some lib out here in so cal said that the ceremony planned for this weekend will rival that of rosa parks. for these wack jobs to try and put him at the same level of rosa is freakin disgusting. i am curious to here some progressive thinkers discuss this.
tookie memorial ceremony
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I am waiting for the first major black leader/spokesmen to stand up and shout that this is ridiculous. To put Tookie in the same class as Rosa Parks will have her and MLK rolling in their graves.
It shocked me that the NCAAP came out so strongly in support of Tookie. I think it shows how out of touch they are.
American Blacks have many troubles and battles to overcome. Children born out of wedlock; Black on Black crime; lack of respect for education; dependence on welfare; disproportionate share of those in jail, crimes committed, etc. Many of these problems no doubt have racial undertones to them. Yet the NCAAP decided to go to the wall for Tookie. With all the issues that Blacks have to deal with, you would think that supporting Tookie would be very low on the list.
It shocked me that the NCAAP came out so strongly in support of Tookie. I think it shows how out of touch they are.
American Blacks have many troubles and battles to overcome. Children born out of wedlock; Black on Black crime; lack of respect for education; dependence on welfare; disproportionate share of those in jail, crimes committed, etc. Many of these problems no doubt have racial undertones to them. Yet the NCAAP decided to go to the wall for Tookie. With all the issues that Blacks have to deal with, you would think that supporting Tookie would be very low on the list.
Rosa Parks is to Tookie as...Hyperion is to a satyr...er...rather, as Abraham Lincoln is to Warren G. Harding...umm...in other words, there's NO FRAPPIN' COMPARISON!
the head of the pennsylvania naacp just came out against donovan mcnabb.....slammed him.....
i kid you not...
it`s a good thing he`s not white...
rush limbaugh,move over...there`s a new sheriff in town...
Philly NAACP Chief Slams McNabb
By ROB MAADDI, Associated Press
December 15, 2005
PHILADELPHIA
Donovan McNabb is still taking shots — the latest from an NAACP leader who criticized the quarterback's leadership skills and said he "played the race card" in explaining why he no longer runs the ball.
J. Whyatt Mondesire, who publishes a newspaper for blacks and is the president of the Philadelphia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, recently wrote that the Eagles' star quarterback failed as a team leader and choked in the Super Bowl.
McNabb responded sharply, but Mondesire hasn't changed his stance.
Mondesire, publisher of the Philadelphia Sunday Sun, criticized McNabb in a column in his newspaper on Dec. 4.
He wrote that McNabb's tendency to run the ball early in his career "not only confused defenses, it also thrilled Eagles fans," but that abandoning that element "by claiming that 'everybody expects black quarterbacks to scramble' not only amounts to a breach of faith but also belittles the real struggles of black athletes who've had to overcome real racial stereotypcasting in addition to downright segregation."
Mondesire said McNabb is "mediocre at best," and added that "trying to disguise that fact behind some concocted reasoning that African American quarterbacks who can scramble and who can run the ball are somehow lesser field generals ... is more insulting off the field than on."
McNabb was stunned by Mondesire's comments.
"Obviously, if it's someone else who is not African American, it's racism," McNabb told reporters attending his annual holiday party last Saturday. "But when someone of the same race talks about you because you're selling out because you're not running the ball, it goes back to, 'What are we really talking about here?'
"If you talk about my play, that's one thing. When you talk about my race, now we've got problems. ... I always thought the NAACP supported African Americans and didn't talk bad about them. Now you learn a little bit more."
McNabb's season ended last month when he decided to have surgery for a sports hernia. It's been a miserable year for the five-time Pro Bowl selection, starting with his feud with now-banished wideout Terrell Owens.
Mondesire wrote that McNabb shared the blame for Owens' departure.
"Finally, your failure as a team leader off the field to my mind did as much as anything to exacerbate the debacle that has become synonymous with T.O.'s full name."
it was about t.o....
the naacp yet again.....and again....and again...on the wrong side of an issue....
it`s not t.o.`s fault....blame class act mcnabb...
that`s pathetic..
wrong..wrong...wrong...whether it be tookie or t.o.....the naacp..
don`t be an uncle tom....stick it to the man....
lol
i kid you not...
it`s a good thing he`s not white...
rush limbaugh,move over...there`s a new sheriff in town...
Philly NAACP Chief Slams McNabb
By ROB MAADDI, Associated Press
December 15, 2005
PHILADELPHIA
Donovan McNabb is still taking shots — the latest from an NAACP leader who criticized the quarterback's leadership skills and said he "played the race card" in explaining why he no longer runs the ball.
J. Whyatt Mondesire, who publishes a newspaper for blacks and is the president of the Philadelphia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, recently wrote that the Eagles' star quarterback failed as a team leader and choked in the Super Bowl.
McNabb responded sharply, but Mondesire hasn't changed his stance.
Mondesire, publisher of the Philadelphia Sunday Sun, criticized McNabb in a column in his newspaper on Dec. 4.
He wrote that McNabb's tendency to run the ball early in his career "not only confused defenses, it also thrilled Eagles fans," but that abandoning that element "by claiming that 'everybody expects black quarterbacks to scramble' not only amounts to a breach of faith but also belittles the real struggles of black athletes who've had to overcome real racial stereotypcasting in addition to downright segregation."
Mondesire said McNabb is "mediocre at best," and added that "trying to disguise that fact behind some concocted reasoning that African American quarterbacks who can scramble and who can run the ball are somehow lesser field generals ... is more insulting off the field than on."
McNabb was stunned by Mondesire's comments.
"Obviously, if it's someone else who is not African American, it's racism," McNabb told reporters attending his annual holiday party last Saturday. "But when someone of the same race talks about you because you're selling out because you're not running the ball, it goes back to, 'What are we really talking about here?'
"If you talk about my play, that's one thing. When you talk about my race, now we've got problems. ... I always thought the NAACP supported African Americans and didn't talk bad about them. Now you learn a little bit more."
McNabb's season ended last month when he decided to have surgery for a sports hernia. It's been a miserable year for the five-time Pro Bowl selection, starting with his feud with now-banished wideout Terrell Owens.
Mondesire wrote that McNabb shared the blame for Owens' departure.
"Finally, your failure as a team leader off the field to my mind did as much as anything to exacerbate the debacle that has become synonymous with T.O.'s full name."
it was about t.o....
the naacp yet again.....and again....and again...on the wrong side of an issue....
it`s not t.o.`s fault....blame class act mcnabb...
that`s pathetic..
wrong..wrong...wrong...whether it be tookie or t.o.....the naacp..
don`t be an uncle tom....stick it to the man....
lol
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