NAACP
Rep. Allen West Uninvited From NAACP Fundraiser Over Communist Comments
The local NAACP chapter in Rep. Allen West’s South Florida district is distancing itself from its congressman following West’s accusation earlier this month that 81 House Democrats are Communists. The Martin County, Fla., branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People revoked their invitation for West to be the keynote speaker at [...]
Sherrod not sure she would go back to Ag Dept
The woman at the center of a racially tinged firestorm involving the Obama administration and the NAACP said Wednesday she doesn’t know if she’d return to her job at the Agriculture Department, even if asked. “I am just not sure how I would be treated there,” Shirley Sherrod said in a nationally broadcast interview. Agriculture [...]
Tea Party Leader Backs Proposed Summit on Racism
Wall Street Journal – A leader of the Tea Party on Sunday called for a national “tea summit” to ease tensions over race in America. In a face-off between the conservative political movement and the NAACP on CBS “Face the Nation” on Sunday, TeaParty365 co-founder David Webb said the head of the NAACP was practicing [...]
Rush Limbaugh and race
Detroit Free Press – The game that radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh plays isn’t new. History is full of individuals who’ve sought to forge a coalition by rallying people against “the other.” What makes Limbaugh different is the lack of consequence and public outcry over his repeated racist remarks. Just this past weekend, Tea [...]
