The Rev. Al Sharpton held a press
conference today to blast Tiger Woods for the lack of diversity among
his mistresses. Sharpton claims that the lack of African-American women
among Woods’ harem will have a negative effect on the black community,
specifically young black girls.
“Why is it that a man who calls
himself black can’t bring himself to cheat on his wife with a black
woman?” said Sharpton, speaking to a group of supporters in Harlem.
“What does it say to young black girls everywhere when you pass them
over? Shame on you, Tiger Woods. What would your daddy say?”
Sharpton, who has long championed
taking black women as mistresses, said that today’s black athletes need
to stop neglecting black women when it comes to extramarital affairs,
and should follow the examples of positive black role models such as
Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King, Jr., both of whom cheated on their
wives with black women. Sharpton also stressed that cheating with
African-American women would help the black community financially by
giving black girls the chance to sell their stories to tabloids and
gossip magazines.
Added Sharpton, “I’m not asking you to
not cheat on your wives, I’m just asking you to give back to your own
community.”
