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How Did Al Sharpton Become a Joke? (or) Why Is Al Sharpton a Joke?
🕑 Added 2022-08-29 19:29:38 +0000 UTCLet me know which title you think works best in the comments below! Plus, if there is anything you think I should clarify or add :)
Links/Sources:
Troubling the Waters: Black-Jewish Relations in the American Century (Politics and Society in Modern America Book 68) Part of: Politics and Society in Modern America (52 Books) | by Cheryl Lynn Greenberg
Black Religious Intellectuals: The Fight for Equality from Jim Crow to the 21st Century (Crosscurrents in African American History)
Part of: Crosscurrents in African American History (15 Books) | by Clarence Taylor
- https://www.pewresearch.org/interactives/public-opinion-on-race-relations-1990-2016/
- https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/09/26/in-the-nineties-race-didnt-exist/
- https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/06/clinton-and-the-politics-of-90s-racial-backlash.html
- https://www.al.com/life/2020/11/race-in-america-on-90s-sitcoms-how-they-addressed-it-then.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/30/us/in-a-90-s-quest-for-black-identity-intense-doubts-and-disagreement.html
- https://www.npr.org/2013/01/19/169734710/the-rev-al-sharpton-in-six-true-false-statements
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/opinion/al-sharpton-trump.html (note: author Glenn C. Loury is a Black Conservative
- https://www.thedailybeast.com/al-sharptons-long-bill-of-goods-from-tawana-brawley-to-primetime?ref=scroll(1991 crown heights riot)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190617114135/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/13/nyregion/sharpton-is-stabbed-at-bensonhurst-protest.html
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1989/08/25/332289.html?pageNumber=1
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190704042652/https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/the-death-of-yusuf-hawkins-20-years-later/
- https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-23-me-1220-story.html (decade of hate)
- https://jewishinsider.com/2019/05/al-sharptons-mea-culpa-i-should-have-done-more-to-heal-rather-than-harm/
- https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/09/weekinreview/region-after-grand-jury-what-happened-tawana-brawley-s-case-attitudes-about-race.html
Comments
Jeremy Eugene
Had to subscribe after seeing this on YouTube... great video!
Austin P. Smith
I think the "How" title is more open to ambiguity of meaning, which might lead to more clicks, but I say this as someone who knows nothing about The Algorithm. Both seem like accurate titles!
Rachel N
after watching the video, I think the first title is more accurate to what you're trying to say. excellent video as always, I never heard about Sharpton before now; I just assumed Blue Bloods pulled that plot out of their asses.
Chu
thank you so much for the research and work you put into this video. Never really knew much about Al Sharpton before this except that people had opinions about him. Really looking forward to Anime Court, will keep an eye out on Nebula.
Samantha J
The 1st title seems better.
Selene
I learned so much from this video. When I saw the notification pop up, I was like 🤔🤔🤔🤔 I grew up around the same time as you and didn’t know much about his activism in the 80s and early 90s.
run_away
I agree with you, if the second title is used, 'why is al sharpton a joke now?' might be an option
ARod
I like the first title because it makes it clear that he hasn't always been perceived as he is now and changed from a serious political/religious figure into someone that is mocked.
Dora Mercedes
I like the first one better but I think the second one would do better with the algorithm
Lootpack Jack
The first title works better.
Eric C
I prefer the first option!
