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Still, at the end of the day it doesn't matter. No one is keeping score on the black side anyway. Turning down an invitation to speak to the NAACP is probably more of a plus to a GOP candidate than a minus. In fact, it increases their conservative bonafides if anything. It's a good thing to be seen doing. It's a nice way of "putting them in their place" so to speak without saying anything incendiary.
I don't take offense. First, because they have the right to speak to who they want to speak to. Secondly, i don't really care all that much about the NAACP. So it's no big deal at the end of the day.
It's always amazing how people will attribute "dignity" to you so long as someone has their foot on your neck, but when you have enough power to bark back, then you have no dignity anymore.
Typical.
Barry Goldwater was a member once, what does that tell you? That org. went full ret*rd years ago.
Marshall was one of the many integrationists who believed the water from from the other fountain was cooler. He supported busing, affirmative action, et----all policies that have not produced the ideal results.
Ironically, Marshall had ONE b. law clerk under him during his time at the Supreme Court.
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I can't believe you said ^^^^^.
Maybe today the NAACP has become irrelevant and gone off course, but not so in the 40s, 50s, 60s civil rights movements. It's hard to say that an organization who strived to give black people a sense of dignity and a destiny would be considered an undignified organization.
Does the name Thurgood Marshall mean anything to you? Rosa Parks (a member of the NAACP)? Medger Evers??
When Justice Thurgood Marshall retired from the Supreme Court, he worked at the law firm where I had worked. It was an honor and a privilege to have met and work for this gentleman. I was in awe of having met someone who was so instrumental in changing history (especially during his tenure with the NAACP).
The Republican party would attract A LOT of votes from conservative Blacks if they had the courage to turn their backs on the bigots in their midst.
Black conservatives have to bite their tongues quite often amid the prejudices and racist attitudes that continue to persist from far too many Republican voters.
What bigots? How do you control that? The Dem party is full of bigots, but nobody is holding them to account.
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The Republican party would attract A LOT of votes from conservative Blacks if they had the courage to turn their backs on the bigots in their midst.
Black conservatives have to bite their tongues quite often amid the prejudices and racist attitudes that continue to persist from far too many Republican voters.
It's always amazing how people will attribute "dignity" to you so long as someone has their foot on your neck, but when you have enough power to bark back, then you have no dignity anymore.
Typical.
I don't expect you to care because you are a racist, but, you do know that the NAACP was founded in 1909 when blacks had no rights and were still indentured servants to the white populace right?
I've never heard of a GOP politician speaking at the NAACP. Why is that?
Maybe they don't want to be associated with a known hate group.
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