{"id":831006,"date":"2021-09-30T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=831006"},"modified":"2021-09-30T10:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T14:14:18","slug":"glenn-loury-rips-sharpton-the-clock-keeps-ticking-on-poor-black-peoplethe-demagoguery-that-spews-out-of-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-loury-rips-sharpton-the-clock-keeps-ticking-on-poor-black-peoplethe-demagoguery-that-spews-out-of-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Loury Rips Sharpton: \u2018The Clock Keeps Ticking On Poor Black People\u2026The Demagoguery That Spews Out Of Him\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fglenn-loury-rips-sharpton-the-clock-keeps-ticking-on-poor-black-peoplethe-demagoguery-that-spews-out-of-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=831006&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Loury-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Economist and Brown University professor Glenn Loury, fed-up with what he called the \u201cvery high-level shtick\u201d of Al Sharpton, tweeted out a clip of himself ripping Sharpton while accusing the Democratic Party of \u201ccreating the careers of people like Al Sharpton, who broker the race card.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Loury stated, \u201cI think the politics of the Democratic Party is perfect for creating the careers of people like Al Sharpton, who broker the race card and the votes of black Democrats for the access that they can get and who played a certain kind of functional role in something that I think really poorly represents the interest of African-Americans rightly understood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Loury continued by listing actions Sharpton could take but hasn\u2019t that would engender respect for him in Loury\u2019s perspective:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p><em>If Al Sharpton were running around talking about charter schools; if he were running around urging African-Americans to adopt kids who don\u2019t have any parents; if he were insisting that it\u2019s possible for black kids compete effectively if they get the kind of instruction and support that they need to acquire the intellectual skills that allow them to compete in an exam school situation or anything like that; if he was going to find ex-offenders who were prepared to reject the gang life and affirm decent ways of living and foster relationships of guidance with young men who were not yet on the right path and so forth and so on; if he was working with the cops and not against the cops to try to keep the peace in some of these neighborhoods, I\u2019d have more respect for him.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He continued, \u201cBut it\u2019s a very high-level shtick. He\u2019s refined it to perfection, and he\u2019s out Jesse Jacksoning Jesse Jackson in the twenty-first century while the clock keeps ticking on poor black people, and the demagoguery that spews out of him is almost completely unrelated to the actual material needs of this population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He turned to Sharpton\u2019s buddy, President Joe Biden: \u201cJoe Biden is going to rescue inner-city Baltimore? Really? At the brokerage of Al Sharpton Joe Biden is going to save education for poor black people? Joe Biden is going to make it safe to walk on the South Side of Chicago after midnight because Al Sharpton is in the Oval Office?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4651162790698\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here I am, explaining to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnHMcWhorter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnHMcWhorter<\/a> exactly what&#8217;s wrong with Al Sharpton (time was limited, so I had to keep it short!) See more at my new channel, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kM0UhXwAz4\">https:\/\/t.co\/kM0UhXwAz4<\/a> and support this work at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZICguBef8A\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZICguBef8A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/atyygE3pdU\">pic.twitter.com\/atyygE3pdU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Loury (@GlennLoury) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennLoury\/status\/1443365796231761922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In July, speaking at the National Constitution Center, Biden stated Sharpton was his \u201cpal,\u201d saying, \u201cI see an awful lot of good friends out there.&nbsp; Please have a seat if you have one.&nbsp;I \u2014 let me begin by saying I used to be important.&nbsp; I used to be the chairman of the board of this place.&nbsp; And Jeffrey Rosen allowed me to do that for a while.&nbsp;But thank you all for being here.&nbsp; I truly appreciate it.&nbsp; Governor, it\u2019s above and beyond the call.&nbsp; Mr. Mayor, I\u2019d compli- \u2014 I thought you were a great mayor \u2014 still think you are \u2014 but your judgment in fianc\u00e9es is even stronger.&nbsp; And \u2014 but \u2014 but all of you.&nbsp; And a good friend, Bobby Brady.&nbsp; I see so many friends out.&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Sharpton \u2014 Al, how are you, pal?&nbsp; It\u2019s great to see you.&nbsp;\u201c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/24\/us\/politics\/joe-biden-vice-president-black-candidates.html\">The New York Times<\/a> reported in April 2020 that Sharpton \u201cspeaks to Mr. Biden regularly.\u201d Dan McLaughlin wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/will-joe-biden-let-al-sharpton-pick-his-running-mate\/\">National Review<\/a> at the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>Sharpton is as toxic a figure as exists in American public life. Space does not permit here a full summary of Sharpton\u2019s sins, which include inciting murder, riot, and arson, leading a hoax rape accusation against innocent men, anti-Semitism, and tax evasion \u2026 There are plenty of terrible people in American politics, but Sharpton has a body count to go with an unusually broad range of misconduct.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economist and Brown University professor Glenn Loury, fed-up with what he called the \u201cvery high-level shtick\u201d of Al Sharpton, tweeted out a clip of himself ripping Sharpton while accusing the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-831006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}