# How the hell did Al Sharpton becomne the spokesman for the Negro in the US, usurping Jesse Jackson **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 5, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831 "2018-09-05T20:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831/81 "2018-09-08T16:40:33Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > 😕 “Anti-Semitic”? Are you maybe mixing up Sharpton with Louis Farrakhan? Other than his confrontation with local Hasidic communities after the 1991 Crown Heights riot, which was sparked by a Jewish driver accidentally hitting two black children and then being driven away in a private ambulance while one of the child victims lay pinned beneath his car, I don’t know of any specific associations of Sharpton with anti-Semitism. The Freddies Fashion Mart protest/firebombing. Sharpton didn’t use anti-Semitic language there (He just stuck with calling the owners of Freddies, ‘white interlopers’), but a lot of fellow protest leaders did, and that sort of language helped lead to the massacre. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831/82 "2018-09-08T16:59:18Z")
> [@Shut\_Up\_Lutz](#): > > What exactly is “zany” or “whacky” about wanting to know the possible/probable sexual history of a historical figure? Or are you one of those creepy weirdos whose Mommy put clothespins on your dong when she caught you fapping when you were a little kid? And all through to today you think sex or any discussion of sex is creepy and gross. > > Or is it because you don’t think people who are handicapped should be allowed to have sex? How bigoted of you. Go sit on a cactus and spin. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831/83 "2018-09-08T17:12:07Z")
It’s “chicks” and “negroes” all the way down with this guy. Plonk. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831/84 "2018-09-08T17:16:14Z")
How come when this board attracts racists it’s always the really smart ones? ---
**Author:** ![Shut\_Up\_Lutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Shut\_Up\_Lutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shut_Up_Lutz)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831/85 "2018-09-08T17:34:04Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Go sit on a cactus and spin. And there it is.:D:D:D:D The truth comes out and it couldn’t possibly be more obvious how completely and utterly true that post about you was. Man, it’s gonna be fun following you around knowing which button to push to send you into a frothing rage. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831/86 "2018-09-08T17:37:37Z")
Yeah, that’s the ticket. Keep everyone informed about how that works out for you. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831/87 "2018-09-08T17:53:26Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > How come when this board attracts racists it’s always the really smart ones? You were saying? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831/88 "2018-09-08T19:49:00Z")
Since the OP has left the building, let’s put this thread out of our misery. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-al-sharpton-becomne-the-spokesman-for-the-negro-in-the-us-usurping-jesse-jackson/820831.md?page=4)