I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
AL SHARPTONWhen you’re dealing with boycotts, you don’t need everyone. You just need enough to be effective.
More Al Sharpton Quotes
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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.
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I understand deficit spending. I was born in deficit spending.
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And I think we`ve got to hold his feet to the fire to all those issues as well as all the issues that you addressed.
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But we believed if we kept on working, if we kept on marching,
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Though racism may be less blatant now in many cases, its existence is undeniable.
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This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
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You hear anything? Oh, let’s run! It’s Virginia today!”…
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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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How do you make things fair?
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Dr. King’s general principles are universal. But the things he confronted took place in another era.
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It seems some have chosen to ignore or have simply forgotten the big-picture vision promoted by Dr. King and his kin.
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was … we taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.
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It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has.
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The United States government has the obligation to educate all young people in this country.
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