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09-14-2009, 02:24 PM #1
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Former Activist,Turned FBI Informant Opens Curtains on ACORN
Former Leftist Activist, Turned FBI Informant, Pulls Back the Curtain On ACORNby Brandon Darby
I first experienced ACORN in post-Katrina New Orleans. I was part of a relief organization, Common Ground Relief, which had been delivering much needed aid to the 9th Ward, an area that had been hit especially hard by the flood waters and by neglect. Rumors immediately began surfacing, questioning our motives and intentions. I was very confused by these rumors. Who was behind them? How could anyone question the vital work we were doing in the community? We lived and worked in the 9th Ward. We suspended our regular lives and, in many cases, left our families to travel to New Orleans to help those affected by Katrina and poverty. We slept on dirty plywood floors and shared everything we had with the residents. Most of us were white. Was our skin color the issue? I knew from personal experience that the majority of the Black 9th ward residents didn’t care what color our skin was. It took me awhile to get over the hurt I felt at such allegations and to find out where they were coming from.
In the following weeks, I was made aware of the fact that ACORN had reopened its New Orleans office (several months after the storm). Various groups from around the city informed me that Acorn was upset with us because we were in “theirâ€
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09-14-2009, 02:27 PM #2
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Acorn is anti-American
Love it! We must bring down Acorn and all of it's associates/affilates including Obama.
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09-14-2009, 03:06 PM #3
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Scary. But perhaps it will all come out now.
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