Word: jacksonism
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...Knows Sumo? The Jockey Underpants Ad Would Be Memorable There is something so last century about the two-sport athlete. Bo Jackson. Deion Sanders. Michael Jordan. Perhaps it was '90s irrational exuberance that caused American jocks to ask themselves: Why excel at just one sport when you could be mediocre at two? That had economists wondering if 30-year-old retired sumo wrestler WAKANOHANA's hankering to play in the NFL could be a harbinger of impending Japanese prosperity. The former grand champion has said he's been more attracted to the gridiron than the dojo since boyhood. It would...
Maybe. But Sharpton's supporters can hardly contain their glee when they cite their evidence that Sharpton is ascending as Jackson sinks. They point out that when rioting erupted in Cincinnati, Ohio, last month over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager, black clergymen prevailed on Sharpton to cut short a fact-finding tour about slavery in Sudan and fly in to lead a rally. They claim, without offering proof, that Jackson was rebuffed when he tried to wrangle a similar invitation. "Jesse's not the go-to guy anymore," says a Sharpton admirer. Jackson, who denies scrounging...
Sharpton has been practicing the role of New Jackson for years. He has patterned his career on Jackson's, mimicking his every move. Sharpton's National Action Network is modeled on Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Sharpton's Madison Avenue Initiative, which pressures white companies to buy more ads in black-owned media, resembles Jackson's Wall Street Project, which pressures corporations to create more investment opportunities for blacks. And now Sharpton is planning to rip the ultimate page from Jackson's book by running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004--the same strategy Jackson used 20 years...
...vastly different--an increasingly middle-class, multifarious ethnic group whose interests extend far beyond civil rights. There is no way for any single leader, no matter how gifted, to represent its conflicting, complicated concerns. A majority of blacks, for example, favor experiments with school vouchers, but Jackson opposes them. In what sense can he be said to be speaking for black people on this issue...
...Both Jackson and Sharpton pay lip service to the idea of broadening black leadership, but their actions contradict their words. Sharpton is convinced that Jackson cut short his sabbatical simply because he could not bear to be out of the limelight. Sharpton is no less eager for publicity. Their showdown promises to generate endless gossip and reams of breathless coverage. But in the end, it's just a sideshow. Given the growing diversity and power of the black community, it may no longer need an HNIC...