Smiley vs. Sharpton: The faux-beef we could all do without

The Tavis-Sharpton on air fight over whether or not President Obama was going to have a black agenda started out with a bang and ended with a whimper...

From Clutch Magazine:

Ding, ding.

The Tavis-Sharpton on air fight over whether or not President Obama was going to have a black agenda started out with a bang and ended with a whimper. What could have been one of the more substantial debates on the state of Black America, quickly disintegrated into a battle of the ego.

In one corner, Tavis ‘Less than Smiley’ and in the other Al ‘The Perm’ Sharpton. Smiley appeared on The Tom Joyner Morning Show and stated that some black leaders had begun “singing a new hymn” and hadn’t given him the sheet music to sing along. Some have said that Smiley was reacting to a recent meeting between Sharpton, Ben Jealous of the NAACP and others at the White House to discuss support for the Healthcare and Jobs bills from a Civil Rights perspective. It’s also possible that Tavis was upset about Sharpton’s recent New York Times quote where he said that “Obama was being smart not to ballyhoo a black agenda”.

Whatever the reason, Tavis must have hit the right button and got Al’s perm in a tizzy. And trust, I know from my pre-going natural — there is nothing worse than having your fresh perm get caught out in the rain.

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