It’s the NAACP That’s Racist, By Definition

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) recently charged the “Tea Party” with racism, citing its “continued tolerance for bigotry and bigoted statements,” according to Benjamin Todd Jealous, the president of the NAACP. You have got to be kidding. It's in the name. Back when the NAACP was formed, all blacks referred to themselves as “colored people.” The term was not inserted into the name to promote the social and economic well being of whites, Hispanics, Asians, or American Indians. Other races were specifically excluded. The mere existence of such an organization tends to prove it’s a racist organization because it exists solely to promote blacks. Contrast the NAACP with the Tea Party. True, the majority of its members are white, but the party does not exist to promote whites. It exists to elect candidates who seek smaller government and lower taxes. According to USA Today, Tim Scott, a black Republican and Tea Party supporter who is running for Congress, said the NAACP was “stereotyping a diverse group of Americans.” He’s correct. Here’s the difference between the two organizations: The Tea Party accepts people of diverse races and backgrounds so long as they subscribe to the philosophy of less government and lower taxes. The NAACP only accepts liberal blacks. How many conservative blacks running for public office has the NAACP supported? For that matter, how many conservative blacks running for office has the Democratic Party supported? How many conservative blacks, Hispanics and women of any color has the NAACP endorsed for appointment to a U.S. Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court? The answer is none. Remember the ruckus over Justice Clarence Thomas’s appointment? The NAACP did not and would not support him, despite his being black, simply because he is a conservative. The NAACP, during its recent annual convention, approved a resolution denouncing the Tea Party for its alleged racist tendencies. Is silence a form of approval? Tea Party organizers make it known that racists and bigots are not wanted, and they are vocal about it when these people attend rallies. In contrast, the NAACP still remains silent about members of the New Black Panthers, dressed in military style uniforms, intimidating voters with night sticks in Pennsylvania outside polling places during the last presidential elections. As an example of the Tea Party having “racist elements,” the NAACP points to a billboard in Des Moines, Iowa that seemingly links President Obama with Vladimir Lenin and Adolf Hitler. Even if Tea Party members are responsible for the billboard, the NAACP forgets that Lenin and Hitler were white men; horrible white men. So, whoever put that billboard up acknowledges that there is such a thing as a white racist, although I think the purpose of the billboard is to link the president’s political philosophy with socialism and communism, not racism. No one in the Tea Party has ever accused the president of racism. If the Tea Party excluded blacks, regardless of their political leanings, simply because of their skin color, then you would have a truly racist organization. But, political correctness dictates that this label only applies to organizations composed exclusively of whites. Under PC doctrine, whites are the only people capable of being racists. That’s nonsense. Organizations that specifically exist to cater to blacks or Hispanics, such as La Raza, have been tolerated for many years, and I had hoped the need for such organizations would go away in this post-Obama period. The mere fact a black man was elected president should end the need for such groups, as well as affirmative action programs, college admission quotas, non-qualified minority hiring practices, minority contract awards and the like. But this is unlikely to happen during this administration. So when the NAACP says that the Tea Party is a racist organization, it should look in the mirror and deep into its soul, and embrace the immortal words of one of its poster children, Rodney King, who said, “Can’t we all just get along?”