tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post150677009478229915..comments2008-04-15T03:28:46.264-04:00AverageBro.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03294220544486539239noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-31337401187082950072008-04-15T03:28:00.000-04:002008-04-15T03:28:00.000-04:00I think when Bruce Gordon left the NAACP due to philosophical differences on how to adapt the org's mission, purpose and execution for the 21st century...<BR/>it let anyone paying attention that this is an org mired in a stale, counterproductive mindset.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a member because I don't see any reason for me to be one.I am not Star Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12509335664000215080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-54641356634405745212008-04-10T01:02:00.000-04:002008-04-10T01:02:00.000-04:00"It's clear the organization, just like the SCLC and Urban League, is little more than a reactive dinosaur on life support that thrives off occasional press clippings" <BR/>Except for the fact that the Urban League can point to 200,000 jobs they helped black folks land last year as part of their 5 point Empowerment program to help the black underclasss become self sufficient. Ease up on the generalizations. The civil rights generation already thinks our knowledge of history and level of consciousness is...well, below average. Let's not give them more ammo [after all, I'm sure many of them read this magnificent blog too].Mwanganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-57904886116252633782008-04-09T10:49:00.000-04:002008-04-09T10:49:00.000-04:00Right on the spot, as usual, bro...Wizznilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14055703036502103623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-68992170383740184072008-04-09T10:38:00.000-04:002008-04-09T10:38:00.000-04:00If the NAACP was willing to defend the Dunbar Village suspects they will defend anybody. They should really use their resources to help young black kids find jobs and stay in school.<BR/>How the hell did a criminal get a job in a bank, I hope the HR wasn't a brother or a sista trying to give the hook upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-24822657835699340162008-04-08T23:10:00.000-04:002008-04-08T23:10:00.000-04:00I'm with Patrick on this one. I think it's more of a gender thing than a race thing, if anything. The prior records combined with the ringleader/position of responsibility status, probably trumps both race and gender. <BR/><BR/>It looks like the girls were "just" the mules in this case. I'm also wondering whether, like the typical mule, there was some leniency exchanged for testifying against the higher-ups.<BR/><BR/>But yes, just like Jena, the NAACP once again has picked faces that will only disgract and detract from the legitimate issues these faces are supposed to personify.Chris N.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-87105287442874314992008-04-08T20:46:00.000-04:002008-04-08T20:46:00.000-04:00The NAACP is an irrelevent organization, they need to be disbanded and a new a nd fresh organization needs to be formed.DJ Black Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-78817050660989374822008-04-08T18:55:00.000-04:002008-04-08T18:55:00.000-04:00I did love Set It Off also! But let's face it, we live in a society that is going to be harsher to black men more than any other group. I would say that the NAACP would have a case if the two men didn't already haved something on their records, or if the two white girls did. When will we just take responsibility for our own actions?! Either way, they were all wrong....Don't bail these men out....teach them that it's wrong to do it in the first place. Be proactive, not reactive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-14636665965638707362008-04-08T18:18:00.000-04:002008-04-08T18:18:00.000-04:00What to ssy, what to say...after the NAACP and Rebb'n Al came out in what was essentially a show of support for the Dunbar Village rapists...now this.<BR/>In the words of Sammy Davis,Jr., "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time".<BR/>Period.<BR/>And I really don't think it's a black/white thing. I live in GA, I know it can be racist as hell. But in this instance, I think what is gonna do these cats in is that they worked for the bank! What do you think your employer is going to do if you launch some scheme to steal money from the company? Hell, some of us would be locked up if we dare took a pen, or some post-its. <BR/>And I'm with you AB, I can't imagine that HR manager still having a job. I'd love to know how the customers feel knowing that these fools have had access to their personal information.<BR/>And clearly, old girl on the left is a meth head.ebw-educated black womannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-29679935866070672452008-04-08T17:55:00.000-04:002008-04-08T17:55:00.000-04:00This might actually be a gender thing. Women receive shorter prison sentences than men do. Substantially.Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16191295179599104244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-23649006000298023972008-04-08T17:11:00.000-04:002008-04-08T17:11:00.000-04:00black man.black man. <BR/>they forgot the first rule of the south..."messing with white women will always get you in trouble"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-90485234839129971072008-04-08T17:08:00.000-04:002008-04-08T17:08:00.000-04:00wow! I guess my deal is that if people would stop doing stupid shit then we could stop defending them and fighting the "unfair punishments" It's embarrassing.(and the girls are not that cute)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696165851183554268.post-26990808106635346322008-04-08T17:03:00.000-04:002008-04-08T17:03:00.000-04:00Set it off!i.l.l.noreply@blogger.com