What would Booker T. Washington think of Sharpton?

[Originalist]

Mr. Washington would be hated by the modern left.

“There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who don’t want the patient to get well.” (Booker T Washington)

[Jermyn Davidson]

I think hate is too strong. Sharpton doesn't hate Clarence Thomas or Thomas Sowell or anyone else.

So much has happened in this country since Mr. Washington's life. His frame of referrence wouldn't include the Civil Rights Era or the many years of Jim Crow era laws and policies, the effects of which can still be seen today.

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

I think hate is too strong. Sharpton doesn't hate Clarence Thomas or Thomas Sowell or anyone else.

So much has happened in this country since Mr. Washington's life. His frame of referrence wouldn't include the Civil Rights Era or the many years of Jim Crow era laws and policies, the effects of which can still be seen today.

How can you say that? His frame of reference was SLAVERY.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Originalist

How can you say that? His frame of reference was SLAVERY.

Easy.

Slavery and Jim Crow are two separate eras in American history-- two separate evils with different effects.

Had Reconstruction been carried out properly in the South, then the 100 years of Jim Crow that followed would never have happened.

There would have been 100 years of civic and economic stability.

Tulsa wouldn't have happened.
Ocoee or Rosewood? wouldn't have happened.

[Jermyn Davidson]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Washington

[Jermyn Davidson]

Affirmative Action was not designed to address slavery. It was designed to address the much more recent and nationwide resentment and racism that stymied the educational, economic and political progress of many, many people based on their race.

The mechanisms in place today designed to help minorities were designed with the problems of 20th century America in mind.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Al Sharpton-- The Angry Black Man

http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahs-next...ny-Years-Video


He dealt with his anger-- finally.

[Originalist]

Jeremy, the context of his statement applies in every era. Black leaders like Jackson and Sharpton do not want blacks to prosper and for their wounds to heal.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Originalist

Jeremy, the context of his statement applies in every era. Black leaders like Jackson and Sharpton do not want blacks to prosper and for their wounds to heal.

Well I'll just have to disagree with you.

While I don't agree with everything Jackson and Shapton says or does, I find the notion that these two want harm for any one race of people to be silly.

[n david]

Sharpton's a maggot. He shouldn't have his own show on MSNBC or be any kind of voice for black issues. Not with the death he caused years ago, and not with what he did with the girl who blatantly lied about being raped. His name should be repulsive to anyone in the black community.

Jackson is the same. A maggot. A parasite feeding off the anger and disgruntlement of the black community.

Booker T Washington had those two in mind with that quote.