The Board of Directors of the National Action Network. Maybe this is why Al changed course mid sentence.
Posted on 06/14/2015 4:25:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Rev. Al Sharpton is questioning why Rachel Dolezal’s parents chose to out her for faking her racial identity now of all times.
The Black community was really shocked to find out that the president of the NAACP’s Spokane chapter was pretending to be a Black woman. This information was new to us, but this was really nothing new for her family.
Despite what Rachel’s done during her tenure at the NAACP, and the lengths she’s gone to to make everyone believe that she’s a Black woman, Al told TMZ that her parents are really the only ones to blame for this mess.
He understands that much of their decision to reveal their daughter’s lie was due to a family dispute, but he’s still questioning why they chose to drop this bomb now after so many years. “You’ve got to ask, why would your mother and father after all this time come out [with this]. What is that all about?” “Are you really going to do this to your kid? Are we really going to have this kind of dysfunctional family stuff play out ad distract us from real civil rights causes,” Sharpton continued. “And you’ve got to ask the question: What is mom and dad’s motive here?”
There’s still plenty of blame left to go around, though. He argues that Rachel wouldn’t even be in this position, had she just been honest about the fact that she’s White. It’s not a huge deal to him that she’s not Black.
“It’s not about her race. There are Whites in all of our, and there are Whites that died in the civil rights movement,” said Sharpton. “I think the question they want to deal with is her honesty. You have to be transparent.”
Sharpton encouraged her to embrace her true identity in her fight for equality, stating, “If you’re fighting for the rights of people, then don’t deny the person that you are.”
I wonder what al would say if 0bama claimed to be white .
Rachel could be his daughter. For once, it’s accurate.
Hey al when are you finally going to admit you ain’t no Rev.?
He's just as white as he is black. In different circumstances many blacks would say that he is too light skinned to really be black. Oh, never mind, they only say that about blacks that have escaped from the Democrat plantation.
ten to one he didn't say THAT!
He is actually more white than he is black, as far as such things go.
Un-freakin-believable! These people are CERTIFIABLE!
If Obama rose to his fullest innate potential? Like Bill Clinton, Sharpton would ask Obama to fetch him some more coffee. And would leave a skimpy tip, if he left one at all.
Racist organization.
Sorry Al, but if she feels black, then she’s black.
That’s the bar set by the left, get used to it.
What a racist!
Here we go again. Neither Al nor Jesse have earned the title “Rev.”. Neither graduated from divinity school, neither has ever had a church, neither has ever had a congregation, yet both perpetuate the lie. Al was “ordained” at age 10 by a DC preacher, and they both continue to denigrate the title for those who have earned it. Both men are race baiters who make a living by stirring the racial pot. Never mind that they’re almost always on the wrong side of the issue, from Tawana Brawley to the Duke Five, these impostors never apologize for the harm they do. They should be tarred and feathered.
Sharpton claims to be a modern humanoid.
I haven’t heard a peep from Calypso Louey yet! What about the Rev. Jesse Jackson?
But does she have slave blood? We know Obama does not!
Well, duh. If they had just aborted her like so many other black babies have been, none of this would've happened.
Probably to exploit the controversy and raise massive amounts of money.
No. Wait. That's Sharpton's motive here.
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