We All Need To Stand Up!!!

I’m not a big fan of the NAACP, but without them and others I wouldn't have the opportunity to do what I'm doing. I have my own personal reasons. One is picking their fights. Injustice is injustice. But don’t get it twisted, civil rights groups are necessary. We need them to speak up for the common man and minorities. That’s right all of us poor and underprivileged people. The right voices can reach the right people. Lyndon B. Johnson said, “While the races may stand side by side, whites stand on history's mountain and blacks stand in history's hollow. Until we overcome unequal history, we cannot overcome unequal opportunity....It's time we get down to the business of trying to stand black and white on level ground.” He went on to sign the Civil Rights Act in 1964. LBJ also made a speech Monday, March 15, 1965, a week after deadly racial violence had erupted in Selma, Alabama, as black people understand that. I just think that they need to expand their purview within the black community. There are injustices that we are committed against each other. There are a lot of people that disagree with a lot of Minister Farrakhan’s philosophies but I do believe that once blacks become self-sufficient by supporting each other, we will gain national acceptance. The Asian and Latino community has done it. They stick together even though they face discrimination, too, but not on such a large scale as blacks.

It would be nice if they address black on black crimes, gangs, high school dropouts, children having babies, deadbeat dads, unemployment, just to name a few. I, personally, think that it is a waste of time to worry about a flag waving in our face than finding ways to change the hearts of people who believe in inequality.

I applaud the Greenville Chapter to speak out against the New Black Panther Party. The two guys in Newberry were friends no matter what color they were. Shooting and dragging the other is extreme. I’m not degrading gravity of the crime. There have been crimes of passion that were considered extreme, too! One wonders what was the impetuous that drove him to such a horrific act. Murder is still the highest charge against anyone, but a hate crime? Yes, we get caught up and we need to use some self-control. But the Greenville Chapter of the NAACP is speaking out and where is the news about that? The media picks the negatives to report on because it sells! Nothing like reporting on a fight rather than a party. The major networks reported on the gag order issued but not a word yet on the NAACP stand against the NBPP. I always did believe good news don’t sell!