I hope I did not imply that you were condoning the actions of Sherrod or the National officials at the NAACP; I didn’t intend to do so.
“The Freedom Fund Awards Dinner is a prestigious event which heralds the accomplishments of individuals who have made enormous contributions to humankind and helped to make a better world for us all.”
That quote is from the NAACP website. If I sat in an audience and heard a white person say, upon receiving an award for ‘enormous contributions to humankind and helped make a better world for us all’, that she did so by helping people based on their race (not helping black people) I would have been open mouthed stunned. I would have walked out. I walked out of a church service in disgust when it practiced bigotry (one South American ethnicity against another). Now, if that church had a national head organization - I’d wonder how things could go so far afield at a local church and not have anyone else in the organization know about it, hear complaints about it, hear rumors etc.And while I would understand that the head organization doesn’t police sermons at the local level - I’d still expect them to accept more responsibility than did the NAACP because this sort of attitude did not originate in one dinner - it is cultivated over time and green lighted by local leadership.
I agree completely. The fact that there wasn't outrage in the audience is a glaring indicator of problems at the local level. The local staff will probably be replaced and there will probably be a change-over in the local board.
Ugly, ugly stuff.
If Andrew has more (and you know him, he likes lots of proof), this could really rip the legs out from under the NAACP.
If it does, it does. At that point, I will no longer defend them because the problem is systemic, not a fluke.
They started this food fight. If they come out stained and stinking like a garbage pail, they won't have anyone to blame but themselves.