How Big Soda Co-Opted the NAACP and Hispanic Federation
If you want a prime example of how Big Soda successfully uses its “philanthropy” (e.g., deep-pockets) to silence potential critics, look at the embarrassing mess in which the storied NAACP and the Hispanic Federation now find themselves embroiled. Both of these organizations have close ties to and receive funding from the soda industry. Yet both neglected to mention [...]
NAACP President on Incoming GOP Sen. Tim Scott: ‘We Have Republicans Who Believe in Civil Rights ..He is Not One of Them”
NAACP President Ben Jealous said on Wednesday that incoming GOP Senator Tim Scott does not believe in Civil Rights. During a CNN segment where Jealous was discussing the reasoning for Rep Tim Scott (R-SC) being given an “F” by the NAACP, Jealous noted that Scott wasn’t given an “F” simply because he is a Republican. [...]
NAACP Backs Physician Challenging Discrimination at U. Kentucky
Dr. Latchin Hatemi is an intriguing character. He finished at The University of Kentucky School of Medicine, and was a top student during his time there. But during his years of study, Dr. Hatemi noticed a couple of disturbing trends. First, it seemed that nearly every black student in his class was either kicked out [...]
“Black Leaders” Meet to Discuss an Agenda: But Have They Lost Credibility?
Black leaders of nearly 60 organizations, representing the needs and concerns of millions of Blacks, came to the nation’s capital and met in a closed meeting to develop what many are calling a “Black Agenda.” “The nation must commit to economic and educational parity for communities of color,” according to the written document distributed after [...]
GOP to Black People: Vote Republican Because Lincoln Freed the Salves
You know Republicans are desperate when they’re hearkening back to the days of Abe Lincoln. A superpac in Ohio named The Empower Citizens Network is running an ad which says blacks should vote Republican because Abraham Lincoln was a Republican. The ad argues: “It is a big lie that Democrats are for black Americans, and Republicans are [...]
NAACP Official Says Obama Campaign Staffer Threatened Him For Criticizing the President
NAACP official David Lowery says he was threatened during a phone conversation with Louis Raymond, the Illinois political director for Obama for America. Lowery is the president of the South Suburban Branch of the NAACP in Chicago, and says Raymond threatened him after Lowery told the campaign he doesn’t “personally support the president because he’s not [...]
NAACP: White-Washed Media Never Selects Black Moderators For Presidential Debates
We may have a black President, but there won’t be any black journalists grilling President Obama or Mitt Romney when the debates roll around. In an op-ed, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous made his disappointment with the panel of all white moderators known. “The lack of diversity among this year’s debate moderators is representative of the [...]
NAACP Wanted More “Free Stuff”, Says Romney
by Yvette Carnell Mitt Romney has gone on record, saying that he expected to get booed when he spoke at the NAACP convention. And many pundits now agree that he went into the convention with the intent of needling African-Americans, not engaging them. It was sort of a given that African-Americans, still Obama’s loyalest voting [...]
I Will “Make Things Better” For Blacks: Mitt Romney Courts Black Vote at NAACP
Making the case for why black Democrats should vote Republican is hard. Making that case while a black Democrat occupies the White House is even harder. But Republican presidential Mitt Romney hopes to do just that today at the NAACP convention. According to a recent Gallup poll, only five percent of blacks support Romney, but [...]
Ben Jealous Says There Should Be No Second Class Families
By Benjamin Todd Jealous African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for equal treatment. Just two generations ago, our parents and our grandparents were banned from eating at certain restaurants, attending certain schools, and working in certain professions. So it is not difficult to empathize with the struggle of immigrants in our country. [...]
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