ( NOT!). His new show on BET is called S.O.B., a hidden camera reality show. Ask Viacom, the owner of BET, if this is the kind of message it wants to send to African American women and girls. What about our daughters? Or are you only concerned when the degradation of Black women comes from outside the community?