Yes, this a controversial post that I hope one day inspires many comments.
Never in my life have I so thoroughly hated a person's viewpoint. I can't say that I hate him b/c I've never met him, but I hate everything that he stands for. Let's take the most recent event that has provoked him to think that he needs to be in the spotlight...the Tiger Woods comment that the Golf Channel news anchor made about "lynch him in a back alley." Taken out of context, that's a bad thing. Seeing it actually unfold and seeing how she and another anchor were joking about how the upcoming crop of golfers could take the top spot from Tiger, any human being with half a brain would know that it was a joke and bad choice of words or not, but it was all in jest. But then again, it is Al Sharpton that we are talking about.
Let me take you back a little bit and explain that I was brought up in a racist household. I went to an all white school and was taught throughout my life that black people = bad people. It was until I started working at McDonald's at the age of 16 and going to LSU at the age of 18 that I was finally able to form my own opinions of people. I used to use the "N" word, and I must be honest and in bouts of anger it slips out occasionally. But let me also say that the "N" word, to me, does not identify a specific color of people, but rather a lifestyle choice. When I was younger I knew without a doubt that I could never have any black friends or invite black kids to my house b/c that was a sure way to get disowned. Fast forward to now, and I LAUGH at how I was brought up and could not even imagine teaching those things to MY kids. Some of my oldest son's best friends are black, or a mix of races, and I don't see them or their parents as anything but friends. Now, if he ever brought a black kid home that was a drug dealer we would have problems. Alternatively, the same thing would happen if it was a white kid, or a Hispanic kid.
ANYWAY, I think Al Sharpton is a jerk. Tiger Woods had no problems with the anchor that said this and knew that it was only in jest. Sharpton immediately took offense with the word "lynch". Let me tell you what dictionary.com says about "lynch":
lynch
verb
kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"
Now. Where in that definition does one determine that the word "lynch" is a strictly racial term that inspires the white man to do great harm to the black man? (That's not a rhetorical question...someone needs to answer me!) Furthermore, does Sharpton really need to make the rounds on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews and everywhere else to call for this lady's firing from the network. No. But he has, and here I am blogging about him, so maybe he has served his purpose.
And, for the record, I think that Al Sharpton is one of the BIGGEST racist people I have ever known. Let that marinate on your brain and stew awhile.....
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3 comments:
Nothing to say about Al (well, he creeps me out, but is not worthy of my thoughts), except that I once had a nightmare that I had sex with Jesse Jackson. UGH!!! And you just reminded me of that. Thanks. ;)
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Hmmm, while I find Sharpton to be reprehensible at best, the comment was still in bad taste. And a textbook definition of the word lynch does not remove the common connection that people, particularly in the south, assign to the word. This country has a long history of racial problems that is truly sad in its scope. I believe that things have improved over the past several decades and will continue to do so as children are raised in a society with more minority positive role models in mainstream media, in spite of grandstanding morons like Sharpton and his ilk. It is sad that these things take so long to right themselves, but at least minorities in the U.S. aren't suffering from efforts at genocide like some of the more unfortunate countries in the world.
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