[lbo-talk] Sharpton

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jul 29 09:48:07 PDT 2004


Jeffrey Fisher wrote:


>"only [sic] half-black"? mind the slippery slope.
>
>i agree there's a difference in the rhetoric of obama and sharpton,
>but i'm not convinced that it's because obama is somehow "less
>black" . . . although your explanation may account for the relative
>lack of hostility toward obama.

That was a joke - sorry if that wasn't apparent. The real difference between the two is the rhetorical style, and to some degree, the politics.

Doug



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