Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Dancing on Michael's grave.

The spectacle.
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Everyone is out to make a buck or get themselves on camera - the shot above is the Rev. Al Sharpton dancing at the Apollo in a "celebration" of Michael's life. The black community is obviously very forgiving of Jackson's life-long effort to make himself white - although in the past he was roundly mocked, criticized, and generally disavowed for it.
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Sharpton told the crowd that Jackson "broke down race barriers." He and Director Spike Lee urged the audience to revel in Jackson accomplishments and disregard what they characterized as negative news coverage of the star.
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"Michael made young men and women all over the world imitate us," Sharpton said. "Before Michael, we were limited and ghettoized. But Michael put on a colorful military outfit, he pulled his pants up, he put on the one glove, and he smashed the barriers of segregated music." - Story
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What an opportunist. What a racist.

6 comments:

  1. Eww Al Sharpton shaking it!

    He is such a vulture. :-(

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  3. is that his wife? is Al married?

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  4. Does anybody really take Al Sharpton seriously?

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  5. @Belinda: Yeah most Protestants aren't crazy about dancing...except Pentecostals. We always used to joke that if you kept one foot on the floor then it was "interpretive movement" :-D Seriously though, I went to a Baptist college, and we were so not allowed to dance. Black churches are probably different though.

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  6. Sharpton dancing? It's a outrage!!

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