Sharpton and Jackson, just go away!
The Jesse Jacksons, Al Sharptons and Rev. Jeremiah Wrights remain. But their influence and power fade to a form of nostalgia in a world of larger political agendas, such as a common American vision of setting the nation on a steady economic course and dealing with terrorists. The market has irrevocably shrunk for Sharpton-style tirades against "the man" and "the system." The emphasis on racial threats and extortion-like demands -- all aimed at maximizing white guilt as leverage for getting government and corporate money -- has lost its moment. How does anyone waste time on racial fantasies like reparations for slavery when there is a black man who earned his way into the White House?
Juan Williams, NPR and Fox News Contributor
I would invite you to read more of what could be described as perhaps a seminal article:
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It would be a seminal article, except it makes no argument for why the election of a black candidate should alter the balance between individual effort and community efforts to redress past injustice.
You got a point there James! Thanks for commenting. E.
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