Debating The Black Agenda
(Black Political Taskforce) — The controversy between Tavis Smiley and Al Sharpton relative to the efficacy of President Barack Obama responding to “the Black agenda” continues to generate political legs. The rift began when Smiley accused Sharpton of giving President Obama a pass on addressing the Black agenda, during a broadcast of his popular radio show while touting his (Smiley’s) March 20, political national forum. Smiley and others are advocating that the President should be held accountable to “the Black Agenda” by way of negotiating with the Black political leadership.
