Posted on 07/14/2010 2:04:36 PM PDT by SvenWaring
The Tea Party National Convention condemned the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for explicit racism.
Tea Party spokesperson Derrick Devan said members of the party were insulted by the association's use of epithets in its own name and its lack of diversity.
"In this day and age, to call someone a 'colored' is offensive and should be cast into the recesses of history with other reminders of a racist age," said Devan. "Couldn't the rename it 'National Association of People of Color?'"
Dr. Franklin Franks, a representative of the NAACP said that the association couldn't rename it for "people of color" because it may allow "other people" in.
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Ain’t it the truth in satire? thanks for posting.
They’d have to pay money for new signage
Change the original C-word to choleric. It is still sounds sort of the same and is more accurate.
Uhoh. Reid can write satire when he gets thrown out of the Senate. I have competition.
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