Why are right wingers so obsessed with Al Sharpton?

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207. I most certainly don't look to him as a leader.

I'm black by the way. Part of my problem is that he holds himself up as though he speaks for all black people (and the media lets him). He sure as hell doesn't speak for me. He's toxic, and his approach to race relations is outdated. There is no need for this man to literally fly across country to every single racial incident and involve himself. He seems to be more concerned with keeping himself in the limelight than solving problems. We need a newer generation of civil right leaders, preferably from the younger generations. Things have gotten bad again recently, but most of us haven't grown up being chased by dogs and hoses. Things have changed and there needs to be some acknowledgement of that, and perhaps a more nuanced approach. Not all cases are created equal. I have a problem lumping the Tamir Rice and Eric Garner cases in with Michael Brown. Michael Brown did not deserve to die, but he did a lot to put himself in a situation where he could die. Tamir Rice and Eric Garner did not. Their cases are pretty cut and dry, Michael Brown's case is a bit more Murky.