Who out there heard Rev. Jesse Jackson's comment against the Cleveland Cavalier's owner?
He stated that the owner's complaints of LeBron James' defection to the Miami Heat was like a slave owner complaining over a runaway slave. Jesse, for the last time, please STFU!!!
presumably then, Jesse Jackson isn't allowed to voice his opinion and you are?
I think that in this case, he is unnecessarily helping to WORSEN race relations by passing judgment upon others in a fashion that is both paranoid and alarmist. He has a right to his opinion, but in this case he is inciting racism without any justification that I can see. He should be trying to help mend wounds, not make new ones.
Jesse Jackson should have voiced his complaint without comparing the Cavs owner to a slave owner. Lebron James' race and the race of the Cavs owner was something nobody had even mentioned during this free agency period. For Jackson to inject that into the situation, it just makes everything worse. Oddly enough, I agree with Jackson's other criticisms of the Cavs owner. It was wrong of him to deride James in the press for leaving Cleveland and calling James a quitter. He's just a sore loser, but Jesse Jackson should use a little more tact when expressing his opinions.
Being a black man myself, I must say that Jesse Jackson's comments are way out of line. If LeBron James was a white man, the Cavs owner would've made the same comments. So with that being said, do you think Jesse Jackson would've commented in the fashion that he has then? No. This is a man who was caught saying derrogatory comments about Obama while he was running for President. Jesse should just keep his mouth shut until the day he stops breathing. His views are outdated and for the most part obsolete.
Ok you gotta remember Jesse was around when MLK was around. So with that being said thats probably the first thing that came to mind. Also, Z left and went with the Heat too and I dont recall the Cavs owner saying things like that to him.
While Jesse Jackson is allowed to voice his opinion, he continues to try to keep pulling the race card in every chance he can get. Whether it is his intention or not, people like him are the real reason why racism will never completly die. But then again he has made a living off racism so why would he want it to stop. In my opinion, Jesse Jackson needs to just go away so we dont deal with him anymore.
by Heidi 9 years ago
Do you think Martin Luther King would be a friend to Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson?Today marks the 44th anniversary of the assasination of Martin Luther King - a man of conviction. Do you think Mr. King would approve of Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson's use of headlines to stir racial division...
by Lynn Faruque 9 years ago
Do you think civil rights leaders such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are self-serving?The death of Michael Brown became a media goldmine, unfortunately. Do you think these personalities care or do they just want to remain relevant?
by lady_love158 13 years ago
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/jesse-j … -a-laptop/This guy is out of his mind but this is how democrats think! Just make it a right to have a home an education an ipod and a laptop!! Lol
by IDONO 10 years ago
Do Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton believe that "hate crimes" only apply to minorities?Where is their huge public presence that they displayed in the Trayvon Martin case? This double standard is ridiculous. Get these two self-serving hypocrites out of the public eye.
by Stevennix2001 13 years ago
Where do you think he'll play next year? will he stay in cleveland? Or will he seek other waters elsewhere? If not in cleveland, then where do you think he could or should play next season? please discuss.
by writers4u 13 years ago
What was Michael Jackson's favorite pet and why?I know Michael Jackson loved all kinds of animals and or pets.His fans would want to know!
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