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Michael Jackson's sad exit

A huge talent, a racial pioneer and a very sad, strange man gets a surreal celebrity send-off. Why did I watch?
Joan Walsh

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  • Tuesday, July 7, 2009 01:51 PM

    People had it on at work

    I wandered into our breakroom during "Reverand" Al's speach...I hope I was not the only one who saw the irony of this man praising MJ as a civil rights pioneer, and bringing whites and blacks together...all the while he (Sharpton) has been a pioneer of racial division.

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