Black Reverend Says That We Are Not Teaching Our Children Real History

The video speaks for itself:

http://www.black-and-right.com/2011/09/27/the-br-tuesday-matinee-5/

Civil Rights Groups Angered over Ohio Governor’s Lack of Diversity in Cabinet Appointments

CLEVELAND – New Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s comments to a newspaper about the lack of racial diversity in his cabinet are not sitting well with the Cleveland chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

The civil-rights group said it would refuse a proclamation from the governor and told his minority representative, Lynn Stevens, not to attend its Martin Luther King Jr. Gala in Cleveland on Friday.

In an article the previous day, Kasich told The Plain Dealer he wanted to put together “the best possible team” and didn’t focus on such “metrics” as race or age. The newspaper reported that the 20 cabinet appointees Kasich has made so far are white.

“I want the best possible team I can get, and, hopefully, we will be in a position that we are fully diverse as we go forward,” Kasich said. “But I can’t say I need to find somebody to fit this metric, not when I am trying to get a state that is in deep trouble out of trouble.”

Kasich was expected to send Stevens to the gala because he couldn’t make it, but his comments prompted the civil-rights group to say the governor should not send a representative to the event, SCLC officials said.

The president of the SCLC’s Cleveland chapter, the Rev. E. Theophilus Caviness, said at the gala that the governor’s view is disappointing.

“We need inclusion, not exclusion,” Caviness said.

He and the head of the NAACP’s Cleveland chapter, Stanley Miller, said they’d be willing to talk with Kasich about his administration’s diversity.

“We want to create bridges,” Miller said. “And he needs everyone’s help.”

Kasich spokesman Rob Nichols told the newspaper in an e-mail that the administration respects the chapter’s decision. State officials look forward to SCLC members meeting Stevens and “to working closely with the SCLC in the future on the issues that matter to all of us,” he wrote.

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/01/17/copy/kasich-diversity-comment-upsets-civil-rights-group.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

Maine Gov. to NAACP: “Kiss My Butt”

from WeaselZippers.com:

Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage is keeping up his reputation for blunt language, telling an unhappy NAACP chapter that they can “kiss my butt.”

The governor made the comments to CNN affiliate WCSH after being asked about criticism he received from the organization for refusing to attend an event it is sponsoring on behalf of Martin Luther King Day.

“They are a special interest. End of story . . . and I’m not going to be held hostage by special interests. And if they want, they can look at my family picture. My son happens to be black, so they can do whatever they’d like about it,” LePage said.

The governor has an adopted son from Jamaica, according to WSCH.

Specifically, the NAACP event involved meeting with black prisoners at the state prison. Le Page maintains the organization rejected his requirement to meet with all prisoners at the event.

“That wasn’t acceptable to them,” LePage said. “So, tough luck.”

During his campaign for governor, the Tea Party-backed LePage faced fire when he said he would tell President Obama to “go to hell” if he was elected. LePage later said he rejected the bluntness of his words.

http://weaselzippers.us/2011/01/14/maine-governor-says-naacp-can-kiss-my-butt/

NAACP Cannot handle Allegations of Racism that They Have Committed

http://www.thehopeforamerica.com/play.php?id=5555

Allen West: “I am not a Black American, and African-American, I am AN AMERICAN– I Bleed Red White and Blue!!!

FLORIDA MUST ELECT THIS MAN !!

Remember MSNBC’s “Editing” to Fit Their Storyline: The Whites Carry Guns to Rally Because of Obama’s Race

     It seems in the discussions this week of Andrew Brietbart and Shirley Sherrod, the Contessa Brewer “editing” incident from last year was forgotten. Some even commented they didn’t know about Contessa Brewer’s stunt, nor would they want to…… doesn’t fit their personal narrative I guess.

     Anyways, here it is, a year later………………… and lest we forget, this is not an “opinion” journalist, but a news broadcaster, a reporter.

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/19/unreal-msnbc-edits-clip-of-man-with-gun-at-obama-rally-to-support-racism-narrative/

Following the shot of the African American man focusing specifically on the gun, MSNBC host Contessa Brewer said that “you have a man of color in the presidency and white people showing up with guns strapped to their waists or to their legs.”…

[B]y raising the racial issue in this context, bloggers claimed that MSNBC was purposely misleading viewers by not showing that at least one African-American man has also carried a gun to an event.

An MSNBC spokesperson responded to POLITICO: “Contessa was speaking generally and not about that specific person with the automatic weapon.”

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/08/20/msnbc-on-race-baiting-gun-segment-um-we-were-speaking-generally/

Brietbart on CNN: It’s Not about Shirley Sherrod, it’s about the Hyposcrisy of the NAACP

http://www.breitbart.tv/breitbart-to-cnns-king-itd-not-about-shirley-sherrod-its-about-naacp-attacking-tea-party/

White House Official’s Racial Remarks and her Defense on CNN

Note: It is my opinion that this video of Shirley Sherrod came to light after the NAACP’s Resolution regarding the Tea Party movement, by someone who was at the March meeting where she spoke, and who is offended by the NAACP’s stance. Ms. Sherrod contends that the FULL transcript would show that she was trying to make a point about how her racial views affected her work 24 years ago, but how she learned from this issue…… she feels that she was railroaded into her resignation without being able to fully defend the statement.

USDA Official Forced to Resign over her “Racist” Remarks; Records show she was hored at USDA Just Days after winning a $13 million Dollar Lawsuit against Dept. of Ag

RDLN Graduate and Board Vice Chair Shirley Sherrod was appointed Georgia Director for Rural Development by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on July 25. Only days earlier, she learned that New Communities, a group she founded with her husband and other families (see below) has won a thirteen million dollar settlement in the minority farmers law suit Pigford vs Vilsack.

In announcing the appointment of Shirley and other new officials, Secretary Vilsack said that  “These individuals will be important advocates on behalf of rural communities in states throughout the country and help administer the valuable programs and services provided by the USDA that can enhance their economic success.”

http://www.ruraldevelopment.org/shirleydirector.html

“The cash award acknowledges racial discrimination on the part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the years 1981-85. (President Reagan abolished the USDA Office of Civil Rights when he became President in 1981.)

New Communities is due to receive approximately $13 million ($8,247,560 for loss of land and $4,241,602 for loss of income; plus $150,000 each to Shirley and Charles for pain and suffering).

There may also be an unspecified amount in forgiveness of debt. This is the largest award so far in the minority farmers law suit (Pigford vs Vilsack).

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2555930/posts

NAACP want Baltimore Mayor succession Taken out of Governor’s hand; Fears the Mayor’s Possible Conviction will lead to the Appointment of a White or GOP Mayor

Leaders of the Maryland NAACP, worried that a Baltimore mayor’s criminal conviction could result in the appointment of a white or Republican leader who may not fully represent the majority black and Democratic city, are asking state lawmakers to strip the governor of authority to permanently fill the office.

The request, made in a resolution adopted at a state meeting of the civil rights group last weekend, marks the first time a mainstream organization has raised questions about succession should Baltimore Mayor Dixon be convicted of any of the nine charges she faces. Dixon has been indicted for theft and perjury and the first of two trials is scheduled for early next month.

See article @ http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.ci.naacp13oct13,0,7415069.story

At what point do we stop using the “race” card !