I didn't vote for this...
I have been, for quite some time, increasingly irritated by how the media believes that whatever the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson say represents the Black community. I'm sorry but I don't remember voting for either of these two individuals to represent me on the television, radio or any other form of public opinion.
I respect the fact that these two gentlemen have a rich history within and among the black community during the civil rights movement. But I almost ask myself, how are they being effective today. It appears there wherever a camera turns up they come. But what about the single mother working 2 jobs to support her children. No camera comes to her home...so Al and Jesse don't come either. I am disturbed because I didn't vote for them.
In closing, we joke here at the seminary, but with some layers of truth...that if ever we find ourselves in a dilemma we would rather fend for ourselves then be represented by these two.
Can I get an amen?
