Is the NAACP outdated?

[SoulManX]

NAACP official: Vick shouldn't be banned from NFL

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/22/vick/index.html

 

[terry78]

It was neccessary in the era from 1950-1980, but nowadays I think it's become an afterthought. No one really pays attention to it anymore.

 

[Matt]

To an extent, yes. I think the real problem is many of their leaders have degraded to self-promoting attention ****es. A white guy bumps into a black person accidently while walking down the street and the NAACP will try to persecute that person.

 

[The Chairman]

To an extent, yes. I think the real problem is many of their leaders have degraded to self-promoting attention ****es. A white guy bumps into a black person accidently while walking down the street and the NAACP will try to persecute that person.

It seems that way with a lot of civil rights groups these days (NAACP, Sharpton, The ACLU).

 

[Movies205]

I don't get why Black people allow themselves to be associated with people like Al Sharpton...

 

[Movies205]

Also I think it's a pretty bad idea for the NAACP to comment on a situation like this since it's a non-racist issue, and has nothing to do with there goal.

 

[SuperFerret]

I don't get why Black people allow themselves to be associated with people like Al Sharpton...

I don't get why people allow themselves to be assosiated with Al Sharpton.

 

[Memphis Slim]

They are supporting causes and groups that the founders of the NAACP never would have. They have lost their way and are trying so hard to be relevent.

 

[Kaleb]

The NAACP are trying to remain relevant as they look in the mirror and see what all the great work they've done and realize they are irrelavant. MIke Ignored the NAACP..never gave them a dime until this mess started..now the NAACP is talking

 

[BRUTAL]

Isn't the "CP" part Politically Incorrect?

 

[Manic]

The scratching... the scratching... the scratching! Why won't it stop? Will it ever end? For years and years, scratching. Getting louder and louder, closer and closer. Driving me to the brink of insanity!

*seeks the source of the scratching sound*

*finds the NAACP desperately scraping the bottom of the barrel*

Oh, that explains it.

 

[SoulManX]

The scratching... the scratching... the scratching! Why won't it stop? Will it ever end? For years and years, scratching. Getting louder and louder, closer and closer. Driving me to the brink of insanity!

*seeks the source of the scratching sound*

*finds the NAACP desperately scraping the bottom of the barrel*

Oh, that explains it.

t:

 

[Ghostvirus]

There are a lot of groups that are past their expiration date.

Peta
NAACP
ACLU
Rainbow Coalition
etc....

They all started with the best intentions. Now it is just out of control. & most of these groups are simply unnecassary.

 

[Erzengel]

Isn't the "CP" part Politically Incorrect?

That's my thought.

I don't remember the last time I heard someone refer to someone black as a colored person.

 

[Erzengel]

So Al Sharpton is the equivalent of child rapists, kkk and nazis?

 

[terry78]

GLAAD is on its way out as well. I sense a gay backlash coming soon, as there is currently a "black" backlash.

 

[Erzengel]

It was Pedro Guerrero!!!

 

[The Original Bamfer]

It was Pedro Guerrero!!!

 

[jaguarr]

I have to admit that, when the NAACP calls for Don Imus to be crucified and burned for saying something stupid on the radio thereby helping to trash his career and then two breaths later are calling for forgiveness for Vick who did things that are far worse than Imus ever did, something's horribly wrong. I'd say they have definitely lost sight of what's important, no doubt about that. And, yes, they tend to pander to whatever cause will garner them the most attention (which probably explains the morally bankrupt position on Vick they are espousing) rather than really working to instill a positive difference. They are definitely struggling for relevance, as Slim put it, and things like this just prove that point.

jag

 

[amazingfantasy15]

I have to admit that, when the NAACP calls for Don Imus to be crucified and burned for saying something stupid on the radio thereby helping to trash his career and then two breaths later are calling for forgiveness for Vick who did things that are far worse than Imus ever did, something's horribly wrong. I'd say they have definitely lost sight of what's important, no doubt about that. And, yes, they tend to pander to whatever cause will garner them the most attention (which probably explains the morally bankrupt position on Vick they are espousing) rather than really working to instill a positive difference. They are definitely struggling for relevance, as Slim put it, and things like this just prove that point.

jag

That is probably the best analogy yet, Don Imus says something stupid on air once, the NAACP destroys his career. Michael Vick trains and runs a Dog Fight league and kills dogs who don't perform himself and he should be forgiven? In the words of Sgt. Al Powell "Why don't you wake up and smell what you shovin'!"

 

[Gilpesh]

I have to admit that, when the NAACP calls for Don Imus to be crucified and burned for saying something stupid on the radio thereby helping to trash his career and then two breaths later are calling for forgiveness for Vick who did things that are far worse than Imus ever did, something's horribly wrong. I'd say they have definitely lost sight of what's important, no doubt about that. And, yes, they tend to pander to whatever cause will garner them the most attention (which probably explains the morally bankrupt position on Vick they are espousing) rather than really working to instill a positive difference. They are definitely struggling for relevance, as Slim put it, and things like this just prove that point.

jag

Nappy-headed hos =/= Dog fighting, torture, killing, mistreatment

 

[SpiderB]

You'll never be able to destroy racism completely. It's just not possible. The best you can hope for is to put it in the public mind that a racist is one of the worst things you can be. And that has been accomplished. Walk into the middle of Times Square and yell out that you're a racist. You'll have blacks AND whites beating the hell out of you. Today, the word racism is synonymous with ignorance.

But the very fact that the NAACP still exists creates the impression that nothing has changed. All it does today is make whites (many of whom might otherwise have no racial bias) wonder why blacks still feel the need to band together against them despite the fact that equality and civil rights have been achieved. It only fuels segregation and mistrust between blacks and whites.

 

[DV8]

NAACP official: Vick shouldn't be banned from NFL

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/22/vick/index.html

I mean, part of the acronym stands for 'colored people', so yeah, I think they're a little behind in the times . . . heh

but I can tell you this; your AVVY is NOT outdated (I still miss the other one though )

 

[Kaleb]

I have to admit that, when the NAACP calls for Don Imus to be crucified and burned for saying something stupid on the radio thereby helping to trash his career and then two breaths later are calling for forgiveness for Vick who did things that are far worse than Imus ever did, something's horribly wrong. I'd say they have definitely lost sight of what's important, no doubt about that. And, yes, they tend to pander to whatever cause will garner them the most attention (which probably explains the morally bankrupt position on Vick they are espousing) rather than really working to instill a positive difference. They are definitely struggling for relevance, as Slim put it, and things like this just prove that point.

jag

 

[Kaleb]

ATLANTA NAACP STILL SUPPORTS VICK by Michael David Smith

The head of the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP thinks Michael Vick should be allowed to return to the Falcons after serving his prison sentence.

"As a society, we should aid in his rehabilitation and welcome a new Michael Vick back into the community without a permanent loss of his career in football," said R.L. White, president of the NAACP's Atlanta chapter, according to the Associated Press. "We further ask the NFL, Falcons, and the sponsors not to permanently ban Mr. Vick from his ability to bring hours of enjoyment to fans all over this country."

White said Vick has made a mistake and should be allowed to prove that he has learned from that mistake.

White is wrong on a number of levels. First of all, saying that society should rehabilitate criminals is a very different thing from saying that criminals are entitled to get their jobs back as if nothing had happened as soon as they get out of prison. If an NAACP employee committed a crime that caused harm to the NAACP's reputation, and then had to miss a year or more of work to serve a prison sentence, is White really saying the NAACP wouldn't take any action against that employee?

Secondly, Vick didn't make "a mistake." He broke many laws, many times, and still has not shown any remorse at all. No one seriously believes he's pleading guilty because he feels guilt; everyone knows he's pleading guilty because he knows the government has overwhelming evidence to use against him at trial.

The NAACP has a long history of speaking up for innocent people who don't have the means to speak up for themselves. What does White think he's accomplishing by speaking up for a guilty person who does have the means to speak up for himself?


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