The NAACP's 101st annual convention is taking place in Kansas City this week through Friday, and today's news from it made major headlines.The NAACP is calling out the Tea Klux Klan.
The 2000 NAACP convention delegates passed a resolution yesterday to condemn extremist elements within the Tea Party, calling on Tea Party leaders to repudiate those in their ranks who use racist language in their signs and speeches.
Judging by the 'circle the burning cross' response from the conservafool movement, that has as much chance of happening as the LA Clippers threepeating.And predictably, the hate is flowing from them as well.
The resolution will not become official NAACP policy until approved by the National Board of Directors in October.
"We felt the time had come to stand up and say, 'It's time for the tea party to be responsible members of this democracy and make sure they don't tolerate bigots or bigotry among their members,'" NAACP President Ben Jealous said ahead of the debate.
"We don't have a problem with the tea party's existence. We have an issue with their acceptance and welcoming of white supremacists into their organizations," he said.
Deal with it Tea Klux Klan. No thinking person is fooled by your 'we're not racist' spin.
Not even the oldest civil rights organization in America, who knows a group of racists when they see their pointed white sheets showing.
