Al Sharpton Rallies For Support Of Black Arts District in Baltimore

Post by J J in Local on May 18, 2010 at 1:03 pm

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The Rev. Al Sharpton visited Baltimore on Monday to seek support for a plan to develop a new arts district in the city to honor Africa- American cultural achievements. WOLB1010 AM radio show host Larry Young said that has been trying to make things happen for the past 25 yrs.
A proposal by the African-Amercian Arts Cultural & Entertainment Consortium is just in its preliminary stages but Rev. Sharpton hopes that support from the community and local leaders could boost excitement about the project.
“This is not just an investment in the business community, its an investment in social order”, Sharpton expressed to the crowd. For footage of Rev. Sharpton speaking at the War Memorial Building, click here.

Rev. Sharpton also attended a town hall meeting, hosted by 92Q’s Konan, at The Velvet Rope last evening to discuss the future of Baltimore’s nightlife. Local club owners, promoters and club attendees came out in support of recent backlash from City officials regarding violence and riots within African-American clubs. Threats of closing down several clubs have been made public while opposition from political entities have been strong from the other side.

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    Reverend Sharpton needs to stick to this sort of thing, instead of selling out the African-American community by opposing tough immigration laws down in Arizona and here.

    Hispanic small business owners are using cheap labor (illegal aliens) to win most of the contracts that require MBE participation on them from the state and federal government. They can’t be beat, so they get the contracts, while African-American owned sub contractors, electritians, security system suppliers, etc…are left to feed off the scraps the Hispanics leave behind. And since illegal aliens send so much money back home to Mexico or wherever they’re from, the money that’s supposed to go to African-American communities ends up in some other country while the people of Baltimore suffer and Baltimore’s leaders look around at each other wondering why all the MBE contracts aren’t doing anything for our unemployment situation.

    Reverned Sharpton, the NAACP, the ACLU have all sold out and are nothing but the Democrats’ dogs. They roll over when they’re told to and they attack who they’re told to attack and how. It’s a disgrace.

    Fred

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