Comments on: The New Face of the NAACP http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/05/20/the-new-face-of-the-naacp/ Religion, Policy, Activism Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:32:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Faith in Action | Faith in Action blog cited in The Dallas Observer http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/05/20/the-new-face-of-the-naacp/#comment-4068 Faith in Action | Faith in Action blog cited in The Dallas Observer Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:41:02 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=658#comment-4068 [...] He wanted my take on the then recent news regarding the new president of the NAACP. He had read the piece I did about this issue and wanted me to elaborate and provide some quotes for his [...] [...] He wanted my take on the then recent news regarding the new president of the NAACP. He had read the piece I did about this issue and wanted me to elaborate and provide some quotes for his [...]

]]> By: Common Sense http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/05/20/the-new-face-of-the-naacp/#comment-3902 Common Sense Tue, 27 May 2008 22:03:13 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=658#comment-3902 To say that the battlefront is not racial shows a lack of understanding of reality. That is not all it is but the racial Utopia that some would have you believe is nowhere to be found on this earth. Some would have you support Hillary Clinton who is hoping that Obama gets killed or some game-changing incident as such. Economics have always been a lifeblood of any community. How and where to spend says or will determine your lot. We have never been properly trained as a people to be fiscally solvent. That is what the enemy banks on. Whether we are called colored or not, without new YOUNG leadership and a wholesale purge of these old, tolerant of the disrespectful way that the powers that be treat us type of elders or blacks that "think" that they have made it, our plight will get worse. To say that the battlefront is not racial shows a lack of understanding of reality. That is not all it is but the racial Utopia that some would have you believe is nowhere to be found on this earth. Some would have you support Hillary Clinton who is hoping that Obama gets killed or some game-changing incident as such. Economics have always been a lifeblood of any community. How and where to spend says or will determine your lot. We have never been properly trained as a people to be fiscally solvent. That is what the enemy banks on. Whether we are called colored or not, without new YOUNG leadership and a wholesale purge of these old, tolerant of the disrespectful way that the powers that be treat us type of elders or blacks that “think” that they have made it, our plight will get worse.

]]> By: khori smith http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/05/20/the-new-face-of-the-naacp/#comment-3900 khori smith Tue, 27 May 2008 12:13:10 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=658#comment-3900 Rev. Solomon, I agree with your analysis wholeheartedly. I think Heber may have lost his breathe though when you said rename the organization! :) No, but seriously the N.A.A.C.P is a victim of it's own success. They have fought tirelessly over the years and have won victories. Now, thanks to them and countless others, times have changed. Things are not perfect but far from what they were. Job well done. But now the challenge for the N.A.A.C.P is to realize that the battlefront is different. Bottom line, admit it. It's not racial, it's not based on skin color. It's Global Economic oppression. A new Monster has been revealed. The new foe is just as ugly as the last, but doesn't discriminate based on skin color. This new foe has longer tentacles that leap out onto all areas of our lives. It's only discrimination is that you stay under their thumb of control and never move. N.A.A.C.P rename yourselves, fight the new cause or find yourselves irrelevant in the changing times. The Battle is bigger now so let's stop fighting street fights and enter the Battle that is before us. Peace. Rev. Solomon,
I agree with your analysis wholeheartedly. I think Heber may have lost his breathe though when you said rename the organization! :) No, but seriously the N.A.A.C.P is a victim of it’s own success. They have fought tirelessly over the years and have won victories. Now, thanks to them and countless others, times have changed. Things are not perfect but far from what they were. Job well done.

But now the challenge for the N.A.A.C.P is to realize that the battlefront is different. Bottom line, admit it. It’s not racial, it’s not based on skin color. It’s Global Economic oppression. A new Monster has been revealed.
The new foe is just as ugly as the last, but doesn’t discriminate based on skin color. This new foe has longer tentacles that leap out onto all areas of our lives. It’s only discrimination is that you stay under their thumb of control and never move.

N.A.A.C.P rename yourselves, fight the new cause or find yourselves irrelevant in the changing times. The Battle is bigger now so let’s stop fighting street fights and enter the Battle that is before us.

Peace.

]]> By: Rev. C. Solomon http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/05/20/the-new-face-of-the-naacp/#comment-3871 Rev. C. Solomon Thu, 22 May 2008 17:09:12 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=658#comment-3871 Awesome analysis! In order to become more relevant in the eyes of the people that the organization hopes to serve, the NAACP must recognize that most of us do not consider ourselves to be 'colored people', we look at ourselves as what we really are, 'people'. Besides disenfranchised people of all races need a lift up. The NAACP, in my opinion, needs to rename itself, develop a broader civil rights perspective and work in tandem with other organizations that fight for civil and social justice for all people. Another ACLU like organization? Perhaps! The world is changing around us, the organization will have to become more inclusive! Awesome analysis!

In order to become more relevant in the eyes of the people that the organization hopes to serve, the NAACP must recognize that most of us do not consider ourselves to be ‘colored people’, we look at ourselves as what we really are, ‘people’. Besides disenfranchised people of all races need a lift up.

The NAACP, in my opinion, needs to rename itself, develop a broader civil rights perspective and work in tandem with other organizations that fight for civil and social justice for all people. Another ACLU like organization? Perhaps! The world is changing around us, the organization will have to become more inclusive!

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