July 18, 2004

The New York Times > Magazine > Questions for Al Sharpton: How to Work It

Ho hum. Sharpton in the limelight again, doing what he does best...being in the limelight. This comment is encouraging for a man that has few redeeming qualities:

"I wonder how you feel about Bill Cosby's recent comment that too many African-Americans speak ungrammatical English and fail to rear their children properly. Does that strike you as racist?

No. I agree with him. We didn't go through the civil rights movement only to end up as thugs and hoodlums.

How would you define a thug?

Wanting to be a gangster rather than wanting to be productive. Wanting to talk in profane ways rather than having profound thoughts."

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