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I stumbled upon this article today.  It's really interesting.  It was published years ago and it refers to the NAACP as a "so-called organization allegedly founded by Blacks." Read it and let me know what you think: http://daghettotymz.com/rkyvz/articles/naacp/naacp.html

What do YOU think about it?

Member of the Progressive U Alumni Association

The facts presented in this article are true (for the most part) and I know this because I am a card-carrying member of the NAACP. And I will be the first to admit that there are many flaws in the organization. Personally I believe that any organization working towards the betterment of the BLack community should remain an all-Black institution. If there are no White people in positions of power or supplying funds to the organization then no one can argue that "Whitey is takin over." But there are definitely aspects of this article that I agree with and aspects that are grossly exaggerated. I just hope that people do their research before forming any opinions based solely on this article.

Well i think it is stupid, now this could be stupid of me for just reading the first few lines and concluding that the article is stupid but i doubt it. First off that whole european thing sounds uhhh not smart, but hey it could have been founded by europeans there were black people over there too. But just by the way of the grammar and spelling and ummm what they said as an introduction to what was really to come made me deduce that it was stupid. For example if the europeans were trying to divert our attention from our self determination then why did self determination prevail through the NAACP. Like i said stupid. But hey maybe i'm the stupid one.

Member of the Progressive U Alumni Association

When they refer Europeans they're talking about White people and yes, White people were present as cofounders of the organization. And grammar and spelling aren't much justification for calling something stupid. Some of the most profound people I know (many of them are currently professors) don't even concern themselves with grammar and spelling. We stole this language from Europe and altered it to make it our own so who's to say we can't keep altering the language to what works for us now in the 21st century? But that's just my little rant because I personally despise the English language. And as for the content of the article, I would agree, some of it is stupid. But then again, a lot of the facts are there so many of the points could be valid.

Wow. What is "Afrikan?" not African? Why can't white people help? If whites make an organization for only whites, people would find that racist

Member of the Progressive U Alumni Association

I spell the word with a "k" because in most Afrikan languages there is so hard "c" sound.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean that White people can't help. I meant that White people shouldn't help at an executive level. As an organization for Black people, having White people in positions of power in the organization is contradictory. Our goal is to advance ourselves as Black people and we can't do that if the largest Black organization is run by White men.
And, by the way, there IS an organization for only whites (the KKK) and it IS racist. Why do White people need an organization for their advancement anyways. They're already the majority. White people in America have never been oppressed. If their attempting to further dominion over the minorities then, yes, that IS racist.

Well some whites need advancemnet (the ones that are ignorant) But hey, if some feel so strongly about it, why not vote the guy off?

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