With all the controversy concerning race, I think it’s time for the National Association for the Advancement of Color People to rethink it’s mission. I’m suggesting a name change to the NAAPP or the Advancement of Poor People. It’s time for the world to look beyond race.
July 21st, 2010 at 8:13 am
I agree. While I was pleased to see the NAACP take a clear stance against “reverse discrimination” (a term I do not agree with), in reference to the USDA situation, they clearly jumped the gun. The NAACP hears the term race, either way, and runs to the rescue. As you stated, its time to look beyond race and get down to the separation that plagues us today… social status.
July 24th, 2010 at 2:01 am
I left this article short to give others a chance to speak on the NAACP and it’s mission. The mission itself is biased. What would happen if we had an organization dedicated to the advancement of White People? We’d be crying “Bloody Murder.” The mission is racist and that needs to change. We have discrimination based on many categories like gender, religion and race but the inequity of America is caused by the distribution of wealth. The game is rigged. It’s like playing “Monopoly” after all the properties have been developed. The rich get richer taking advantage of the poor. Who’s looking out for the poor? It used to be the Democrats, but now they call themselves “Progressives.” That’s why they are losing support.
July 28th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
I will support the NAAPP! Your idea is not original, however it is moral, just, and comforting to follow the words of an idealist whose passion transcends the boundaries of color. Our nation was to be an egalitarian one; but our history shows that our steps to such a higher ground are taken with ignorant and irrational restraint to say the least. The evidence is there and has existed far to long to ignore; a single overwhelming cause and root of our misguided and continuing allowance of human beings to suffer unattended.
I can write out another moving paragraph about the failures of mankind, but lets be real for second. There are multiple groups, organizations, clubs, foundations, and movements that have already taken this step. These idealists, such as you Baco, are driven to make a difference and I applaud your attempts; you have my applause, but not my conviction. I want to believe that there is a ray of hope that lies ahead for our future and our children’s future, but every year that passes only assists in diminishing that hope. Pessimistic as I am; I want so much to be proven wrong. I want to believe that in generations to come that we can withdraw from our greed and replace it with the feelings and actions shared by the few who expend time and energy only to try and maintain some semblance of regard for human life left on this planet.
Viva La NAAPP!
July 29th, 2010 at 2:31 am
Thank you for such a well written reply. I feel that this work has not been in vain. Whereas you lack hope, your heart is with us. Inside the hearts of men lies the answer to many social problems. Unfortunately, we must wait for too many of those hearts to fail before we can see that greed is not the answer. Life is about making “the connection” not the castle.
August 11th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Where was the NAACP when it came time to negotiate Mr. Bell’s family settlement? I believe New York City ripped this tragically injured family off in the worst way. Compare the settlement that the girl in California got and the Bell’s money. California gave 20 million and New York gave 3.5 million. Bell was murdered the day before his wedding.