Obama will be speaking at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) 100th anniversary gala at the Hilton. Obama is telling the nation’s oldest civil rights organization that government, families and neighborhoods must work together to improve communities. Ok. Obama also planned to urge young people to aspire to surpass their role models and resist the lure of mediocrity. OK. Obama is seeking the backing of the powerful NAACP and its members for his ambitious domestic agenda. For all their shared interests…ONLY IF YOU ARE A BLACK DEMOCRAT.
For years I have supported the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People with donations, attending Galas, the average activities expected. I stopped supporting this group around 12/14 years ago. Why…..double standards and focus on one group – The Democrats. If you look at this 100th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People you will see Obama hats, shirts, buttons. Mind you this is a Non Profit Organization. This doesn’t matter to this group. Back in October 2004 the Internal Revenue Service informed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that it was investigating its tax-exempt status based on Julian Bond’s speech at its 2004 Convention in which he criticized President George W. Bush as well as other political figures. The US Internal Revenue Code prohibits organizations granted tax-exempt status from “directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Again, who are the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People supporting here, OBAMA. Who did the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People support for president last year…OBAMA . What happend to support for John McCain, or even better support toward Condoleezza Rice’s, see they don’t support people like Condoleezza Rice
So what is the NAACP’s agenda, from their web site: The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.
Objectives. The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution — the principal objectives of the Association shall be:
• To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
• To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
•To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
• To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights
• To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
• To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP’s Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.
Now think about what you just read and apply this to black conservatives, it cannot be done. I know Colin Powell is there, he’s the simi-conservative voice of for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, but he supports OBAMA and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People love him for that.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President Benjamin Jealous has stated that “We will be the people at the end of the day who help make him do what he knows he should do. We will help create the room for (Obama) to fulfill, I think, his own aspirations for his presidency,” Remember Obama, is their (NAACP) first black president.
Do Black Conservatives had a chance with the NAACP?
July 16, 2009 at 10:19 am |
The N.A.A.C.P. is a joke. Hell no, they will never support black conservatives. They treated Rice like a dog, and Powell looks like a fool associating with these fools. You’re right they only support blacks if they are democats.
July 16, 2009 at 2:59 pm |
the NAACP is too political now, they showed their bias with Bush choice of Powell and Rice. I have noticed that they do not support black conservatives. We have a Black Achievement Award gala here. Never has there been a black conservative honored. It may be me but I dont see any kind of support. Did you want Obama to skip this event?
July 20, 2009 at 6:54 am |
They can be useful if they get more organized, it’s not the group it started out as.
July 28, 2009 at 8:42 am |
Yeah, try this N.A.A.C.P. (Negros Angry About Caucasian Power)
July 28, 2009 at 2:09 pm |
Anonymous 10:19, they did treat Rice unfair, a ‘joke’ you may have a point. Thanks, don’t be a stranger.
July 28, 2009 at 2:13 pm |
T. McCaskill, I agree, they seem to support the democrat party more then the republican party when they have these GALAS. I didn’t want Obama to skip this event, the NAACP chapters around the country needs to stop being bias. Thanks, Don’t be a stranger.
July 28, 2009 at 2:20 pm |
Anonymous 6:54, I remember the NAACP when I was little, I think all my family members was into ‘PUSH’ in the early 70’s. NAACP has changed, along with the people running the chapters. More and more cities are becoming racial divided and there is a huge problem when you have black conservatives running for office or getting support. The NAACP in my view, will not give this person the support he needs because of political views. Thanks, don’t be a stranger.
July 28, 2009 at 2:24 pm |
Anonymous 8:42, why did you do that.
July 31, 2009 at 11:55 am |
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