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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
For these celebrities and politicians, it's just something to make them look good. Something to "stand up for". If they really cared about young black men being murdered, then get your asses out there and DO something about it.
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You need to educate yourself on what social activists like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have been doing. Both Sharpton and Jackson are still quite active. You can disagree with them all you want to but saying that these vocal people are not DOING something is completely false.
Moreover, when it comes to Black people and racial and ethnic minorities in general, the public expects for everything to be an overt, public announcement of activity. "ALERT!! ALERT!! Black people are doing positive things in the community!!! ALERT!!! ALERT!!!!" That is not how it works the majority of the time. There are both overt and more subtle actions and moves toward change being taken by social activists, community leaders, researchers, etc. These positive moves toward social change take decades to come to fruition and they do not require the general public's seal of approval.
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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
But Jesse comes here NOT to fight against the violence in our town, but to stand up for the Detroiters who are fighting against having an Emergency Financial Manager because they're afraid their union goodies will be taken away and all their corruption will be stopped.
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Again, you need to educate yourself on what Jesse Jackson does:
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/03/...ms-never-came/
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/03/...arlie-langton/
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/in...esse_jack.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1179946.html