NAACP
Tea party leader expelled over slavery letter
Washington Post – The NAACP ignited a firestorm last week when it passed a resolution at its national convention condemning racism within the tea party movement. Not surprisingly, the issue was a topic of much discussion on the Sunday talk shows. On CBS’ “Face the Nation,” NAACP President Ben Jealous faced off against David Webb [...]
Is NAACP blind to Farrakhan & Co.? The Nation of Islam is built on racism and lies
Stanley Crouch, New York Daily News – I do not think that the NAACP was out of order in asking the Tea Party movement to separate itself from the racists in its midst, but the famous civil rights organization ought to start by following the same suggestion. During the great March On Washington in August [...]
The Debate About the Tea Party and Racism
Newsweek – NAACP President Ben Jealous looks at the modern Tea Party movement and sees the shadow of the White Citizens’ Council, that gentile breed of southerners, rife with respectability, that served as the white-glove wing of the Ku Klux Klan. The council cynically practiced “this sort of hide-the-ball-beneath-the-sheet behavior … when they used to [...]
The NAACP is off base
Dr. Ada M. Fisher – In my October 18, 2008 column the problem was addressed that if Obama doesn’t win then what? That changed after the November 2008 election noting the deal is done and Obama has not stemmed the reservations of American citizens, now what? Though Republicans may have been perceived as less than [...]
Revs. Sharpton, Jackson downplay tea party issue
The Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are trying to steer attention away from an NAACP resolution condemning racism within the tea party movement. Jackson deflected the issue Wednesday during the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Sharpton suggested people should be asking if the tea party is “trying [...]
