The Rev. Al Sharpton is seriously concerned that the newly elected Governor, Andrew Cuomo lacks diversity in his transition team.
“They should have given a priority to send an early signal that they are going to have a diverse administration,” Sharpton told the Daily News. Emphasizing African-American unease with the Democrat.
Sharpton warned of “governing problems” for Cuomo if the situation is not addressed soon.
The powerful black, Hispanic and Puerto Rican legislative caucus is crucial for Cuomo’s agenda.
A number of caucus members have privately expressed concerns, particularly since Cuomo was put on notice in May about the absence of minorities on the statewide Democratic ticket.
Cuomo’s camp insists his 280-page urban agenda and his trip to Puerto Rico this week to address a conference of Hispanic New York lawmakers highlight his commitment to diversity.
Sharpton went on to say some other shit that made absolutely no sense to me: “I’ve not known [Cuomo] to have a racial component, but the results are what they are,” Sharpton said. “I’m not a psychiatrist, I’m an activist. Why it is, I don’t know. That it is, is what concerns me.”
In the meantime, Cuomo met with outgoing Gov. Paterson for 45 minutes on yesterday to discuss the hand-off of power.
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man just got elected and sharpton startin some shitbw/him already.
lmao @ “Sharpton went on to say some other shit that made absolutely no sense to me” Blog Queen a mess!!!!
Good morning fam!!!!
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🙂 morning flo!
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what up flo glo gurl!!!
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I wonder how many non African Americans are on his payroll?
Wonder how he treat the people who WORK for him.?
STFU Sharpton!
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All Sharpton does is stir up racial discontent. He isn’t for racial unity, he is for racial hatred and divide. It keeps him employed doing whatever it is he does.
and trace is right WTF is he saying??
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Adam,
I agree w/you, how many white folks does Sharpton actually have working for him? and has anyone ever looked into that?
Blog Queen should investigate. 🙂
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Mm…good question @Adam,
Sharpton is not concerned that the job goes to the person most qualified just that they are black.
Really do wonder how many whites are in his organization?
Tra can you find out for us? Can you keep it real?
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Adam,
Just, as your parents, and grand parents, wore SHEETS to hide their faces while they did their COWARDLY acts, the COWARDS of today, use their keyboards………….Stop hating on Reverend Al, because he tells the truth!
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@Brown,
I’m not hatin on al sharpton, i just can’t stand his race baiting azz and i’m not ashamed to say that loud and clear. and no it’s not because he’s black but because he’s a sold out opporunist who’s really for himself!
and for the record my ancestors were not members of the KKK. my comment was a turn of his supposedly speaking the truth cause i’m still wondering how many “white boys” work in his organization. my question is fair and legit IMO.
and last I checked, this is a blog, i’m a part of the fam here and WILL VOICE MY OPINION YA HEARD!
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damn!!!! much respect my nicca.
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*sips tea*
as we wait on browngirl’s come back.
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OMG!
Ya’ll know Fat azz Al, don’t even have white folk hangin in his inner circle let alone diversity in his administration.
He really needs to clean his own house before commenting on someone elses.
@Adam, i agree with you homey – he is an opportunist not an activist.
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GO HEAD @Adam,
Hold ya own!!! This is a blog and you’re entitled to your opinion.
@Brown,
*news-flash* it’s a whole lotta black folk who can’t stand sharpton’s opportunistic azz and our grandfathers were hung by the KKK. so that comment IRRELEVANT!
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I agree w.Adam,
I’d love to see the diversity show on Al’s staff.
does he even have so much as one white, hispanic or asian person working @ NAN?
If not, he can be considered a racist as well.
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How many blacks are in Bloomberg’s team?
If Cuomo pays Sharpton off, he’ll shut up! when al speaks out like this, his attitude is, “show me the money”
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how about looking at qualifications and competence period. This is one of the reasons why we are sending jobs to foreign countries where knowledge still counts. Al Sharpton is trying to blackmail elected officials as he always has. He is nothing but a thug and an embarrasement to decent people of all races in NY.
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Al Sharpton, needs to get a life!
Lmao @ Tra’s comment in the post tho. 🙂 teehee!!!
bq’s got jokes.
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Blog Queen,
Whatever happened to his daughter gettin her azz whooped by that big azzzz Ghetto nicca she was dating? whatever happened with that?
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yeah, all of a sudden dat drama disappeared, it went away. whatever happened trace?
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LMAO @ “Sharpton went on to say some other shit that made absolutely no sense to me”
Hillarious!!!!
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Why anyone pay attention to the Irreverent Reverend is a mystery to me.
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believe what you wanna but the man has power and some people don’t WANT him causing stink around their front doors. corporations pay sharpton millions just so that he won’t boycott them. i don’t agree with him always because he’s a professional crook who has pimped his game well.
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and so the sharpton Shakedown begins.
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@ceodawg,
your right, sharpton makes his money with racist lawsuits and Extortion against Whites and Corporations plus liberal judges are on his side.
IMO, he’s a human Parasite. He hates Whites yet he uses hair straightener to look white and I believe he wishes he was White.
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IT’S NOT ABOUT DIVERSITY IT’S ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS AND QUALITY.
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and your point is @angel-hair?
i’m sure there are plenty of people “with color” who are more than qualified to work in the newly elect gov’s administration.
let’s not go there cause i’m ready for the bullshit this morning.
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Angel-hair,
Al’s not a bigot @ all! A lot of blacks, Hispanics & Asian etc voted for Cuomo & there are a lot of qualified “minority” people that he can choose from to run with (& he will). Al is just jumping the gun to get into the press. trust.
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@angel-hair,
and some of us are more than qualified to work in this man’s new administration i’m sure.
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Yeah OK @ Angel-hair.,
But all *1* has to do is take a look at the white guys in suits riding the 6:25 Amtrak from Albany to NYC on any given weekday (except Mondays and Fridays) and note their return on the 12:45 train after they’ve had their pizza and shoeshine at Penn Station. You call that competence? GTFOH with this.
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and your point is @angel-hair?
i’m sure there are plenty of people “with color” who are more than qualified to work in the newly elect gov’s administration.
let’s not go there cause i’m ready for the bullshit this morning.
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thank you!
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Sharpton has so much mouth but has never held a public office.
Morning my ceo peoples.
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hey civil.
those who can’t do, and those who can don’t know. the sayin goes something like that.
but no sharpton never held a political office but speaking out against this, is within his arena. why? cause he’s an activist.
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@Daisy,
I CO-SIGN!
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I mean c’mon, is anyone surprised? sharpton gon do what he do. hell he has too. he always try to stay relevant.
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@Toejam,
if he didn’t speak out on no “diversity” in cuomo’s administration, erbody on here woulda been checking for him. so he did what any activist is suppose to do, pull the race card on the truth.
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As far as I’m concerned he will always be known as Al “Tawana” Sharpton. That fiasco of a fraud forever erased any credibility he could ever think he has.
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@nelson,
GTFOH wit that tawanna brawley shit! ertime blog queen post something about al sharpton you say the same shit. it’s real tired already!!!!! let it go!
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I co-sign you ashanti.
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No @ Ashanti,
Can’t let it go!
Sharpton became famous by USING Tawana Brawley and destroyed many lives in the long run so my point is, WTF CARES WHAT HE HAS TO SAY?
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@Nelson,
Was your life one of those that was ruined as the outcome? cause you shout the same rheotoric every single time.
Damn!
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My life wasn’t ruined NO! But everytime something is said about Sharpton “the race baiter” I can’t help but THINK about that incident.
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good ole rev. al always on his job of shaking up the race card. he da race card pimp. but no shade @ the slick azz revum.
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daisy comin for ya’ll sharpton bashing in 5,4,3,2,
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🙂 lol @ Nicole…whateva!
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Go head Rev. Al.,
Where’s there any kind of perceived “racial slight” towards the black people, Reverand Al is always to the rescue to stir up bullshit. and guess what naysayers? he’s supposed to! cause that’s what PIMPS do. they stay on top of their game~
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@olivijah,
he’s a political and racist prostituting ho to the highest! and those who are really afraid of him, pay him to stay off them.
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really @ace,
I think his race card was maxxed out long time ago.
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yep @ olivijah,
and in this issue he’s on top of his pimp game so to speak. ya’ll can hate on em but the man is right on this one and I believe in giving credit where credit is due.
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Sorry people but contrary to ya hate, sharpton is right!
Cuomo’s staff is all white and all male. That should concern everyone, including the white men on the team.
You don’t have to be a Sharpton supporter to know when you hear the truth. Sharpton is right on all counts.
It’s racist to only surround yourself with people who look like you, when you are speakin for all the people.
The people around him seem completely incompetent. He continues to bumble in the press. He could find better qualified people of color to fill those roles. Sharpton is right, Cuomo will fail. Watch he won’t succeed.
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Thank you Q.,
Everybody is so quick to jump on the hate wagon not knowing that this (no blacks on board) in Cuomo’s admin. is suppose to raise a red flag with sharpton because like he said, “he’s an activist”.
if everyone would stop and think, it would make sense. the man is speaking out against what happens to be a fact!
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well said @QTip.
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Black or white, I just hope the man hires the most qualified!!!
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@Mrs,
But you’re missing the point, he could have 5 whites unqualified, 3 blacks qualified and 2 hispanics and they (the black folk or hispanics) still may not get the job if the man is not about diversity. his team is supposed to be a team of diversity meaning color but equal the qualifications.
you know good and got-damn well alot of companies won’t/and DON’T hire blacks based on qualification but will hire an UNQUALIFIED YT first.
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@Q,
But isn’t the whole idea is to hire the right person based on their ability, not the color of their skin?
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Ebony,
It’s Cuomo’s responsibility to hire based upon BOTH!
You have to see diversity in any office/administration. when you don’t that becomes an issue.
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IMO, the most qualified should be hired, regardless of skin color….white, black, purple, i don’t care. we are ALL in this mess together.
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that’s fine @Tamala,
in that case what sharpton is saying is, he wanna see some black, purple and orange people in the mix. not all QUALIFIED whites. he’s putting cuomo on notice.
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Now why didn’t sharpton open his mouth about this b4 the election?
Is it because he wanted to ensure that Cuomo won and not Paladino?
Oh this is some ole sharpton bullshit!
Now he can put on a show to get his name in the papers.
GTFOH with this Sharpton.
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LMAO @ what Trace said: “Sharpton went on to say some other shit that made absolutely no sense to me”
1st of all, does anybody still take this guy seriously? I say he should be the new school chancellor. He could replace English classes with ebonics.
LMAO!!! cause he can’t talk or formulate a straight sentence while making sense.
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How many Whites are on the National Action Networks Board of Directors, Al?
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AND
How many Lilly White Faces grace the Al Sharpton ‘Entourage’? Diversity begins at home, AL!
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Excellent point…How many whites in your inner circle.”reverant” Al?
and how many white women are there in your administration?
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This BUFOON lookin mtherfer is not even a reverend.
He was ordained at young years old by a “street front” bishop in Crown heights.
He has as much qualification to be called reverend as the messiah has to be president.
Just a characature made by the press people. We should use his means against him, do not buy any paper or watch any TV shows that puts his fat azz on the front it!
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Them’s be fightin’ words REV-Al.
Let the records show that qualification is the only way to go.
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Listen to the Right Rev. Al Sharpton Cuomo!.
We are sincerely sensitive to the preliminary actions of our leaders.
We pray for your continued SUCCESS in ALL of your future endeavors but again, listen to the Right Rev. Al..
Very truly yours,
The Niggas
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And just in case, some of you wanna make this BLACK man issue.
why does the white male harness so much hatred for the blackman while his white daughters increasingly seek them out?
huh??
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@BigBelly,
STFU Man or stay on topic:
Race relations have remained the same you white folk is just showing their true colors.
and btw, Sharpton is 100% correct.
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Thank you, Thank you..@Honey for just stating the the facts.
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while you are slightly off topic bigbelly,
your comment is relevant in another conversation, maybe even on another blog.
Sharpton ain’t fucking no white woman and ain’t no white woman checkin for his azz either.
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The state is a mess. The best qualified should get the critical positions regardless of their ethnic makeup. Enough of Sharpton’s posturing! What has he ever done except to promote himself. We certainly don’t need anymore small time kingmakers with their bogus nonprofits.
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The last thing we care about or need right now is this “diversity” BullShit. The State is on life support right about now!
Let’s just get the most qualified people in there no matter what the color.
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To all the haters here:
Sharpton is correct, now let’s see if Andrew will dance to Sharpton’s music, then it will be known as to “who OWNS who”.
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This Sharpton character gets too much press for absolutely nothing. For some reason he anoints himself as leader and speaker for a whole race. Anybody with common sense knows this is not the case.
But he’s a certified moron and the press should stop reporting on his unwanted antics because all he’s doing is grabbing the public’s attention.
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