Yvette Carnell: Rev. Al Sharpton’s 5 All Time Worst Failures
by Yvette Carnell
Rev. Al Sharpton is set to deliver the eulogy for Rodney King, and I have no idea why since Sharpton has had enough awful moments in his career to demonstrate that he shouldn’t be at the forefront of anything. Since you probably don’t believe me, I thought I’d take a moment to list the five worst Sharpton failures ever.
5. Al Sharpton’s not a journalist, and when he first took the helm at MSNBC’s Politics Nation, it showed. In fact, it still shows. He looked like the muppet Swedish Chef in this segment:
4. Taking Bill O’Reilly to dinner at Sylvia’s soul food restaurant was a publicity stunt, made all the worse by O’Reilly using the Harlem field trip as a way to caricature black folk. Remember how shocked O’Reilly said he was that ”there wasn’t one person in Sylvia’s who was screaming, ‘M-Fer, I want more iced tea.’ ” That insult to black people everywhere was made possible by none other than Al Sharpton.
3. Rev. Al Sharpton went to the White House, with pseudo-black leaders in tow, to discuss a black agenda with President Obama. Instead of getting getting President Obama to commit to an agenda, Sharpton and his posse were sent out in a snowstorm to tell black America that one boat lifts all ships. Later, he would announce that he wouldn’t be criticizing the President – at all.
2. It’s a bit difficult to fight for the rights of the same people that you’re trying to sell predatory title loans to. This was, obviously, a mishap.
1. You already know…. FRAUD.
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boyce, yvette..another asinine article to play on our emotions to increase traffic on your sites…how low will you go to make a dollar?
boyce do you think we don’t see you have created new sites, kulture and black blue dog to go along with ybw to make more profit?
nothing wrong with making money..but do you have to exploit, manipulate and divide black people on your sites with senseless articles written to play on the emotions of black people to get us to react by blogging so you can contract more white advertisers?
some of us are well aware that if you have no responses and people are not hitting post comment, advertisers will spend their money somewhere else.
maybe you think we are naive, but some us have noticed all of the new white companies who are now advertising on your sites.
you attack obama on being controlled by the powerful, white corporate america. but one could say the same about you with all of the white corporate companies who are now advertising on your sites. are you now being controlled by the white companies who are making millions for you by adverstising on your sites? i’m sure they all support obama! lol
we don’t see any black companies advertising on your sites, all white..therefore you would not be making any money if the white companies decided to not advertise on your sites.
so tell us boyce, are you dividing us out of concern for black people or is it to increase traffic to attact more wealthy white companies to advertise your sites to make you more millions?
interesting…..maybe it’s time we start watching your feet and not your mouth!
your feet say you’re controlled by the people who pay for advertisement on your sites and your salary as a professor at syracuse university. who would that be boyce? lol
eventually black people will see boyce/yvette for what they are, just another race hustling pimp..but all in the love and concern for black people lol…pimpin ain’t easy…you might fool man, but not god.
Kermite, I didn’t think of that. I wondered why all of a sudden I saw an advertisment to contribute money to Mitt Romney’s campaign. Wow, talk about turn-coats!
Yvette Carnell Dr Watkins and all the rest of you so self labled intellectuals, You talk about Jesse Jackson you talk about Al Sharpton you talk about President Obama,but what you don’t talk about is where in the h**l would you be if there never was a Dr. King Mr. Jackson Mr. Sharpton or Mr Obama. you would be back down south in the cotton fields or up north working for little or better yet , less than the white man .Im 65 years old and i have been where they have been thru marches thru protest , locked up in washington and chicago while protesting. but i quess my queston is just what have you done that makes you so great that you can say who should and should not speak for the Afro American Community.
Yvette cracks me up as usual and so does the rest of my so-called community. Black people are the only people in the World who will ride hard for someone who hasn’t done s**t for them other than having the same d**n skin color. When Hobama loses even though his entire Presidency supported White Supremacy and their agenda. Re-newing the Bush tax cuts, keeping Gitmo open, keeping 100′s of thousands of Private Military Contractor’s in Iraq, still going in Afghanistan AFTER Osama Bin Laden’s death? Remember Shirley Sherrod? He won’t lose because those of you who didn’t gain a thing from his Presidency (Black People) stopped supporting him. It will be because you supported a Republican in sheeps Democrat clothing. When ever someone like Ms. Carnell critiques this man or any of his bootlickers the first thing you cry is ‘how dare you, what have you done?’ It’s like if you saw a Doctor snorting Cocaine just before he goes to perform heart surgery on your Mom. Waitaminute stop right there dude, what are you doing? He says – ‘Do you know how to cut someone open, did you go to med school? Well then shut the f.. up’ and his Nurse (the Sharpton’s of the world) says how dare you speak to Dr. Basehead like that, you know he is one of the only Black Doctors we have?’ Your Mom then dies. So according to my people when we see someone Elite, rich or powerful f*****g up we are supposed to shut up and and start tap dancing cos wez so happy, they exist? Why would White people enjoy making you happy when they can spit in your face by electing someone who is the same politician as Hobama but is White: Romney. The policy remains the same no matter who wins. Nothing for Black people. The Press will say it’s because of the economy or because White people wanted Change. All bs. He didn’t do what he said he was going to do and he didn’t do a d**n thing for Black people that’s why he Lost. Mark this date down. So you can thank me after Wolf announces it in November.
Yo clown! I guess that you have a better solution than not voting for Obama. I doubt it! Obama hashis faults and I agree that he is weak when it comes to helping blacks directly, but what in the h**l do you mitt is going to do, but make it worst. Instead of deriding the president about things that he did not do, how about reading the paul rand budget that mitt supports and then tell us how much he cares about blacks or the poor and middle-class compared to obama.
You sound really silly. Oh, because my President did not say “I’ll give food stamps to every black person, I’ll give every black person reparations, I’ll give every black person jobs that they want without a high school diploma and college education, or better yet, I’ll clear your credit and make sure you benefit directly from everything I do” he did not do anything. I got news for all of you stupid, ignorant, uneducated bafoons, he never made any promises that reflected race in anyway. He was elected by an entire nation, so what the h**l do you mean “He never did anything he promised, he did nothing for black people?” What exactly was he supposed to do that he didn’t? He has done more than any other President has done in the whote house and that was reported in 2010, but bebecause he didn’t give blacks handouts, then he really hasn’t done anything for black people. h**l, black people don’t do anything for theirselves. Get over yourself already.
Real s**t Homey. Stay Up.
WTH! Why is it necessary to point on this man’s “failures”?
What a colossal and embarrassing waste of time and energy!
What is wrong with you Yvette? Is your life so unhappy that you have to continuously sprote all this negativity? You and the so-called Dr. Watkins have nothing positive to say about anything; and yet I never read about the contributions you have made to your community. This website is turning into a sensationalize piece of c**p!
@ Dr. Lorraine
you nailed it…two angry people. but like they say, birds of a feather flock together and misery loves company!
boyce seems unhappy and lonely..he seems is a little sweet on yvette. yvette doesn’t seem interested in him…but she is using him to further her career. she would be a good fit for fox news with all of her hate for black people..but it will not happen because they prefer attractive white, blonde, blue eyed females.
she has some serious issues, you can see the hate in her writings and talk during the videos with boyce. say……
yvette, did you really have to be so nasty in your attacks on rev. sharpton?
what..you now resent rev sharpton and mellissa harris for having a show on msnbc? don’t tell me you’re now doing the dirty work for boyce to attack rev sharpton?
you have a lot of nerves to disparage rev sharpton with personal attacks. look in the mirrow..you’re not easy on the eyes with all of those d**n freckles on your face. therefore you could never work in front of the camera.
what i’m tring to say is this..you’re ugly..in face and personaility.
so next time think twice before you decide to hurt rev al or anyone else for a dollar.
It has become quite apparent that Dr. Watkins et al have sought a losing strategy here, all in the name of boosting their acclaim. I don’t know what could be more transparent than to have minions write articles and essays that accomplish nothing, and provide no useful insight. The evolution of Al Sharpton’s consciousness has been one that has had an uneven trajectory, but I cannot discount where he is now.
It certainly seems as though Boyce want to be where Al is, with media mics stuck in his face, and rendering commentary to the American public about issues of the day. That’s really alright with me, but pay some dues. Don’t get there by tearing down anyone whose position and achievement you seek to emulate.
Dr. Car
I agree with most of the panel. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are not perfect; however, they have contributed Black American struggle. Rather than criticize our Brothers for the things they did wrong, we should point out the things they did right. I am not a big fan of Al Sharpton nor Jesse Jackson, however I respect them for the things they have done. How many can have their lives scrutinize by the media, public, and their own people. Lets talk about the positives and leave the negative comments to ourselves. We all have negativity and no one is perfect.
I enjoy reading your black news daily; however, I am disappointed that Yvette would make those comments about Rev. Al. Really?!!. It’s. Fine to disagree or dislike, but this article demonstrated unprofessionalism and hatred. Wow Yvette share some rel information with us not your personal hatred for. Civil rights activist .
Dr. Boyce Watkins,
I want you to know and understand that when this site first went up I had high respect for you and was most impressed with the issues and concerns you advanced here. However, I am sad to state that your site has greatly depreciated to a point that you are now advancing issues just short of three-headed men. You have been provided an opportunity to do great work for our community, but you have now apparently decided to do something far less than great work. Now you are producing trash on this site and that is too sad! I will not stoop to character assassination on this site, so all I will state about Ms. Yvette Carnell is that I hope she finds happiness in her life because it seems rather obvious that she may be an unhappy and scorned woman. She seems to hate President Barack Obama, and anybody in their right mind knows that all WOMEN love President Obama! Republican women are obviously not in their right mind!
President Obama is doing an outstanding, tough job for all of the American people, and will do a lot more in his second term if we-the American people- have enough sense to re-elect him! He is experiencing brutal, unfair and extremely racist opposition and you! I am a 72 year old African-American man and obviously a lot wiser and smarter than you! Let’s be a lot wiser and smarter than we have shown! We all must see that the Republicans, Blue Dog Democrats, Tavis Smiley, Dr. Cornell West, Ms. Yvette Carnell, others racists, and you, Dr. Boyce Watkins, are working against the President! Et tu, Dr. Boyce Watkins? Let’s re-elect President Barack Obama on Tuesday, November 06, 2012!
Yvette, your eyes must be brown because you are full of s*&t.
I read some of the comments which allows me to pass over something’s I would say. I realize Boyce and yvette have a platform and enjoy spreading news that fall through the cracks for many. That is a good thing,however in their effort to be objective they end up being mediocure and clueless. There is not one reason to get muddy over Al Sharpton giving a eulogy at Rodney King funeral, Their is nothing honorable in attacking anyone who is trying to giving a going home message for someone who lived h**l here on earth. I understand why the two of you score so low in your feeble attempt to be journalist, the main problem is both of you are educated idiots. I see a lot of Rush Limbaugh in the way you treat our high profile African Americans. I’m certain you probably know the president will alway leave you and those like you..ie..Tavis..Cornell..to your miserable self. The black race have to many like you,that want to be on the inside so you can distort facts and spread poison like the O’Rileys and others just like them. I don’t have interest in responding more regular, however when I do,I have no problem getting muddy to comment to two of the most shallow blacks on the planet earth. I’m sure you are hoping for some influential Cracker to come along with compensation for under minding the effort of those blacks who have the time to try and help African American have a voice…peace
Divide and conquer was our problem in Africa, in t he cotton field and the big house, light skin/ dark skin, and now the educated fool. Do not get me wrong I have my masters working on my doctorate. But my mother always said have some common sense to go along with your book sense. While you are putting down tHe ones who shoulders we stand on. The Trumps , Koch brothers and the rest are rising money like no end. The are determine to get President Obama out. And for many the main motivation is his race do not fool yourself. Go to some of those sites they are hiding Behind the Constitution but challenge them on their blogs it turns racial , nasty and very hateful? Donor become our own worse enemy. A president that has a elevator for his cars will not understand the average American, and forget those of color. Wake up and be bless.
What a waste of print. Just more crabs in the barrel.
Re-elect Barack and support Rev. Al
Why are so Many of our Black Brothers & Sisters so Quick to Attack our People because they don’t Do what we want them to Do! I take offense to this type of BS because I am a Man & will get Violent with these types of Mental Negroes lol That’s the reason I left the Country I’ll watch my back but I will never come back to stay Obama can’t help us if he do they will kill Him! Some of these Blacknecks Don’t care as long as they get what they want y’all better get outta the crossfire I’m PissPot tired of these Crackers they y’all friends I don’t trust them as far as I can spit and alotta these BraindeadNegroes need to go play on the Freeway still ignorant After all this Time! Keep a small Circle of friends and seek whatever God you Choose.I show love to Anybody trying to save us they catch h**l trying to save Black People OH that’s too Black?There’s no Borders on WhiteHate it’s everywhere even Here Too.
You sound like a crab in the barrel and jealous to me Ms. Carnell. I know for a fact you have not accomplished any of the things Rev Al Sharpton has. We can all point out our failures in life, but, you seem fixated on what is wrong with people, rather than what is right. But, perhaps you do this because you think of yourself as being perfect.
SHAME!!!!!SHAME!!!!!SHAME.
I am so sick & tired of Yvette & Dr. Watkins always finding any opportunity to put down blacks. We need to support one another. Yvette, WHY did you find it necessary to write such nasty comments about Mr. Sharpton? Do you think you should have been chosen to give the eulogy instead of Mr. Sharpton? What good did it do for you to write such comments, did someone ask you to do? I just do not understand, what did you get out of writing this? WHY!!! Please we need to come together. I am truly frustrated with you & Dr. Watkins continued degrading of blacks. The more I think about some of your past writings the more disgusted I am becoming with you!! This will be my last time reading anything from either of you. I will no longer read any writings from you or Dr. Watkins.
Just a queston: How many failures have you (yvette & Boyce) had trying to defend the rights of Black people. I know the root of Watkins problems but I haven’t done the research on you yet Yvette. I suspect I’ll find the same types of things I found about him. Bottom line is that I think both of you are educated fools with absolutely no common sense.
A pointless article! Your site has become more like weird news than anything close to journalism. I am unsubscribing, I have better things to do with my time than read about you bashing someone!
I missed the old rev. Al Sharpton he sold out for Silver Rights!. I can understand We didnt have your back with the financial support you needed to take care of your family, but step up and tell us the truth …….Alton Maddox been permanently barred from practicing law in America for trying to put white men behind bars for raping a black woman. It’s a hoax when it comes to black women but its not a hoax when it comes to black men raping white women. What would sharpton do if it was his daughter who got rape by a white man. Would he sell out for Silver……hope not…..black women do the research on brawley and tell me of it was a hoax. Because a white man rarely goes to jail for raping our women.
Rev. Al Sharpton said on, 7/1/12 at The BET Awards, “The election in November is not about Obama, its about Your Mama”. Sharpton has his finger on the pulse of this Nations Ill’s. Do You?
I am not voting for Obama because he’s black, I am voting for Obama because your party’ nominee would not protect his own pet dog from a dangerous situation. Now is not the time to change in mid-stream because a bunch of racist yahoo’s “Want Their Country Back”… Go ahead, help them get their Country Back,, and see what happens to good Negros????
Unsubscribing to “Crabs in a Bucket” its fine to disagree but not to continue in this day and time to divide for no other reason but Jealousness….. If Rev Al was maliciously hurting our people than that would be one thing, but you are with your message and someone needs to put you on blast………
Sincerely,
Myra
P.S. we need to be a village more and more in these days and time, praying you get it together.
Everybody has an agenda.
I have mine.
You have yours.
Reverend Sharpton has his.
So what’s the problem?
Ok Boyce Watkins 90 % of what your website report is not intellectual at all. I see why you couldn’t make tenure at Syracuse University. Isn’t your background in economics, perhaps you should stick to that. Your so called “blacknews” is garbage and all you do is recycle stories or spin them. Take me off the news list. Where in the h**l are you getting these writers/contributors, Craigs List?
I use to have a healthy respect for Dr Watkins; he is vastly becoming a gossip columnist. And bringing those nonsensical squabbles you academics have amongst yourselves to publication, claiming to have some social value. I will discontinue “Your Black Voices” soon. This is really sad!
Dr. Boyce,
How low will you and Yvette go to put Black folks down? You are just like Cornel West, Tavis Smiley and the rest of the so-called Black intellectuals who are just jealous of Barack Obama!! Why is it that we are always using our bully pulpits to put othet Blacks down? Did we not learn anything from slavery? No other ethnic group does this BUT us. SHAME ON YOU!!
Yvette, I really wish I knew what your agenda was. You, Boyce, Cornell West, and Tavis Smiley seems to be a bunch of intellectuals misfits. I really don’t see much difference between you and your ideology and someone like an Allen West, the black tea-party fool, that justice that sits on the Supreme Court, and some others like that republican nut Keys.
I saw this coming.
I’ll just say that it’s complicated.
In the idiotic-asinine vernacular of one of the worlds biggest a******s non other that Rush ToiletFlush Limbodumbass his followers once known as “Dittoheads” I have to say I concur
“ditto.” Boyce go back to teaching your columns ain’t worth
a s**t.
Dr Boyce has stepped in the cesspool.I enjoyed his article at first, but he has replaced the Enquirer-. Boycott!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I enjoy healthy critique (e.g. I have no problem with Cornell West.), but this article is just plain mean-spirited. Generally speaking, Yvette seems to have a pure disdain for black folks and her world view is very limited. Also, the female writers on Dr. Boyce’s team, who write negatively about black women, show mediocre to almost no critical thinking ability, yet they are often featured. This outlet needs a quick reboot before it becomes nothing more than fodder. Not much that is constructive comes from it anymore. In fact it is becoming very anti-intellectual and in some ways destructive to our community.
Boyce and Yvette, both of yall are stupid as h**l…………..you make me, a college educated individual feel bad for being educated. Obviously, you don’t know why you have degrees behind your name. Just plain idiocricy.
Maybe this forum can be salvaged. I would suggest giving kids a chance to post, and see things from their perspective. Another suggestion is to have prison inmates post on ways not to end up in prison.
I have to agree with many who stated that Yvette Carnell’s articles are turning to s**t of late. It does appear that she literally hates President O’Bama, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson. It almost feels as if she’s trying to get Black people to stop using these Black websites!
I swear you two are the unhappiest black folks running around. The good news is you’re fooling no one. You are not journalists, nor intellectuals nor voice for Black America what you are is 14 year old pimple faced kids “blogging” from your mother’s basement or in your case the back of a van in a McDonald’s parking lot. SMH
whether we agree is not the issue,we should always breakdown what people are saying when they’re trying to be influential.Al Sharpton is not some one you want your kids to listen to unless they know,understand how to listen carefully,with intelligence at all times,also responding in the same manner,I really have had problems wiith some of his responses,especially the Tawanna Brawley incident,an very negative situation which he did not respond with intelligence.
These incidents,although we forgive ,we must not forget and question at all times.
We can’t say only certain ministers(races)molest you boys,we must understand to be diligent,exact at all times
Amazing drivel by highly educated folks, in 2016 make sure Tavis.Cornel,Yvette,Boyce,back Missy Clinton or Mr.Michael Moore for president of the funky ol US. Hopefully they’ll invite this crew over for lunch and pat their heads while doling out coupons for walmart items and passes for Moore’s films.
Also they can ask Uncle Mike Nike if he could get Nike 2 open a few plants/warehouses in the US for those overpriced tennis shoes & track suits. Jordan made over $900,000,000 in 2009 or 2010, have
Boyce and his pals criticised “Be like Mike”?
Historically, the worse enemies and sellouts of black people have been some black intellecturals, white liberals, white and black conservatives, black preachers, and the media in general. Black people continue to be the brunt of this Nations’ problems and always will be until we go the way of the American Indian which is still exists but is not threat. I fear the future of America.
Y’all defending Al Sharpton?
DAMNDAMNDAMN
I’m a bit late to the party and it appears that there’s been a campaign of sorts to disparage Dr. Watkins and Yvette Carnell. Now, I don’t necessarily agree with everything either says, but I do appreciate the analysis and the attempt to hold black leadership accountable. During the Twanna Brawley affair, there were thousand of black folks who supported Sharpton, Mason and Maddox on the basis of them telling the truth. I’m not sure if Brawley deceived them or if they just told outright lies about the entire affair, but I do know that they never explained what the h**l happened, so all we’re left with is the press accounts of them lying and making all of this up. Accountability means just that–they should have accounted for what happened in the Brawley affair. Similarly, Obama should be held to account for what he does and doesn’t do. I think it’s breath of fresh air when Carnell, Watkins, Smiley, West or anyone else offers a critique of black leadership as that’s the only way we can hold folks to account. We need to get beyond this whole symbolism thing were we satisfied merely to have a black face appear somewhere even though the appearance does nothing for us. I’m beyond celebrating someone’s “job” unless that job results in something for me and mine. Sharpton’s promotion of MSNBC analyst does wonders for him and the Obama campaign, but does nothing for the masses of black folks. He is only there to deliver the vote much in the same manner as Bill O’Reilly does for the white conservatives. The Obama presidency has fallen short on several measures, yet we’re all to happy to keep our “symbol” in place rather than put pressure on him (along with other black & white politicians) to actually deliver something meaningful. It’s like we’re klieg light and photo op people and as long as black faces appear on TV and in the newspaper, we give up the vote, our money or our time on the cheap without anything substantive in return. To advance our cause, we’re going to have to be far more sophisticated than that.