WOW! Is that an actual quote? Holy smoke, that is Sharpton to absolute tee, absolute perfect description, incredible. Booker T. was one smart cookie, I believe he was even born a slave which shows how far one can go instead of complaining and blaming all the time.
I tell you, I just *know* Sharpton is doing this for Obama, I just know it, it’s obvious as hell - I just would like to know what Obama promised him. I know Sharpton is having trouble with the IRS so it would not surprise me in the least if that “problem” suddenly disappears.
Two years ago it was reported he owed $2.6 MILLION in taxes, and I know there is no way in hell he has paid that off.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/12/msnbc-star-al-sharpton-owes-irs-2-6-million/
The writer, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, was a social reformer (I don't think she'd recognize the 'left' today) who wrote some very good books (Understood Betsy is a children's classic and it hits the same theme of courage and self-reliance as this story).
But you'll have to read the article to see how this ties in to this thread. It is WELL worth the read, because it explains to a "T" Washington's philosophy and the difference between his "work and earn it" teachings and the "grievance, agitate and demand" philosophy of W.E.B. DuBois and his spiritual children over at the NAACP.
Yep. Chapters From My Experience, [page 13638 of the World’s Work]
It's an excellent read.