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 Al Sharpton Joins Forces With Wal-Mart CEOPosted on Jul 24, 2007Civil rights leader Al Sharpton and Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott have found common ground on the issue of immigration reform. Appearing at the annual conference of the Hispanic organization La Raza, the unlikely cohorts gave speeches demanding a revival of the immigration debate. Sharpton raised the specter of racism and criticized presidential candidates who, he said, wink at voters of color and then often fail to deliver.
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By IMNOTWATCHNU, July 25, 2007 at 5:06 pm #
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Well, minimum wages went up today...so to counter this, Mr. Bush is “cutting and running”,,,from our own borders!!! He’s redeplying the National Guard...where else? Iraq, probably. This way, Wally World will have a new batch of unskilled workers to exploit for the Xmas season. Felis navidad!
Report thisBy mackTN, July 25, 2007 at 4:14 pm #
For anyone who would like to tell Al Sharpton what they think of his incomprehensible actions--
nanlv at ureach dot com
This is not the first time he has personally benefitted from a seemingly activist agenda. When he came down on Don Imus, he also lambasted MSNBC for not hiring more black journalists. Where’s the diversity, he cried. Not two months later, who do you think has taken the job as black journalist? Al Sharpton, substituting for, of all people, Chris Matthews on Hardball! Why? Would MLK have taken a job as a bus driver during the Montgomery boycott? How can you pressure a company and then climb in bed with them, too?
He is a phony.
Report thisBy rowdy, July 25, 2007 at 1:24 pm #
nobody else could shove more shit into a size 56 cheap suit than sharpton does every day of his life.
Report thisBy Gabriel, July 25, 2007 at 7:48 am #
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First off, Florida has a large Cuban population with Bush loves very much. California has a large Mexican population. Our government does more for the Cubans because of some stupid grudge against Castro. Open your eyes and realize that the our government, run by the corporations, are responsible for sending jobs overseas to make even more $$$$$$$.
Report thisBy cyrena, July 25, 2007 at 3:35 am #
#89319 by P. T. on 7/25 at 2:03 am
We know what Wal-Mart wants: money and cheap labor. But what does Al Sharpton get?
Excellent question P.T.
Just exactly what DOES he “get” out of this?
The reality that you describe for Los Angeles, (my own hometown)is obviously being ignored by Al, but we shouldn’t expect anything more than that from him.
It’s worth noting that this took place in FLORIDA, where there is also an even LARGER Hispanic population than we have here in southern California. And basically, the same “trend” has taken place, though in all truthfullness, there’s never been much of a working class black population there anyway, at least not like we’ve had in earlier decades here in L.A.. So, the “take-over” has been far more extreme here, than in places like Florida.
Still, the bottom line is that it is a blatant betrayal of anything that Sharpton has “claimed” to support in the past.
He’s looking to pad his pocket and gain some attention, from wherever he can get it. As long as we KNOW that...(know thy enemy)it’s easier to blow off just about anything that comes from him.
Report thisBy P. T., July 25, 2007 at 2:03 am #
We know what Wal-Mart wants: money and cheap labor. But what does Al Sharpton get?
It’s all kind of weird. In Los Angeles, immigrants are used to replace black labor. Immigrants were used as scabs to bust a (largely black) custodians’ union. Then the immigrants wanted a union of their own because they didn’t want to be exploited.
Report thisBy cyrena, July 25, 2007 at 1:10 am #
#89299 by macktan on 7/24 at 11:10 pm
MACKTAN, you wrote:
...."I’m totally disgusted."…
My reply....ME TOO!! We have every reason to be.
Al really should just go sit down somewhere, and maintain as low a profile as he possibly can. He’ll live a higher quality life that way.
Give us some clearer air as well.
Report thisBy macktan, July 24, 2007 at 11:10 pm #
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I cannot believe this! Instead of providing leadership on crucial issues facing the black community--education, affordable housing, a living wage--Sharpton decides to rally for La Raza and Wal-Mart. Perhaps those issues don’t give him the media time he so desperately needs. Or maybe its because many of us in the black community think he’s full of crap.
The way businesses use illegal aliens is racist. They are modern day slaves--wage slaves--hired to work for less than the minimum wage and no benefits. It’s the taxpayer who ends up paying the benefits for the cheap labor employed by Walmart.
I’m totally disgusted.
Report thisBy THOMAS BILLIS, July 24, 2007 at 10:45 pm #
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Al goes wherever the money is.Can Jesse be far behind?Maybe Al is going to have a line of clothes at Wal Mart for the chubby hustler.
Report thisBy cyrena, July 24, 2007 at 10:26 pm #
I defintely don’t hear an “anti-caucasian” message here, so it’s probably best not to look for things that aren’t there.
I DO see it more as other posters have...It’s about exploitation and the $$$$$.
I have no idea how Sharpton could be any advantage to ANYBODY, neither the immigrant communities, or the CEO of Wal*Mart. So, I don’t know how he hijacked an association with ANY of them.
But, those are the political times we live in.
Report thisBy Carson, July 24, 2007 at 9:08 pm #
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It’s not the winking that gets me. It’s the hair stuck between their teeth when they grin at you after they been keister kissing their illegal aliens.
The Federal Government is allowing groups like La Raza access to our money before we are even able to pick up our paychecks and cash them. We are left little to support what we really want it to go for.
Here is a partial list of some of the money that has been looted from the American taxpayer. Look down at the end of the article.
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle. asp?articleID=25447
A new La Raza funding bill.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-1999
Report thisBy CitizenDefender, July 24, 2007 at 6:50 pm #
Giving any media time to Al Sharpton only takes time away from more pressing issues. Interstingly this message carries an anti-caucasian message. Remember the Tawana Brawley story?
Report thisBy DennisD, July 24, 2007 at 6:46 pm #
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But Hispanics also provide a major part of the chain’s business, Scott acknowledged, roughly 14 percent and growing. And their relatives are increasingly shopping at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in countries such as Argentina and Guatemala.
I always wondered how low Walmart could go. Lower prices on the Chinese made goods they sell, lower wages and no health care for their “associates” and now Al Sharpton? You can’t get much lower than that.
Report thisDoes anyone want to bet it’s sales and not immigration Scott is worried about.
By hardnose, July 24, 2007 at 5:43 pm #
Wal-Mart CEO and Sharpton allies? Another good reason NOT to shop Wal-Mart. They both exploit people!
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