Posted on 11/23/2004 2:03:17 PM PST by CHARLITE
Civil rights Leaders Criticized for Ignoring Attacks on Conservative Minorities
President Bush's nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state has resulted in harsh liberal criticism that members of the black leadership network Project 21 consider racist.
Along with their condemnations of offensive commentators and cartoonists, Project 21 members also are critical of self-professed civil rights leaders who are remaining silent on current and previous racial attacks on black Bush Administration officials.
Over the past few months, and peaking this week with her appointment, cartoonists have been using Dr. Rice's race as a point of ridicule. Demeaning political cartoons by Pat Oliphant and Jeff Danziger accentuate Dr. Rice's black features and feature her speaking in rural southern dialect. Garry Trudeau called her "Brown Sugar" in his "Doonesbury" comic strip. Earlier this year, cartoonist Ted Rall questioned Dr. Rice's race in a comic suggesting she was President Bush's "house nigga" and needed "racial re-education." Universal Press Syndicate distributes Oliphant, Trudeau and Rall. The New York Times distributes Danziger.
On November 17, radio host John "Sly" Sylvester called Dr. Rice "Aunt Jemima" and secretary of state Colin Powell "Uncle Tom" on his WTDY (Madison, Wisconsin) radio show. Sylvester, who also is the station's program director, is refusing to apologize, but has said, "I will apologize to Aunt Jemima." The station's owner, the Mid-West Broadcast Group, is declining to discipline him.
In late October, a conservative host at WISN in nearby Milwaukee was suspended for a week for calling an illegal Mexican immigrant a "wetback."
While some local leaders have condemned Sylvester's comments, the Madison chapter of the NAACP has so far declined to make a statement. Project 21 asked the NAACP's national leadership to condemn Rall's racist cartoon in July, but no action was taken. Jesse Jackson and the National Association of Black Journalists were also contacted at the time. They took no action.
"To hear the leftists tell it, conservative blacks have become the new 'trash class' of American society," said Project 21 member Michael King. "And with the continued cricket-filled silence from the professional civil rights crowd, the Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons give tacit permission and acceptance of such language and tactics."
King's comments are echoed by Project 21 member Mychal Massie: "The recent racist attacks and mimicry of Condoleezza Rice are infuriating and despicable. Even more insufferable is the deafening silence of the elite liberals. I believe their silence is proof positive of their personal racist attitudes. Obviously condemning racist attacks against a man and woman who are conservative and black is not a worthy undertaking for them."
Project 21, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, has been a leading voice of the African-American community since 1992.
For more information, contact David Almasi at (202) 371-1400 x106 or Project21@nationalcenter.org or visit Project 21's website at http://www.project21.org/P21Index.html
A big right-on, where's Jesse Jackson Bump!
Gee folks, what's the rush?
Excellent, about damn time.
The racists over at the NAACP are being shown for what they are.
NAACP, ACLU, NOW, Rainbow Push...all self-perpetuating money machines for their leadership. None of them has the least bit of interest in achieving their "stated goals".
That would mean that the "leaders" would have to get real jobs - and most likely take a substantial pay cut.
Maybe for Jesse and Al, its alright to call people racists names if they aren't somehow helping to put money directly in your pockets.
The attacks have been more viscious than anything I have ever seen. It's absolutely revolting!
Bump for Project 21. Keep up the fight.
I guess its ok to call Conservative blacks anything you like.
Of course not, Dr. Rice (yeah that's right, DR.) and Secretary Powell are not felons, gangsters or on death row so they doesn't fit their particular type of clientele.
It's called drawing an analogy.
Now just help me out here. Does it work this way? Rape someone, be caught taking drugs on film, shoot somebody, have a whole bunch of illegitimate babies, have sex with underage individuals, you get an award and standing ovation. On the other hand, go to school, stay out of trouble, do well at your profession, have morals, really do good work in the world and you deserve to be called a racist name. The so-called BLACK ACTIVISTs keep silent showing they have no guts or worth. No wonder Bush keeps eroding away Black votes.
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We always WERE ahead of the curve, and it's about time that we began to shout it out from the rooftops, that WE are the party of tolerance, acceptance, fairness and compassion.
Way to go, Michael.
Way to go, Michael.
I am still trying to think of a prominent black person, in the Bubba administration. That is, one who wasn't used as a token to get Bubba out of trouble, or used as a prop in a church to get votes, or flat out thrown overboard when that person became a political liability.
I can't think of anyone either.
Pretty much describes Ron Brown.
All I got to say is...'bout f***ing time!
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