Talk:African American leftism

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Removed Sharpton: Worked for George Pataki and other GOPers. So obviously a right-wing spy. Removed Public Enemy: Chuck D defended far-right hatemonger Louis Farrakhan Removed Chuck D: See Public Enemy Removed Louis Farrakhan: Black on the outside, Nazi on the inside. Consider his views on women, homosexuals, other races, and other religions.

This article was nominated for deletion on December 16, 2005. The result of the discussion was keep. An archived record of this discussion can be found here.

Farrakhan, Sharpton and the like need to be on the page. Whether or not you like what they have to say they are influential individuals. Gorgeousp 03:09, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

HTW exactly do Religious leaders that promoted gun use, strong families, was anti-Alcohol/Drugs, etc. (Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan) be considered "Leftist"? Looks like someone tried to re-write history with this one. -- {They call me Dirty Shoez}

Sharpton as he campaigns for Democrats and ran for President as a Dem can be considered a "black liberal", Farrakhan otoh is just a radical who refuses to support either side and criticizes both66.72.215.225 17:11, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Name change 2 Charles Barkley? 3 Expansion Please 4 Denzel, really?

[edit] Name change

Shouldn't the title be changed to 'Black liberalism'? Because the opposite article is called 'Black conservatism'. Or the other way around, with the other article being called 'African American Conservatism (or Rightism to match with Leftism but Rightism sounds awkward)'. Besides, Leftism and Rightism implies more radicalist beliefs, so it should stick to Liberalism and Conservatism. Either way they should be in the similar format for simplicity.

[edit] Charles Barkley?

Why is Charles Barkley on this page? He supported George Bush for president in 2000. Can anyone provide any evidence of Barkley's leftism, or even liberalism?

[edit] Expansion Please

This page needs a HUGE expansion, there have been a trailer load of Black-leftist (to “far-left”) movements and issues throughout the course of U.S history, ESPECIALLY the mid to late 20th century. The black conservative page makes this page look like a haiku instead of an encyclopedia entry.

[edit] Denzel, really?

He sounds pretty conservative to me. Mrbluesky 23:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)