Posted on 04/30/2007 7:56:53 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
DETROIT — The NAACP held a symbolic funeral in Detroit 63 years ago for Jim Crow.
The civil rights organization will do the same this summer for the "N" word, the Rev. Wendell Anthony said Sunday.
The announcement by Anthony, president of the civil rights organization's Detroit branch, came shortly before the start of the annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner. He said members and supporters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will conduct services and a "eulogy" for the racial slur.
Jim Crow was the systematic, mostly Southern practice of discrimination against and segregation of blacks from the end of post-Civil War reconstruction into the mid-20th century.
This year's mock funeral will be held during the NAACP national convention July 7-12 in Detroit. It comes in the wake of the controversy over comments made by talk show host Don Imus.
Imus made derogatory remarks about black members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team. He was fired in early April by CBS Radio and NBC, but not until major companies like General Motors pulled their advertising spots.
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Are all the speakers going to take turns trashing President Bush?
A shame Richard Pryor isn’t around to give his Eulogy.
Ultimately, these people will put Scrappleface out of business
Ironic, no?
What’s the “N” word?
Nincompoop?
Nitwit?
Nudnick?
Does this “ban” apply to rap singers as well?
Apparently Colored People is still fine.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Nimrod?
ninny
That's some NAACPpy-headed show there.
They’re trying to heap a ton of guilt on whitey. It is ridiculous. They have to search far and wide foe whites who use the word. It’s mostly rap “singers” who use the word. However this organization is not interested in getting rappers to stop since there is no money to be made in doing that.
“Niggardly”?
How pathetic!
“Nappy”
THAT’S it!
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