Thread: NAACP Considers Condemning Tea Party for 'Racism'

NAACP Considers Condemning Tea Party for 'Racism'

Published July 12, 2010
FoxNews.com

The NAACP reportedly is about to take up a resolution to condemn the Tea Party movement for "explicitly racist behavior."

The Kansas City Star reported that the organization plans to vote as early as Tuesday on the language at its annual convention in Kansas City. The resolution reportedly will call on "all people of good will to repudiate the racism of the Tea Parties" and stand against the movement's attempt to "push our country back to the pre-civil rights era."

Tea Party groups have repeatedly denied allegations of racism. Gina Loudon, one of the founders of the St. Louis Tea Party, called the NAACP's charges untrue and said it was a "shame" the NAACP was going down that road.

"I can't believe that the Tea Party is even going to be put in a position of dignifying something like that," she said. "This is sad because this established organization is being used by the left."

She said Tea Partiers generally do all they can to give minority conservatives a platform.

According to the Kansas City Star, the NAACP resolution will accuse the groups of engaging in racist behavior by displaying signs "intended to degrade people of color generally and President Barack Obama specifically."

It will also accuse the activists of abusing black members of Congress -- an apparent reference to an incident in March when Tea Party protesters allegedly hurled racial epithets at black lawmakers on Capitol Hill ahead of a health care vote. Tea Party members afterward challenged that account and no evidence was produced to show any racist actions.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07 ... ty-racism/

Hey NAACP!
Prove it!

Def

Gee I haven't heard them come out and condemn the Black Panthers for their racist comments.

Pot...Kettle...Yo

so those who are black and in the tea parties are also racist?

If this statement was not so serious, it would be laughable!! The National Association of the Advacement of COLORED People is accusing the Tea Party of racism!

Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if the Black Panters, NAACP members, Jesse Jackson, Rev. Wright, Rev. Sharpton ,and Obama stop using the race card and started teaching the young people responsibility for their own action and stop blaming "whitey" for everything!!

I don't know too much about the Tea Party but this group seems to avocating justice for ALL Americans!

When will we ever learn.......these people are just sad, hate filled people who will never be happy unless they are causing trouble. Just think....if they could not keep people stired up, they would not be getting money off the people who give to their cause.

Originally Posted by Bobby12

Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if the Black Panters, NAACP members, Jesse Jackson, Rev. Wright, Rev. Sharpton ,and Obama stop using the race card and started teaching the young people responsibility for their own action and stop blaming "whitey" for everything!!

Wouldn't it be nice if the NAACP would open their biased eyes and take notice of all the racial hatred spewing out of the mouths of the NEW Black Panters, Jesse Jackson, Rev. Wright, Rev. Al Sharpton and all the other groups that keep alive by stirring up racial hatred?