Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee makes the point that racial activists will be put out of business if race relations improve now that Obama is leaving office. That is a bold statement for a black man to make because it is sure to infuriate the left, especially the African-American left. It certainly infuriated Marc Lamont Hill who is with CNN. Of course, solid liberal that he is, Hill was already infuriated at Donald Trump.
Hill has a problem with the blacks with whom Donald Trump has been meeting. He complains that Trump is demeaning blacks by supposedly meeting only with black celebrities, people Hill referred to as “mediocre negros.” Sheriff Clarke would have none of it and fired back at Hill via Twitter.
The sheriff makes a valid point: There are those who benefit from keeping racial tensions boiling. He supports his point with a statement that Booker T. Washington made decades ago.
Booker T was talking about Marc Lamont Hill. If race relations get back on track after Obama re-opened the wound, Hill becomes irrelevant. pic.twitter.com/7B6kc09aMU
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) January 17, 2017
Clarke also brought a remark by Frederick Douglas into the debate.
Marc Lamont Hill would call Frederick Douglas a "mediocre negro". If Douglas is a "mediocre negro" that would make Hill a slime ball. pic.twitter.com/tvGqi8Zxoz
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) January 17, 2017
This immediately got him in trouble with black activists has he just publicly blew their cover. Hence, Sheriff Clarke must be discredited or silenced by the left. The left has a problem though — they picked on the wrong man as Clarke is not going to back down.
Hill responded in an attempt to defend himself.
I didn't call Jim Brown mediocre. Nor Steve Harvey. Neither are. I specifically referred to the Trump Diversity Council. Neither are on it. https://t.co/b9dQYEss2E
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) January 17, 2017
However the Sheriff is not going away quietly nor letting Hill and those like him off the hook. He summed up his beliefs on the matter in his latest posting on Twitter:
I am tired of this jigaboo telling black people who they should be, what they should do. He's a lackey for Democrats https://t.co/XRI5bEPo0F
— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) January 17, 2017
Perhaps the day will come when racial tensions are a thing of the past. Sadly, that day will not come as a result of the efforts of Mr. Hill.
Hill responds:
If you think Frederick Douglas would be a Trump supporter, then you have no sense of history or an adequate understanding of Douglas. https://t.co/NS4zqVWki4
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) January 17, 2017
Congratulations again to Sheriff David Clark you are awesome man THANK you Sir