Al Sharpton is defending Melissa Harris-Perry from the scathing words of Dr. Cornel West in a recent interview with theGrio:

Cornel West and Harris-Perry have disagreed publicly before in their varying assessments of President Barack Obama. West and talk show host Tavis Smiley have consistently been harsh on Obama and what they see as his lack of concern for the black community and the poor.
Harris-Perry’s view of the Obama administration has been more balanced, often based on analysis of process and the structural impediments to the sweeping change that many feel President Obama promised. West sees Harris-Perry, and her MSNBC colleague Reverend Al Sharpton, as conciliators to the administration. He also wonders why a civil rights activist like Sharpton wouldn’t be more harsh in his critique of Obama, questioning why he is so close to the administration.

In an interview with theGrio, Rev. Sharpton responded sternly to the assertion that he and Dr. Harris-Perry were somehow rewarded for their support of the Obama administration with shows on MSNBC. “Rewarded by who?,” Sharpton says. “I don’t know if having access to the Obama administration means that one is rewarded… All of these conspiracy theorists need to check facts more clearly.”
Sharpton also posed this rhetorical question, “[w]ho rewarded Tavis Smiley with his show?… Tavis can have a show [and] that’s fine. But if Dr. [Harris] Perry [and] I have a show all of a sudden it’s some kind of a conspiracy theory?… black people are not that stupid.”

Discuss…

Check out the interview in its entirety HERE…

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This is so cliche:

Family and friends of Ramarley Graham marched through the Wakefield section of the Bronx to the 47 Precinct and lit candles to protest the killing of the unarmed teenager last week. A street narcotics team was working the neighborhood when Graham took off and headed home. Surveillance video shows Graham, 18, entering his house on 229th Street at about 3 p.m. Thursday. Moments later narcotics officers arrive, try to kick in the front door, but eventually go in a back entrance. Officer Richard Haste cornered Graham in a second floor bathroom and shot him in the chest. A gun was never found. Only a bag of marijuana was discovered in the toilet. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said that Haste had ordered Graham to show his hands and then had yelled “Gun, gun, gun,” according to the cop’s partner. The NYPD placed Haste and his supervisor, Sgt. Scott Morris, on modified duty during the investigation of the shooting.

An angry crowd protesting police treatment of minorities gathered Monday outside of the Bronx residence where an unarmed teen was fatally shot by cops last week.

Ramarley Graham, 18, was killed by narcotics detectives who followed him as he fled into his parents’ Williamsbridge apartment. He was in the bathroom when he was shot once in the upper portion of his chest.

About 500 demonstrators attended the rally and called for an end to police brutality.

“We are human beings. Stop treating us like animals,” Frank Graham, the slain teen’s father, told the crowd. “My son did nothing wrong. I want justice for my son, my baby.”

Juanita Young, 57, the mother of Malcolm Ferguson, a 23-year-old who was killed during a struggle with a narcotics officer in 2000, joined in the rally to show solidarity with Graham’s parents.

“My heart went out to the mother here. It brought back so many bad memories,” said Young, whose wrongful death suit led a Bronx jury to award her $10.5 million.

“They keep killing innocent young men. It just hurts to see the abuse of power. There are no words to describe our pain as mothers.”

After gathering outside of the E. 229th St. apartment building where the Grahams live, the boisterous crowd marched to the local 46th Precinct stationhouse while chanting: “NYPD, KKK, how many kids did you kill today?”

They ratcheted up the rhetoric with placards that read: “Judgement Day for NYPD child killer,” and also called for the resignation of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.

Police posted ten officers to guard the stationhouse door as the crowd filled up the block.

Graham’s sister, Leona Verga, spoke into a megaphone and remembered her brother as a “well-respected” young man. She pleaded with other young black men to stop using he “n-word” and letting their pants sag.

“If you all continue with these shenanigans against each other, we all are going to be targets and there is going to be no one left,” she said.

The cops involved in Graham’s death have been taken off the streets and given administrative duties while prosecutors investigate the shooting, according to a spokesman for the Bronx District Attorney.

Turn the page to see Permed Up Al Sharpton march and for the surveillance footage.

This is just disgusting!!!!! Al Sharpton and Rachel Maddow had an explosive argument with former Newt Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler about the candidate’s approach to race on Tuesday night, in which Tyler himself used some very suspect theories about African Americans:

According to BlackVoices:

TYLER: More people are on food stamps today because of Barack Obama, they fail in the schools, you can ask Al Sharpton, the Democrats have failed in the public schools with the African-Americans, they abort their babies, they’ve done nothing to lift them out of poverty.

And then he doubled down a few seconds later.

98 percent of African-Americans vote Democrat, okay? What have they gotten for it? Poor schools, poor neighborhoods, crime-ridden neighborhoods, a destruction of the family, and the Democrats want to abort their babies. That’s their position. I’m not going to defend that.

Wow. Got that, folks? If you’re a Democrat, you want to abort black babies. Really?!??!?? This is just disgusting for ANYONE to say!

What do you think of Tyler’s description of the Democratic party? Do you think he’s right??

Check out the full interview next…

Happy Birthday to Samuel L. Jackson! The prolific actor celebrated turning 63 Wednesday alongside Angela Bassett and Al Sharpton after a matinee performance of their play “The Mountaintop”.

Somebody knows how to get it poppin’! Go old heads… Ain’t it funny how that lil ‘stache makes Sam look that much more like MLK?

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Is America ready for an Al Sharpton talk show?

Al Sharpton, whose controversial comments always cause a fuss, is getting his own 6pm time slot on MSNBC. The show, PoliticsNation, will debut on August 29 and will be sure to bring about some new and controversial ideas.

Here’s Permy Sharpton’s official statement: “I am very happy and honored to join the MSNBC team as we collectively try to get America to ’Lean Forward,’” said Sharpton. “It is a natural extension of my life work and growth. We all learn from our pain and stand up from our stumbling and one must either learn to lean forward or fall backwards. I’m glad they have given me the opportunity to continue my forward lean.”

Tune in to the show next week and see what happens when Sharpton gets a live mic!