The Rev. Al Sharpton invoked a racial stereotype Monday to make a point about community involvement during a Martin Luther King Day celebration.
“A lot of folks don’t believe in public policy,” Sharpton said. “But this is not their holiday. This is Dr. King’s day. This ain’t your birthday. And Dr. King was about public policy.
“On your birthday, we’ll eat chitlins and watermelon and drink some sweet iced tea because that’s what you do. But on his birthday, on his holiday, we do what King does. We’re going to march. We’re marching about minimum wage. Fifteen dollars-an-hour minimum wage.”
Sharpton made the remarks during his annual King Day Public Policy Forum at the National Action Network’s Harlem headquarters in front of a host of elected officials and community leaders. Most of the audience was black.
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