The NAACP is stating that there are racists in the Tea Party....OK...I'm sure there are but that isn't the point of the Tea Party. Does the NAACP think there aren't racist in their ranks? Oh wait ACTUALLY they know there are because back in 2000 Mr. Mfume suspended the Dallas branch President Lee Alcorn for his anti-semetic remarks. In fact it's a statical probability that any large collection of people is going to have some racists in it. This doesn't make the group racists though. We need to base the group by it's desired goals and actions as a group not by individuals. Take for example the Catholic Church, or any church, do you really think that there isn't at least one racist sitting in the pews during Sunday service? Yet I don't think anyone would say the Catholic Church is racist or has racist goals.
This declaration by the NAACP is frivolous and is a distraction from the real issues being raised by honest people. Especially when one considers the make up of the Tea Party. In general the Tea Party is made of non-affiliated independent voters that were not activists. Yes most of the party is white but the % of black Americans is close to 10% to 12%. So by porportion we'd expect the Tea Party to be less than 10% black as we know that it's unlikely that ALL black would be of the mind set of the Tea Party goals. In addition, it's highly likely that a large percentage of Tea Party members actually voted for Obama since Obama got a large percentage of the "Independent" vote.
Just for a kicker, lets not forget that I never remember hearing a peep out of the NAACP last August regarding the beating of a black man by SEIU members in front of a St. Louis town hall meeting. Why did Kenneth Gladney get beaten? Because he was a black man handing out Don't Tread On Me flags out infront of the town hall meeting. It was my understanding that the NAACP was suppose to be for equality of all people. If that's so then why not Kenneth's equality to believe in what he believes and protest what he chooses to protest without being molested? Where was the declaration against SEIU? Oh wait, I forgot, Zaki Baruti, President of the Universal African Peoples, at a ralley organized by the NAACP IN SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE THAT BEAT Kenneth Gladney stated "That we call him (Kenneth Gladney) a Negro in the fact that he works not for our people but against our people. In the old days we call him Uncle Tom. I just got to say that.". Sooooo, wait, huh? What? Really? Direct off the home page of the NAACP "Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization." Sooo ummm freedom of speech isn't a CIVIL RIGHT? To freely organize to protest in a civil manner isn't a CIVIL RIGHT? To go one step further this Mr. Baruti made a false statement during an interview on the O'Reilly Factor. He said "in the buttons he was selling they had pictures of President Obama in white face with blood coming out of his eyes and his mouth which is a character that reflects back to the Jim Crowe era." Either Mr. Baruti is completely disconnected from reality or he knows he's lying because the characture of Obama that he describes is not white face but it's Obama made up like the Joker in the last Batman movie. In addition, I'm not claiming to be all knowing in things that are racist, have you ever heard of white face? I've heard of black face. I've never heard of white face. I even googled white face to see what it offered...nothing on the subject of racism. Sooooo ummmm huh? Clearly, Mr. Baruti is cluless and it's a shame that the NAACP saw fit to have this man speak for them and support people that denied Mr. Gladney's civil rights.
Oh yes and one last point to make, before ANYONE at the NAACP or afflialated with the NAACP goes around calling someone an Uncle Tom they'd better think about their own history. Consider that the slave owning south was controlled by the Democratic Party, consider that the Civil War was about Democrats wanting to keep the southern states slave states, consider that the Democrat Party worked with the KKK and Red Shirts to keep blacks and Republicans from voting in southern states (in some cases it actually involved open combat with armed militias), consider that the Jim Crow Laws were brought about by the Democrat Party during the Redeemer Era, consider that the Democrat Party actively fought against the de-segregation of the south, consider that the Democrat Party filibustered against the Civil Rights legislation. Now consider that the NAACP is VERY cozy with the Democrat Party. Tell me again who's the Uncle Tom?
As Jesus said...Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Somehow I'm thinking that the evidence shows the NAACP is not without sin when it comes to racism.
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