The Rev. Al Sharpton was criticized by former ESPN host Sage Steele after he came to the defense of Claudine Gay, calling her resignation as president of Harvard University an “attack” on all black women.
“I just wish he would go away,” Steele told Fox News host Jesse Watters, referring to Sharpton.
“Almost every time Al Sharpton speaks, I get angry because Al Sharpton pretends to know what every black person in this country thinks, believes how they should live, how they should act, how they should vote,” he said.
Steele directed his ire at the civil rights activist’s Tuesday statement, in which he wrote: “President Gay’s resignation is more than just one person or one incident. “This is an attack on all black women in this country who have put a crack in the glass ceiling.”
Sharpton called Gay’s resignation as president of Harvard University an “attack” on all black women. AP
Steele said Gay faced criticism for issues of her character — how she handled anti-Semitism on campus and accusations of plagiarism — not because she is a black woman.
The former ESPN anchor admitted she didn’t have “a lot of sympathy” for Gay.
“Do you remember Martin Luther King, Mr. Sharpton?” Steele said during the interview. “I think you judge me by the content of my character, not by the color of my skin. What happened to Claudine Gay? There are some character problems, which is why she was forced to resign.”
Gay announced her resignation as head of the Ivy League school on Tuesday afternoon. She will remain on the Harvard faculty.
Sage Steele criticized Reverend Al Sharpton when he came to Claudine Gay’s defense. FOX News Gay resigned as president of Harvard on Tuesday. David McGlynn
Steele noted that Harvard condemned the racist attacks Gay faces in its letter to the community, “as they should.”
“Any racist attack must be reported,” Steele said. “What about Claudine Gay herself when she was asked how many times [Rep.] Elise Stefanik, ‘Is it wrong? Do you denounce any anti-Semitic comments, any about the genocide of Jewish students on your campus? And she couldn’t even answer that. Clearly, she refused to respond.”
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