For African Americans a question?

Question

How do you really feel about Sharpton and Jessye Jackson? I have two different view on them. Anyone else?

I am hoping Afro-Americans are answering the question because I was directing it to them, no offense. I don't mind people answering the question, but I want to hear what people think within the African American community. It is a different perspective.

Also I am looking for intelectual responses. Not comments based on what you have learned from the recent media (kity wity). I know all black people don't feel the same way, and I want to know what they feel. Other races connot properly answer the question.

Thank you to all who have answered the question with dignity and without insulting others. Great responses by many of you.

Answer 1

Sometimes I think the things that they get on are blown out of proportion, but that is the media's fault because they flock to them and make the situations bigger than what they are. People don't pay attention to them until the media blows whatever the situation is up. Case in point --- people on here are saying that they need to get on rappers, they have and still do that goes to show that people are only paying attention to the media's circus show

Answer 2

Im tired of Sharpton and Jackson!! All they're doing is spewing ignorance. Im trying to figure out why so many black people listen to the rubbish! Another thing i dont like is there hypocrisy. They feel like they can say anything about any other race and get away with it. But when someone says something about black people its World War III not that i condone any race bashing the other. However if they TRULY want to put an end to racism then they need to stop acting the way they do. I also wish they would stop blaming everything on white people. Because not everything that happens to black people is "the white mans" fault!

Yes im black and i feel this way. Oh well...lol

Answer 3

Well I don't feel one way or the other about either, however, I like the point that Al Sharpton made and the National Black Convention this year about Segragation and Desegration.

He said that white people think that desegrating this nation was about blacks wanting to be around whites and it wasn't, it was about blacks having to pay the same amount for everything (income tax, property tax, food, clothing, etc.) and getting the same treatment and service. I thought that was so true and so profound.

Answer 4

My black husband agrees with Young_Republican (although he's not a young republican. lol)

Something that someone said....

"He said that white people think that desegrating this nation was about blacks wanting to be around whites and it wasn't, it was about blacks having to pay the same amount for everything (income tax, property tax, food, clothing, etc.) and getting the same treatment and service. I thought that was so true and so profound."

I have a problem with this statement. Because, again, entire groups of people are being generalized. How does he know what white people think? He might know what SOME white people think, which certainly doesn't make him an authority on what white people think. He doesn't know what black people think either for that matter. Again, SOME but not all. Whenever someone asks my husband why black people say/do/think this or that, he always responds by saying, "Not all black people say/do/think the same things any more than any other group of people says/does/thinks the same things. But yes, just like other people, a lot of black people share common interests, beliefs, and opinions. But I can't speak for those with whom I share common interests, beliefs, and opinions either, because I don't know how they feel." And then he goes on to give the following example, "I enjoy art as do many other black men. But I can only speak for myself, as I only know why *I* enjoy art. I am only aware of my own feelings, my own motivations, my own desires."

Likewise, my husband supports uniting as HUMANS rather than as seperate races, cultures, religions, etc.... He owns his own landscaping business and, often times, receives calls from other blacks who want him to give them an estimate on work that they want done. Occasionally, a black person will tell him, "I've gotten other estimates, but I'm going to choose you because I believe we should stick together and help other black people." And my husband always responds by telling him/her that he doesn't want the job because of the color of his skin and that we should all stick together. And yes, he DOES turn down the job when this happens. He believes as I do, that we ALL have to stand together in order to improve life and promote equality and tolerance. And I love him so much for it.

Answer 5

Ok I'm not an African American. I'm a Black American but that's not neither here or there. My answer is that I like both men. We don't have a lot a Black role models to help Black people when there is a news media public crisis! I feel that we as Black people need someone to have our backs when we as Black people have been wronged against. I don't see anyone else stepping up to the podium wanting to voice an opinion for my race! Now I also am in love with Minister Farrakhan! I don't let people tell me who I should like or love because I'm a leader and not a follower. And that's my answer to your question!

You...... kayer_fi…above me.........if you're so dissatisfied as a Black female about Sharpton and Jackson, why don't you nominate someone and then see if they can put in the years that those 2 men have. You better just hope you never need one of them!

Answer 6

When Jesus was on the earth and the political leaders of his day tried to make him king, he refused. Jesus made it clear that he was “no part of this world” – John 17:16. Religion has no place in politics, therefore neither Alfred Sharpton nor Jesse Jackson have their priorities in order.

Answer 7

I really don't know what to think of Jackson and Sharpton. Many people call them racists, but you must understand that they both grew up in times when blacks were discriminated against. They had to drink out of colored water fountains and couldn't go to certain restaurants because they were black. I really don't care to much for Jackson or Sharpton. Sometimes I think that they can be pretty extreme with what they say, but don't forget they have lived through discriminating times, so they will be very sensitive to whatever negative comments are made toward African Americans.

Answer 8

Well, I think that they are radicals, and not civil rights leaders. They lean more toward the racist end than the happy medium in which everyone should get along. One thing that bothers me is thier lack of forgiveness. This is something that every good civil rights leader has, the ability to forgive the ones that hurt them. They do not possess that neccessary quality.

Answer 9

Many people think they are racist. I personally don't think they are racist but are trying to do what Martin Luther King Jr did. I don't think they are doing exactly what Martin Luther King Jr did though. I have two different views on what they do too. I do not agree all the time of what they say or do. I just wish that this world was different.

Answer 10

I think that they both grew up in times where racism was more blatant and that it is with that mindset that they're trying to fight racism in America today. What they don't realize however is that today's generation can't directly relate to the things of the past because we have no real guidance at home anymore. And white people can't relate at all because they don't see the "Colored's Only" signs hanging on restaurants and such.