Sharpton to Obama: “Just because you’re our color doesn’t make you our kind”
posted at 1:00 pm on February 13, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Exit Entrance question: Seriously, how much is Obama paying him to say this crap? It’s like a Sister Souljah moment in reverse.
Herald the dawn of the age of meritocratic identity politics:
“I think the identity politics should not be based on race,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton, a 2004 presidential candidate.
“It should be based on agenda and policy — who stands for our best interests. We cannot put our people’s aspirations on hold for anybody’s career, black or white.”…
Without naming Obama, Sharpton added that “just because you’re our color doesn’t make you our kind.” He pointed to President Bush’s secretaries of state, Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell, as examples of African-Americans who he said haven’t necessarily worked in the interest of the African-American community.
Here’s SNL from this weekend having fun with Sharpton’s race-baiting while engaging in a bit of social criticism. If you’ve never seen Darrell Hammond as Jesse Jackson, watch it just for that. Thanks to the Princess for the heads up.
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OK, I don’t get it. Is Sharpton implying that Obama’s an Uncle Tom or something?
flipflop on February 13, 2007 at 1:10 PM
liberals calling other liberals oreos, this is going to be hilarious
Defector01 on February 13, 2007 at 1:10 PM
The agenda is more important than the movement!
Gwillie on February 13, 2007 at 1:11 PM
I really enjoyed this video! It was sooo funny because so much of what was said was true.
Allahpundit this was a great post! More Please!
omegaram on February 13, 2007 at 1:14 PM
You’ll know Sharpton is pulling the Empty Suit’s strings when he mentions white interlopers on the campaign trail.
Al is just upset he’s not getting as much pub as he used to with all the media Obasms going on.
JammieWearingFool on February 13, 2007 at 1:20 PM
O o ..
More Popcorn!!!
normsrevenge on February 13, 2007 at 1:20 PM
Obama isn’t Black, sheesh.
Sharpton is wary of being marginalized by his own agenda. I.E. skin color=ideology.
Theworldisnotenough on February 13, 2007 at 1:22 PM
So does this mean that even though I am white, I can become black if I support Al’s agenda and policy?
bloggless on February 13, 2007 at 1:23 PM
Random thought: It occurred to me that if you change “She” to “he” in this song, you could have an Obama theme song.
JammieWearingFool on February 13, 2007 at 1:24 PM
movin’ on up, to the sky.
to a delux apartment in the sky-y-y
movin’ on up.
I dunno the rest of the song. But they should have played it like the price is right does the yodelling guy.
lorien1973 on February 13, 2007 at 1:25 PM
It seems to me he is implying that Barack Obama is not black American, i.e. he is not American. It is true: Obama is not really an American culturally.
This is in contrast to Sharpton and others not considering Rice and Powell to be black American, i.e. they are not black.
januarius on February 13, 2007 at 1:25 PM
//scratches head//
vcferlita on February 13, 2007 at 1:26 PM
No you silly. If that were true you could belong to the Congressional Black Caucus.
faraway on February 13, 2007 at 1:27 PM
What is Al Sharpton’s “kind”?
I’m guessing Vogon.
uptight on February 13, 2007 at 1:30 PM
African Please! Did he actually say that? In public?
Is he posessed by Little Nicky’s brother?
Have you lost your rabid-arsed mind, Sharpie?!?
Oh emm Eff Gee!
Mazztek on February 13, 2007 at 1:35 PM
but it worked for Bill C?
I’m so confused….
CBarker on February 13, 2007 at 1:37 PM
If you haven’t already linked Colbert’s interview with Ms. Dickerson(?) who maintains that Obama is not black, this post is the place for it.
commissar on February 13, 2007 at 1:41 PM
And black people wonder why whites (and others) make generalized comments about them being all the same. JUST WHAT ARE the “interests” of the AA community and why do you have to “work” on them to be a “real” black?
I though the goal was equality? Aren’t Condi and Colin the epitome of equal opportunity?
csdeven on February 13, 2007 at 1:43 PM
In another time when the country doesn’t have more grown-up things to worry about, I would actually vote for Obama if having him as President would mean Sharpton and Jackson would forever lose any reason to be interviewed by anyone.
James on February 13, 2007 at 1:43 PM
It’s called jealousy folks. Nothing more, nothing less than pure jealousy. That the Liberal named Obama has taken the title of “the Black guy running for President”. You just don’t understand how much money Sharpton will lose by not being able to run that game again in 2008. It’s not like Sharpton brings anything to the table that makes him a serious candidate. So with another Black person running who gets more attention, it spoils Sharpton’s deal.
I don’t like Obama, but at least he can say he did more than lead a protest march and cry “racism” every 5 minutes.
Obama messed up the game for the old garb in the Civil Rights Industry. But with that, Obama is a much more cunning advocate for some of the most dangerous views one could imagine. He’s pulling off what Sharpton, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and others really want to try and do with more success than them in some cases. That makes Obama most dangerous.
IndependentConserv on February 13, 2007 at 1:44 PM
Well lets see…
- He’s not black
- He’s not white
- He’s not Muslim
What is he? hmm…
faraway on February 13, 2007 at 1:44 PM
Yeh Al, we need more African Americans like Jesse Jackson putting the squeeze on corporations to fill his pockets with millions of dollars. Has marblemouth Jesse ever actually had a real job? Good role model, according to the left. Geeesh.
Rice and Powell …. those oreos never did a thang for the down-trodden African Americans. They are obviously bad role models, having been ambitious, hard working, highly educated and successful in their careers.
Sharpton. Not too sharp, but still a tool.
fogw on February 13, 2007 at 1:45 PM
I guess he means he isn’t black enough. In Weird Al’s mind, even if your skin color is the same as his, if you don’t go to every hate the white man march, wear Sean Jean track suits and pile on the bling, you must not be working in the interest of HIS community.
Alden Pyle on February 13, 2007 at 1:46 PM
- He is a member of a Black Separatist “church”
- He has declared defeat and he wants us out of Iraq by 3/08
- He has attempted to destroy the relationship with one of our greatest allies (Australia)
faraway on February 13, 2007 at 1:47 PM
- He has declared that 3000 American soldiers lives were “wasted”
(Unless he was just joking)
faraway on February 13, 2007 at 1:49 PM
Uh … What exactly are the issues Sharpton’s dissing him over? The fact that so far, the only positions I’ve heard from Obama tend more toward foreign policy than domestic?
Anwyn on February 13, 2007 at 1:50 PM
No, he is implying that Obama is not one of them because he doesn’t blame whites for all of the problems in the black community.
Until Obama becomes a race-baiting huckster, he’ll never be acceptable to Jessee and Al.
BacaDog on February 13, 2007 at 1:50 PM
So the face that Jesse makes is from breaking wind?
Kini on February 13, 2007 at 2:01 PM
Does this mean that if I start supporting Sharpton’s agenda then I’m an honorary minority? If so, do I qualify for Affirmative Action?
I hope so, I can’t find a job in this horrible Bush economy! (sarc)
Chad on February 13, 2007 at 2:07 PM
is the corollary true? just because you are not our color does not mean you are not our kind?
or, is color a necessary, but insufficient condition?
just wonderin’
shaken on February 13, 2007 at 2:09 PM
Wow! I’ve heard that same question asked about Michael Jackson.
csdeven on February 13, 2007 at 2:11 PM
Obama actually is an African American, in a Teresa Heinz Kerry sort of way…
Theworldisnotenough on February 13, 2007 at 2:13 PM
I thin BacaDog, and others are onto something. If Obama becomes the candidate and their by displays his ability to be successful with out being a “victim” of some race related “crime”, then it puts Sharpton and Jackson closer to out of business doesn’t it… They marginalize Micheal Steele, Codi, and Colin Powell because they’re conservative but they can’t really do that with Obama…
liquidflorian on February 13, 2007 at 2:15 PM
Can he golf?
Mazztek on February 13, 2007 at 2:18 PM
I wouldn’t worry about Obama playing the victim card. He will do it and very, very, soon.
csdeven on February 13, 2007 at 2:23 PM
I thought the POTUS was supposed to serve ALL the people the United States and not just the black people of the United States. How can this fool get away with this blatant racism…
x95b10 on February 13, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Your onto something liquidflorian. The same thought process that demonized Steele and any ohter Black conservative is now being used against Obama, hence the continuous appeals to Obama’s “Blackness.”
Theworldisnotenough on February 13, 2007 at 2:26 PM
I love Darrell Hammond!!!
Obama and Clinton are both socialists, Obama a good tinge more than Clinton. Therefore, Al Sharpton, in typical fashion, has entertainment value, again.
He’s kind of like Anna Nicole Smith - in a popularity contest with himself, over and over. When he dies the same circus will ensue, all over nothing in a nice suit. Which.is.still.nothing.
Entelechy on February 13, 2007 at 2:37 PM
What has Sharpton and Jackson done for the black community. What is the percentage of black drop outs in high school? What is the rate of single moms who black? Has it gone up or down in the past 30 years?
But Jackson’s children have made a ton of money, I am sure they are giving back to the black community. He once said that a very high percentage of their work force (in his companies) are black. That is like saying a high percentage of workers on a plantation are black.
right2bright on February 13, 2007 at 2:37 PM
Kind of makes you wonder what would have come to pass if Jesse “Shakedown” Jackson or Al “your color doesn’t make you our kind” Sharpton had been elected POTUS. YIKES!!!!
brtex on February 13, 2007 at 2:43 PM
He looks a little pasty to me.
bloggless on February 13, 2007 at 3:00 PM
Obama/Hilton 08
Were both famous for being famous.
faraway on February 13, 2007 at 3:40 PM
You know, I am trying to remember a Republican that had to apologize for slamming the troops. (see Obama’s “3000 lives … wasted”)
Hmmm…
faraway on February 13, 2007 at 3:57 PM
Misleading headline, AP.
mikeyboss on February 13, 2007 at 3:59 PM
fogw said:
Yes, actually Je$$e Jack$on worked at a lunch counter when he was young and admitted to spitting in white folks soup.
Parley on February 13, 2007 at 4:07 PM
He isn’t black, he’s “clean”.
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on February 13, 2007 at 4:07 PM
I saw the Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Esq. on the tube saying that the good Rev. Dr. Rev. Jesse Jackson Esq. was *articulate*.
Almost did a Danny Thomas spit-take on that one.
benrand on February 13, 2007 at 4:10 PM
Showing your age benrand…;)
brtex on February 13, 2007 at 4:27 PM
I’m scared of the Obama phenomenon because it is all about that man-in-the-mirror thing where people are projecting their wants and needs onto a cypher. It has nothing to do with who Barack Obama is.
Allow me a little psychoanalysis without assigning intent to those who have used the term but BO is articulate precisely because he isn’t the Johnny Onenotes that the Revs. Jackson & Sharpton are. If he were to embrace the agendas of the poverty pimps, what would differentiate him from them? The consequence of hitching his star with that of THE “black leadership” would be to marginalize himself. He’d drop like a stone in the polls.
And from early indications, it looks like he might use his wife to procure his street cred. Let her give voice to the overwhelming obstacles facing the black man in Amerika.
thegreatbeast on February 13, 2007 at 4:40 PM
The Obama phenomenon horrifies me because it has already succeeded on a smaller scale here in Massachusetts. A man-in-the-mirror candidate won the governor’s office last fall. He came out of nowhere, noone knew anything about him but a good majority of the electorate unthinkingly projected their wants and needs onto a cypher, someone who didn’t exist but looked good doing it. Waking up from such somnambulism is going to be frightful as the chimera starts enacting laws & regulations.
Indulging in a little dimestore psychoanalysis, allow me to ascribe most of BO’s articulateness to the fact that he hasn’t been branded by an affilliation with the Johnny Onenotes, Revs. Sharpton & Jackson et al. To do so would marginalize him and drop his poll numbers like a stone. Black Leadership is, of course, sensitive to the rebuff.
Early indications are that BO will use his wife to procure his street cred. Let her give voice to the overwhelming obstacles the black man must overcome to achieve anything in white Amerika.
thegreatbeast on February 13, 2007 at 5:06 PM
Well, I always said that even a blind hog finds an acorn every so often.
SNL actually being funny?
QED.
Lonevoice on February 13, 2007 at 5:19 PM
I read this as Sharpton signaling to Obama, “There had better be a piece of the action for me.”
Farmer_Joe on February 13, 2007 at 5:23 PM
Of course not. If there is a black man in the White House they’ll be laughed out of the mainstream if they start talking about institutional racism.
JasonG on February 13, 2007 at 5:26 PM
Whatever happened to the King concept of “judging someone on the content of their character“?
(I guess with these characters, the answer is self-explanatory.)
profitsbeard on February 13, 2007 at 6:35 PM
So…I guess Obama’s not down with the struggle?
Jaibones on February 13, 2007 at 6:36 PM
…and just what ‘kind’ would that be Mr. Sharpton?
We’re all supposed to be equal are we not? Obama can’t even make other blacks happy, so I don’t give him long in this race. gawd sakes. Then where will those voters flock to? To Hillary? It hasn’t gotten interesting yet folks, just wait till the real players emerge, unless the voters dumpster-dive and take Hillary when the smoke clears….. but that would be a pretty bad day indeed. We need some good candidates, not professional sh*t slingers….
johnnyU on February 13, 2007 at 7:46 PM
African Please!
Mazztek on February 13, 2007 at 1:35 PM
Heh.
baldilocks on February 13, 2007 at 9:30 PM
I liked the not-so-subtle ‘beverage’ dig at Nagin.
infidel4life on February 13, 2007 at 9:56 PM
Sharpton wants a “Chocolate” President in 08 and Obama, to him, is a little too “Fudge Ripple”.
faraway on February 13, 2007 at 10:42 PM
So, in Sharpton’s view, you’re not black until he says you’re black? Apparently, the test for being black includes being a lefty.
My question is how Sharpton became the moral arbiter of the Left and since when has Sharpton ever worked for the public good? Sharpton is the champion of the Tawana Brawley hoax, which he maintains to this very day, in spite of a court ruling against him. Sharpton makes his living, like Jesse Jackson, shaking down companies with bogus complaints of racism.
Tantor on February 13, 2007 at 11:27 PM
Osama, er, Obama did serious damage to his candidacy with the “wasted” remark. Our local news is repeating that he apologized *again* for the remark.
If the Republicans DO NOT EXPLOIT this, should he get the nomination, they deserve to lose the 2008 election.
georgej on February 14, 2007 at 6:26 AM