I Condemn the NAACP: It Is Lost

I condemn the NAACP. They’ve lost their way. They’ve become a political pawn.

I’ve seen some of the examples of offensive signs at tea party rallies, but they are from individuals in the crowd and not indicative of the organizers or the featured speakers. These offenders are the exception rather than the norm.

Contrast that to a May press conference held by the Missouri NAACP. Local NAACP leaders, along with a national board member, defended men charged in 2009 with beating up a black man who was apparently beaten for no other reason than because he was supporting the tea party movement. It was a press conference in which the victim was derisively referred to as a “Negro” and an “Uncle Tom.”

Who’s really offensive? Who’s out of line? Who’s making race the issue? I’d say the NAACP.