NAACP: Why we passed our Tea Party resolution

[NordicHeathenVinlander]

ROTFL, this was a real winner. NAACP is calling foul because Tea party is "too White" in population.

Are they serious? Do they really want to say an organization which seeks to restore and preserve American heritage is populated by nothing but Whites? I wonder what sort of message that sends for organizations like La Raza and Black Panther, NAACP.

There is alot of hypocrisy, and NONE of it is coming from the Tea party.

Benjamin Todd Jealous is president and CEO of the NAACP, the nation's largest and oldest civil rights organization.



This week at the NAACP annual convention, we passed over 75 resolutions. They addressed critical issues from education equity, to fixing our broken criminal justice and immigration systems, to our top priority: jobs, jobs, jobs.
One resolution, which was highlighted in my convention speech, created media frenzy: The unanimously passed resolution demanded that the leadership of the Tea Party repudiate its racist elements and make it clear that there is no space in the organization for bigotry.


It is unfortunate that at a time when our nation is reeling in the midst of one of the most devastating downturns in our economy since the Great Depression, the NAACP is compelled to deal with a disturbing, corrosive attack from the Tea Party.



Instead of joining us to repudiate racism, Tea Party leaders have attempted a tit for tat and demanded that we condemn the New Black Panther Party for reported hate speech. It is a false argument. Of course we condemn hate speech from anyone and any organization, including the New Black Panther Party. But that party is a mere flea compared to the influence and size of the Tea Party. And the New Black Panther Party is not a member of the NAACP. What we are asking the Tea Party to eschew is not the racism of some outside organization, but the bigotry within.


After my speech, I was approached by a man named Chris, who asked that his last name not be used. He's a member of both the Tea Party and the NAACP. He thanked me for denouncing the racist elements of a party to which he is loyal. He explained that he felt increasingly uncomfortable within the Tea Party. We want Chris to live in a world where he can feel comfortable in both organizations.



Over 2000 delegates voted. The resolution was proposed by our Missouri State Conference, from the home state of the Council of Conservative Citizens, widely recognized as the linear descendant of the White Citizens Council. Their fealty to racism is not obscured.


Like Stormfront.org, a website founded by former KKK leader Don Black, the Council celebrates its allegiance to and influence in the Tea Party.


The avowed racist David Duke notes that thousands of Tea Party activists have urged him to run for president. When the Tea Party marches by, Duke thinks it's his fiesta.



Our members know too well the pain and the potential danger of white supremacist groups. Since our resolution was publicized, a number of our branches and our corporate offices are reporting violent threats.



We have all seen the blatantly racist signs portraying President Obama as a monkey. We have seen the press conference with the civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis describing how he was spit on and called the N-word, or Rep. Barney Frank being called a vicious slur for gay men.
Dick Armey and other Tea Party leaders have not only refused to disavow the racism -- they have denied it.
With increased influence comes increased responsibility. It is long past time for Dick Armey and the Tea Party leadership to take a stance. Instead, they remain silent while many of the group's leaders are attacking the NAACP, calling a historically multiracial, anti-racist organization "racist." We are receiving death threats and other threats of violence for asking them to rout the violent, racist factions in their midst.



The NAACP is working hard to move our nation forward. We have joined with almost 200 other organizations representing people of all races, creeds and faiths to form a movement to pull America back together and put America back to work. "One Nation Working Together" is the antithesis to the bitter polarization being bred by the Tea Party and its ilk. It represents a clarion call to unity, to come together as a country.



On October 2 we will gather in Washington in a march for jobs, to demand a fair economy that works for all. We will embrace hope and possibility -- not hate.


As Americans seeking peace, harmony, and goodwill, we have too much at stake to be derailed by the rancor of racism. It's been said that "Evil flourishes with the silence of good men."


It is time for all people of goodwill -- and especially the leadership of the Tea Party -- to break the silence and make it clear that this type of vile bigotry is antithetical to the moral ethos of our nation.

Why we passed our Tea Party resolution - CNN.com

1). I've observed no racism at Tea party events in Indiana. I've observed the exact opposite. I think the NAACP is playing a very dangerous came of 'cry wolf'. And they need to be very careful about crying it, after the Black Panther party issued a call to arms to kill white people and they're babies, but also seeking violent confrontation with the Tea party.

I hope the Leadership displays a backbone and doesnt cower.

2). Well, if the Black Panthers are not a part of the NAACP, which is fair. Than suggesting the Tea party apologize and denounce something it's not responsible is a ridiculous notion.

All this talk of equality and crap from the NAACP, perhaps they can apologize for the actions of they're people, or would that be ridiculously unfair to the Racist organization NAACP

3). The Tea Party is NOT responsible for whom supports it, while it speaks volumes, they are not obligated to do anything, nor should they.

4).Dr. David Duke is NOT responsible for the thousands of Tea party supporters who want him to run for the 2012 Presidential Election.
I dont see this as a valid connection, as David Duke did run for office in LA, and won (By 65% of the vote), led a successful political career, and then existed, despite the vile attacks.
He has video on Youtube, titled "David Duke Speaks to the Tea Party." Which addresses the issues over the NAACP but months prior, when the Media first started this attack against the Tea Party.
His desire to run for tbe 2012 Election sparked up a flare across the internet, much of it being supportive in the least, and suggesting Obama is paving the way.

Perhaps this is the reason why the sharks are being baited against the Tea party, a single unified Party, which has the desire to oust both Communist Democrats, and NeoCon Republicans for some Traditional American Conservativism.

Ron Paul, Pat Buchanan, Perhaps even Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachman as VP cannidates.

Could be interesting

5). First of all, no one ever complained when the libs called Bush a Chimp - So why is it so Politically Incorrect to do that with Obama? Race? or Race card? This is incredibly hypocrisy at it's finest.

And Im abit confused, if one believes in Evolution, than why is it a bad thing to compare one to a monkey. PC again.

6). There ARE NO JOBS to DEMAND!!!! And the economy, it's falling and that's only by the reports from the media, never it's probably far worse than they are suggesting.

50 years later, and the agenda is still the same, despite having a Black President. I dont get it, I just dont understand how much more they could be fighting for. They get all the jobs, on Affirmative Action alone.

7). Although I did not highlight, I seriously doubt any Tea Party activist is threatening the NAACP. Sounds like another cry wolf, and perhaps some self-victimization <------ I love hearing stories when the "Hate crime" is found to be the reported Victims themselves.

 

[Armed Eastsider]

All members of the Black Panthers should be in jail for terrorism. And for being idiots. I know its not a crime but it should be.

 

[beararms1776]

The only groups causing trouble with racism is groups like the OP mentions. Just exactly what rights is it they don't have? They haven't been arrested for terrorist threats about killing crackers, little kids, law enforcement, eliminating a race of people, etc. If you don't agree with it, your a bigot racist. Maybe they should look within themselves first. And bigotry, what about hypocracy! If they want all the power and control and injustice to becom law, will it make the next white Pres. a racist?

 

[O2guy]

The only racism I see is from the DOJ using its political association to determine which criminal activity should be investigated based such groups named in the OP.

 

[Son of Liberty]

Its funny how most of you miss the point. First of all there are a lot of racist folks in the Tea Party and in the NAACP. Second all leaders of any group have a responsibilty to eliminate those in thier ranks, that portray their group in a way they claim not to be.
So if the Tea Party movement says it's not a racist group than the leaders should denounce these actions and statements made by some of its members.
As should the NAACP should do against the NBP, the writer is correct that they are not apart of the NAACP, however if you are going to condemnabout one set of racist actions you need to condemn all of them, no matter who they come from.

Second, Nordic once again you let me down, it is a myth that blacks get all the jobs, it dosent happen that way, that is a white supremacist propaganda tool, and you know it.
I find it funny that on one hand the supremacist say blacks are on welfare and whites are taking care of them. And then in the same breath, its blacks that get all the jobs and put white people out of work.
So which one is it, cant be both. Neither statements are true, in reality, blacks are sucking the country dry, and are not getting all the jobs from affirmative action.

 

[cosermann]

Even IF there are a few bad apples in the Tea Party movement, which I've never seen, but will allow for the sake of argument, then the NAACP is still condeming a whole group of people for the actions of a few. Huh? THAT, sounds very familiar. Seems to me it's an attitude at the heart of racism (i.e. pre-judging a racial group of people due to the actions of some individuals in the group).

The NAACP mission is (emphasis mine): "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination". If they're truly interested in advancing the condition all persons, and especially their members, they ought to be embracing the tea party.

I wonder how many NAACP members know that the 3 co-founders of the organization were white (Henry Moskowitz, Mary Ovington, and William Walling, the last 2 of which were also a members of the Socialist Party, but I digress); you know, those 'founders' M. Obama referred to last week. By the NAACP's definition, they must have been racist - they were an all-white group after all.

IMO, this most recent action seriously damages the remaining credibility of the NAACP and actually reveals what the organization has become over the years as it's been co-opted by certain types which shall remain nameless.

Physician, heal thyself.

 

[TiminMishawaka]

Why is the NAACP being led by a white guy?

 

[cosermann]

Why not? Maybe he's the most qualified. Whatever happened to MLK's dream when people, "will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character?"

 

[shooter]

Why is the NAACP being led by a white guy?

LOL! I asked myself the same thing....

 

[downzero]

All members of the Black Panthers should be in jail for terrorism. And for being idiots. I know its not a crime but it should be.

I guess the writ of habeas corpus isn't all it's cracked up to be, huh?

 

[SavageEagle]

Wow. That's... I'm....

For sum reason, stories like these leave me speechless. Ok, well, INGO safe speechless.

 

[Redemption]

You can't stop racism. The NAACP just breeds more of it. The first step in stopping violence among the races is to admit that the races are different. Until then, it is an exercise in futility and exacerbates an already bad situation to try and stop it.

 

[NordicHeathenVinlander]

All members of the Black Panthers should be in jail for terrorism. And for being idiots. I know its not a crime but it should be.

I'd rather see all the other criminal gangs, like bloodz, crips etc that the BP influences put in jail, exported out for they're role in terrorism.

Its funny how most of you miss the point. First of all there are a lot of racist folks in the Tea Party and in the NAACP. Second all leaders of any group have a responsibilty to eliminate those in thier ranks, that portray their group in a way they claim not to be.

If this is the case than the ADL, SPLC, NAACP MUST be disbanned. They harbor a very racist agenda, anyone can see it.

So if the Tea Party movement says it's not a racist group than the leaders should denounce these actions and statements made by some of its members.

I've heard nothing 'racist' from the Tea party though. I've been to many, which makes this seem like crying wolf.

As should the NAACP should do against the NBP, the writer is correct that they are not apart of the NAACP, however if you are going to condemnabout one set of racist actions you need to condemn all of them, no matter who they come from.

Wont happen. Double Standards, and fighting "The (White) MAN" are bigger than the NBP calling for the genocide of all Whites.

Second, Nordic once again you let me down, it is a myth that blacks get all the jobs, it dosent happen that way, that is a white supremacist propaganda tool, and you know it.

It's not a myth. And there is nothing properganda about it.
Chicago Black working population makes up 12% (Out of a grand total of around 40% of the total black Chicago population.) or atleast it did last time I looked.
They make up 80 plus percent of the Post office Jobs, despite the fact that they're White counter parts consistantly have higher scores, good job record, and usually zero criminal history.

Chicago Post Office Still Fails to Deliver for Latinos

By: Heidi ErnstAugust 20, 2007Despite recent gains in hiring, Latinos at the Chicago post office continue to be harassed and passed over for promotion, postal workers and community leaders charge.

While Latinos make up 18.8 percent of mail handlers and carriers hired since March, they hold just 2.6 percent of the jobs in upper management. As of July, four Latinos were working as supervisors at the post office, compared to 99 blacks and 49 whites, postal records show. A fifth Latino was promoted in August.

The increased hiring of Latinos is a good sign, said Juan Roberto Daly, a purchasing specialist with a 32-year postal career.

"The top managers can't be satisfied to say, 'Well, we have raised the number of Hispanics,' and then close their eyes," said Daly, who in March won a discrimination case against the post office. "They have to change the environment."

One year ago, the U.S. General Accounting Office released its study of Latino hiring, retention and promotion throughout the U.S. Postal Service. The study was requested by U.S. Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, a Chicago Democrat. In August, The Chicago Reporter analyzed updated numbers from the post office.

The latest figures show that while Latinos make up 11 percent of private sector employees in the metropolitan area, they account for only 4.5 percent of the district's 15,000 career postal employees. Blacks account for 80 percent of all postal workers. Whites are 12.9 percent, Asian Americans are 2.4 percent, American Indians are 0.1 percent, and the disabled are 4 percent of employees.

The Chicago Reporter Chicago Post Office Still Fails to Deliver for Latinos

Sons of liberty, do you enjoy facts, and real life? It seems like everytime you or someone else attempts to suggest what Im saying is a lie or false/properganda, you are consistantly proven wrong.

I find it funny that on one hand the supremacist say blacks are on welfare and whites are taking care of them. And then in the same breath, its blacks that get all the jobs and put white people out of work.

LOL @ Supremacist comment - Im not one, I just live in the real world and dont acknowledge Communism and PC.

Well, not everything is so cut and dry, as you made it appear with this comment.

Welfare by race

White 38.8%
Black 39.8
Hispanic 15.7
Asian 2.4
other 3.3

Compare 70 plus percent of the White American population by that of the Black American population, which is roughly 13 percent.

You'll come to note that on welfare alone, these figures are staggering. This doesnt include other programs which give "free" benefits, section 8 housing, food stamps etc.

It's fun to go down to the welfare office, not that I've personally applied, but just look around at the people getting out of they're high end SUV's, wearing Gold chains, with chrome rims, fancy clothes.

So which one is it, cant be both. Neither statements are true, in reality, blacks are sucking the country dry, and are not getting all the jobs from affirmative action.

Research is harder than listening to MSNBC. I've shown the facts of just one city, a major hub in America. 12% black working population out of roughly 40%.

The Numbers dont lie, and there is nothing racist or supremacist about the truth.

I wonder how many NAACP members know that the 3 co-founders of the organization were white (Henry Moskowitz, Mary Ovington, and William Walling, the last 2 of which were also a members of the Socialist Party, but I digress); you know, those 'founders' M. Obama referred to last week. By the NAACP's definition, they must have been racist - they were an all-white group after all.

By today's standard the founders would be considered evil, neo nazi, klansmen, White Nationalist and whatever other boogyman terms there are, like Patriot, Minutemen, Tea party activist.

Old Abe lincoln, was incredibly racist. His agenda mirrored that of Hitler.
He didnt believe Black people or White people could ever live together under the same Government, nor that Black people be granted citizenship.
He was also very supportive of repriating Black people back to Africa.

Google some of his speeches.

Google Thomas Jefferson "Book of fate" quote.

The founders were indeed very racist against people who were considered 'non-white'.

In the Preamble of the Constitution, you see they had a vision for the direction of America.

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Posterity, is defined as

1. future or succeeding generations
2. all of one's descendants

Why is the NAACP being led by a white guy?

He's not White. His mom was black, his father was white.

The people you listed as co-founders; 1 one not White, and the other 2 were White rich Elitist Socialist.

This is one of the common problems facing the Black community in America. All of they're organizations, including the Black Panthers were being guided by Elitist communist jews and whites - Who used the agenda to dismantle American directive.

Afew proud honest black men, I believe Malcom X took note to say that Liberal Whites were just as bad as the racist Whites, because the Racist Whites wanted nothing to do with the Black community, while the liberals sought to control the agenda of the Black community.

Pretty darn sneaky.

So much for all that liberals are the "good" guys fluff talk, huh?

 

[cosermann]

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[garlic_b]

"The unanimously passed resolution demanded that the leadership of the Tea Party repudiate its racist elements and make it clear that there is no space in the organization for bigotry."

Am I the only one not reading this as them condemning the entire tea party as racist?

"racist elements" = a small part of the whole.

example:
1) Bloomington is a Racist Town. (The whole town and all of it's citizenry are racist)
2) Bloomington has Racist Elements. (An unknown number of citizenry are racist)

See how those two are different?

I can almost all but guarantee that within any group (NBP/Tea Party/NAACP) there is going to be racist elements. Some will express their racism overtly, sometimes it will be implicit and subtle. Even if I look only at my direct family, I am sure their are racist elements.

 

[Son of Liberty]

I'd rather see all the other criminal gangs, like bloodz, crips etc that the BP influences put in jail, exported out for they're role in terrorism.




If this is the case than the ADL, SPLC, NAACP MUST be disbanned. They harbor a very racist agenda, anyone can see it.



I've heard nothing 'racist' from the Tea party though. I've been to many, which makes this seem like crying wolf.



Wont happen. Double Standards, and fighting "The (White) MAN" are bigger than the NBP calling for the genocide of all Whites.



It's not a myth. And there is nothing properganda about it.
Chicago Black working population makes up 12% (Out of a grand total of around 40% of the total black Chicago population.) or atleast it did last time I looked.
They make up 80 plus percent of the Post office Jobs, despite the fact that they're White counter parts consistantly have higher scores, good job record, and usually zero criminal history.




Sons of liberty, do you enjoy facts, and real life? It seems like everytime you or someone else attempts to suggest what Im saying is a lie or false/properganda, you are consistantly proven wrong.





LOL @ Supremacist comment - Im not one, I just live in the real world and dont acknowledge Communism and PC.

Well, not everything is so cut and dry, as you made it appear with this comment.

Welfare by race


Compare 70 plus percent of the White American population by that of the Black American population, which is roughly 13 percent.

You'll come to note that on welfare alone, these figures are staggering. This doesnt include other programs which give "free" benefits, section 8 housing, food stamps etc.

It's fun to go down to the welfare office, not that I've personally applied, but just look around at the people getting out of they're high end SUV's, wearing Gold chains, with chrome rims, fancy clothes.






Research is harder than listening to MSNBC. I've shown the facts of just one city, a major hub in America. 12% black working population out of roughly 40%.

The Numbers dont lie, and there is nothing racist or supremacist about the truth.




By today's standard the founders would be considered evil, neo nazi, klansmen, White Nationalist and whatever other boogyman terms there are, like Patriot, Minutemen, Tea party activist.

Old Abe lincoln, was incredibly racist. His agenda mirrored that of Hitler.
He didnt believe Black people or White people could ever live together under the same Government, nor that Black people be granted citizenship.
He was also very supportive of repriating Black people back to Africa.

Google some of his speeches.

Google Thomas Jefferson "Book of fate" quote.

The founders were indeed very racist against people who were considered 'non-white'.

In the Preamble of the Constitution, you see they had a vision for the direction of America.



Posterity, is defined as






He's not White. His mom was black, his father was white.

The people you listed as co-founders; 1 one not White, and the other 2 were White rich Elitist Socialist.

This is one of the common problems facing the Black community in America. All of they're organizations, including the Black Panthers were being guided by Elitist communist jews and whites - Who used the agenda to dismantle American directive.

Afew proud honest black men, I believe Malcom X took note to say that Liberal Whites were just as bad as the racist Whites, because the Racist Whites wanted nothing to do with the Black community, while the liberals sought to control the agenda of the Black community.

Pretty darn sneaky.

So much for all that liberals are the "good" guys fluff talk, huh?

In the end Nordic you will always see it as blacks being a drag on society and whites being better and taking care of the black community. Also it dosent matter what we would consider the founding fathers, all your saying is that they were racist people. Ok so they were racist, just because they were the founding fathers dosent mean it was right back then anymore than now.

Like Ive said to you before, just accept who and what you are and stop trying to cover it, being saying your not a racist and you just don't accept the PC of the world.

A person cant make general broad stroke statements about other races and not judge people based on their race. It is impossible.

Why is it that you deny the existence of racist people within the Tea Party? Ive seen it personally. So supporters of the Tea party that say they havent seen it or heard it through the grape vine, are either stupid or blind.

Redemption- the only difference between races is color. The color of your skin has nothing to do with your upbringing. Your social surroundings control how you are and act. Men are born and then shaped, a person is not bound to be a certain way because of being one color or another.

To sum it up again, there are racist elements within the tea party, just like with any group, there are a lot of finger pointing at the NAACP and the NBP, about racism, while denying the elements within the Tea Party.

I also find it funny that you have time to take off from taking care of the black population, with all the work you do, to go to the welfare office and just sit and watch people go in and out.
You say you are not a supremacist, but all of your post hint towards and some out right say that whites are better than whites, and blacks are simply being taking care of by whites.
If you want to give me some of your check Ill take it. Since you already take care of the entire black community. Oh wait, I mean 13 percent of the black community

 

[pudly]

Am I the only one not reading this as them condemning the entire tea party as racist?

Factually correct, but that was never the point. The NAACP doesn't have to say that the entire membership of the Tea Parties are racist to slime them.

If your own family has "racist elements", then do you feel that you need to apologize for them on command? If not, then why should Tea Party (or any other group's) leaders? They aren't leading a racist group, so they have no need to feel responsible for specific beliefs of every single member whether or not those beliefs have anything to do with the organization's purpose.

If every sufficiently large organization has some racist members, then why point to the Tea Party specifically? It is all about the politics and trying the make the Tea Parties appear racist in people's minds.

Even such liberal and Democratic luminaries as Joe Biden and Barack Obama say that the Tea Party is not a racist organization, so unless you can identify a valid reason to why the NAACP has singled out the Tea Party, I have to believe it is 100% political demagoguery.

 

[pudly]

To sum it up again, there are racist elements within the tea party, just like with any group, there are a lot of finger pointing at the NAACP and the NBP, about racism, while denying the elements within the Tea Party.

As long as there is any racism in the world, then any sufficiently large group will have at least some. The difference is that any racists within the Tea Party are at the periphery and not embraced for those views. Can you honestly say the same about the NAACP and NBP?

 

[sadclownwp]

All members of the Black Panthers should be in jail for terrorism. And for being idiots. I know its not a crime but it should be.

if only being an idiot was a crime, shame it's not

 

[JBusch8899]

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