Frasi di Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
Data di nascita: 3. Ottobre 1954
Il reverendo Alfred Charles "Al" Sharpton Jr. è un religioso, attivista e politico statunitense.
Occasionalmente lavora anche come attore, avendo al suo attivo numerosi cammei in spettacoli televisivi e film.
Frasi Al Sharpton
„They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.“
— Al Sharpton
Remarks announcing the National Action Network anti-homophobia campaign, quoted in Jamal Watson (3 August 2005) "Sharpton Pledges Fight Against Homophobia Among Blacks" New York Sun.
„I'll know how outraged I am when I know how many black people were on those flights.“
— Al Sharpton
Attributed as a remark on The O'Reilly Factor on 13 October 2002. There was no episode of "The O'Reilly Factor" on this date.
„Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. We were the ones that worked with Saddam Hussein. The United States worked with bin Laden.“
— Al Sharpton
Democratic presidential candidate debate, Detroit (26 October 2003)
„When he said he was going to stop the march and called it a hate march, I think that was very provocative. The Mayor's statements have created a climate that could possibly lead to some kind of confrontation.“
— Al Sharpton
News conference (18 August 1999), prior to the second Million Youth March
„Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.“
— Al Sharpton
Protest against the police brutalization of Abner Louima (29 August 1997)
„I want his children to know: wasn't anything strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with.“
— Al Sharpton
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MAKLq865bk Eulogy for Michael Jackson at his memorial] (7 July 2009).
„Tawana Brawley told her story many months before I got involved—and many others got involved, Bill Cosby, and many others, who have never refuted the story. I don't refute it now. I believe … something happened to Tawana Brawley.… There is a problem in this country, that a lot of people don’t believe women. A lot of people don’t believe young women. I took the risk, as I have in most of the civil rights cases I have fought, to stand up for the victim. In this particular case, a jury did not believe her.“
— Al Sharpton
NBC's Meet the Press (25 August 2002).
„I disagree with [Khalid Abdul] Muhammad. I'm against hate, anti-Semitism and homophobia.… This is not a village of hate. It's a village of hope.… Don't let midgets give us a bad name. There are still giants in Harlem giants who will stand up for our children.“
— Al Sharpton
First Million Youth March in Harlem, New York (5 September 1998)
„There is a systemic and methodical strategy to eliminate our people from doing business off 125th Street. I want to make it clear … that we will not stand by and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business.“
— Al Sharpton
On the Freddy's Fashion Mart incident, as quoted in [http://www.nationalreview.com/20Mar00/nordlinger032000.html National Review (20 March 2000)].
„If Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.“
— Al Sharpton
Attributed as a remark during the Crown Heights riot (August 1991), but denied by Sharpton's attorney. See Jake Tapper (20 June 2003) "[http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/06/20/sharpton The Skeletons and Suits in Sharpton's Closet]" Salon.com.
„Jim Crow is old. That's not who I'm mindful of today. The problem is that Jim Crow has sons. The one we've got to battle is James Crow Jr., Esq. He's a little more educated. He's a little slicker. He's a little more polished, but the results are the same.“
— Al Sharpton
Remarks at the funeral of Rosa Parks (3 November 2005).
„I'm projected as an ambulance chaser, but I'm more the ambulance. People call me because they know I will come.… I have never fought a case where they didn't ask me to come. People have this picture like I'm sitting up in bed at night with a walkie-talkie. "You hear anything? Oh, let's run! It's Virginia today!"… Every victim calls us.… "Who put Sharpton in charge?" The victim!“
— Al Sharpton
Interview by David Shankbone (3 December 2007).<!-- published where? -->
