The Rev. Al Sharpton released a statement Friday chastising one John Huckabee for saying South Carolina should be able to decide whether it wants to fly the Confederate flag.

Of course he meant Mike Huckabee  the GOP candidate who on the campaign trail Thursday said outsiders should not tell South Carolina what to do when it comes to that flag.

Either way, as the controversy of race settles on the Democratic side, Sharpton said Republican Huckabee is now offending the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

“In the midst of a national celebration of the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. around his birthday, and right before the South Carolina primary John Huckabee has sought to divide this country between Blacks and whites, and north and south by implicitly supporting South Carolina’s right to fly the Confederate flag over its state capitol,” he said. “Mr. Huckabee’s position is a direct slap at Dr. King and all that he fought for. To many Americans, especially those whose ancestors were enslaved here in America, the Confederate flag is a symbol of repression, violence, slavery and attempted secession from these United States. By its very definition, the flag represents division.”

Sharpton is just another uneducated self proclaimed reverend that doesn’t know his history.

Does he realize that James Hervey, was a black American who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. James Hervey served in the Army of Mississippi and was killed at the battle of Shiloh?

More research shows records of at least 100,000 black Confederates who fought in the war. The battle flag stands for freedom and states’ rights.

We currently live under a psychological form of reconstruction. Whites are made to feel guilty for sins of their ancestors, and blacks are made to feel downtrodden. This keeps all of us from communicating. The political correctness of today is killing the pride of the people and Sharpton is one of the ringleaders.