I think you don’t support people based on one or two cases of situations.
AL SHARPTONIt is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give 40 acres and a mule. That’s where the argument, to this day, of reparations starts.
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As I often say, we have come a long way from the days of slavery, but in 2014, discrimination and inequality still saturate our society in modern ways.
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Senator [Jeff] Sessions says people, cities sign these decrees because they don`t want to be sued by the justice department, as if he is, in some ways, questioning whether the things that are in these decrees are necessary and warranted.
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People in the age of [President] Obama don’t dress like they did in the age of [Lyndon] Johnson. That’s for sure.
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What’s wrong with denouncing white interlopers?
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There are white n*ggers. I’ve seen a lot of white n*ggers in my time.
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Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story told nationally on BET talk shows.
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And that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.
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We blacks had problems in the ’60s and we solved them by marching. We’ve still got problems – let’s march.
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Who defines terrorists? Today’s terrorist is tomorrow’s friend.
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But resist we much. We must and we will much about that be committed.
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I think drugs affect poor people and people of color more than anyone.
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I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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I`m very cautious about what appears to be things put in place that will begin to roll back some of the progress that I believe we`ve made.
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White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires.
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I disagree with Muhammad. I’m against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.
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