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link to horrible horrible article.
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Quote: NAACP: Can we all agree that it stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Cynical Politics?
The proper expansion of “NAACP” has a profoundly archaic ring to it. I know, I know: The retention of that primordial name—the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People—has to do with safeguarding history; and an irrefutably impressive history it is, too. But can anyone deny that the “colored” part of the organization’s name is no longer preservative of anything that is at all meaningful?
Slightly odd way to start a serious discussion of a group’s policy – making fun of their name. I would say the “NAACP” is more descriptive of the group that the “Tea Partiers” are of their group; whom neither want Tea or rebelling against a Tea Tax from England. In both cases we know what is meant. But your right – those colored people are stupid. For those of you keeping count this is the first in a long line of racial stereotypes Mr. Varadarajan drops in both subtly and not subtly.
The proper expansion of “NAACP” has a profoundly archaic ring to it. I know, I know: The retention of that primordial name—the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People—has to do with safeguarding history; and an irrefutably impressive history it is, too. But can anyone deny that the “colored” part of the organization’s name is no longer preservative of anything that is at all meaningful?
Slightly odd way to start a serious discussion of a group’s policy – making fun of their name. I would say the “NAACP” is more descriptive of the group that the “Tea Partiers” are of their group; whom neither want Tea or rebelling against a Tea Tax from England. In both cases we know what is meant. But your right – those colored people are stupid. For those of you keeping count this is the first in a long line of racial stereotypes Mr. Varadarajan drops in both subtly and not subtly.
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Colored: Who the heck says that in the America of today, unless you’re a very, very old friend of the late highwayman (as in dedicated asphalt, not armed robbery)
Robert C. Byrd?Colored: Who the heck says that in the America of today, unless you’re a very, very old friend of the late highwayman (as in dedicated asphalt, not armed robbery)
Bring up illegal activities for no reason. Well, except your talking about black people.
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Which is why no member of this once-courageous black organization will spell out its full name. Everyone says, instead, “N-double A-CP”: To elongate the abbreviation is to expose oneself to derisive—or, worse, baffled—inquisition. (“Dad, Mom, what’s with the ‘colored’ thing?”)
Again – still on the name. Tunku Varadarajan is Indian Born, England educated so he comes by his confusion honestly. His condescending manner, on the other hand, was no doubt learnt at Oxford.
We also say NC2A instead of AA. It is not because we are embarrassed by either “Association for the Advancement” or “Athletic Association”. It is an manifestation of American English to say “double A”, just like you say “Zed” instead of Z.
Again – still on the name. Tunku Varadarajan is Indian Born, England educated so he comes by his confusion honestly. His condescending manner, on the other hand, was no doubt learnt at Oxford.
We also say NC2A instead of AA. It is not because we are embarrassed by either “Association for the Advancement” or “Athletic Association”. It is an manifestation of American English to say “double A”, just like you say “Zed” instead of Z.
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The NAACP, this vestigial bone on the American body politic […]
Let us stop for a moment her. “Vestigial” is defined as “an organ that once was useful in an animal's evolutionary past, but that now is useless or very close to useless.” His assumption here – as an Oxford Educated Upper Cast Indian, fully versed in American racial history – is that African Americans (hell – let’s call these group “colored” if it makes him happy) no longer need any lobbying. He assumes that “colored” people have achieved full equality politically, historically and economically – hence the term “vestigial”. There are a gazillion reasons why this is wrong, but I shall start with one that should be logical to someone of a caste system mentality; “Colored” people often are at a disadvantage in terms of income level and educational opportunities due location. This is a measureable gap that this “useless” organization works to change. To continue…
The NAACP, this vestigial bone on the American body politic […]
Let us stop for a moment her. “Vestigial” is defined as “an organ that once was useful in an animal's evolutionary past, but that now is useless or very close to useless.” His assumption here – as an Oxford Educated Upper Cast Indian, fully versed in American racial history – is that African Americans (hell – let’s call these group “colored” if it makes him happy) no longer need any lobbying. He assumes that “colored” people have achieved full equality politically, historically and economically – hence the term “vestigial”. There are a gazillion reasons why this is wrong, but I shall start with one that should be logical to someone of a caste system mentality; “Colored” people often are at a disadvantage in terms of income level and educational opportunities due location. This is a measureable gap that this “useless” organization works to change. To continue…
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The NAACP, this vestigial bone on the American body politic, has thrust itself into the headlines by voting, at its annual meeting Tuesday, to censure as “racist” the
Tea Party movement. This controversial public rebuke—delivered a day after the first lady, Michelle Obama, addressed the NAACP’s conference—has opened up a raw, new racial front in the run-up to the November elections. In effect, the self-congratulatory, post-racial Obama camp is reaching for the crudest weapon in the Democratic arsenal: the racial blunderbuss.The NAACP, this vestigial bone on the American body politic, has thrust itself into the headlines by voting, at its annual meeting Tuesday, to censure as “racist” the
Ah, this is subtle. He has trashed an organization because of it’s name is outdated, AND has called this organization useless – now he equates this “useless, outdated organization” with ALL Obama supporters AND at the same time trashes all Obama supporters as “the self-congratulatory, post-racial Obama camp”. This is called tarring with a wide brush and pulls everyone who isn’t “self-congratulatory” into his camp. No thank you. I am neither self-congratulatory nor a follower of a contemptuous, haughty Oxford-educated Indian fop.
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Of course, desperate times call for desperate measures, and the NAACP is going back to an old playbook.
Desperate times? One would assume that Mr. Varadarajan will define this “desperate time” but one would wait in vain. Instead without a definition the reader is free to insert what ever annoys him or her here. In doing so, Mr. Varvadarajan attempts to merge any of our nebulous anger into his own annoyance.
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Of course, desperate times call for desperate measures, and the NAACP is going back to an old playbook.
Desperate times? One would assume that Mr. Varadarajan will define this “desperate time” but one would wait in vain. Instead without a definition the reader is free to insert what ever annoys him or her here. In doing so, Mr. Varvadarajan attempts to merge any of our nebulous anger into his own annoyance.
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The NAACP is resorting to the Jacksonian (Jesse, not Andrew) ploy to use the race card (a) to rally blacks to the mid-terms; and (b) to intimidate the mainstream media, so that it doesn’t report critically on a liberal administration, urging it instead to focus on the perceived sins of the Tea Party movement.
Mr. Varadarajan either overestimates the clout of the NAACP or purposefully pretends to in order to set up this straw man argument. The “mainstream media” has no problem reporting critically on a liberal administration – and to argue anything else is to be disingenuous.
Mr. Varadarajan either overestimates the clout of the NAACP or purposefully pretends to in order to set up this straw man argument. The “mainstream media” has no problem reporting critically on a liberal administration – and to argue anything else is to be disingenuous.
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If black Americans are suffering due to our current economic woes, Obama’s own policies are hardly helping them. The NAACP can’t bitch about “the Man” anymore because the Man is Obama.Again, we have to assume Mr. Varadarajan is out of his sociological element here because he is British / Indian. Otherwise we must acknowledge 1) that he doesn’t get “the man”, as he so eloquently puts it. In American parlance, “the man” is any position of authority, be it Police, the Government, the work-place boss, etc. President Obama has not usurped all these jobs.
OR, 2) if we question Mr. Varadarajan’s motive’s I might suggest his use of the term “the man” is designed to bring up the bug-a-boo of the “angry black man”. Which is scary – and racist. But I don’t thing the squishy-server was trying to raise racial stereotypes (opps – I did that by accident – as I am sure Tunku did.).
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And so instead it turns its racially monolithic vituperation on the Tea Party, which has never been in power, and has had no impact on the economic condition of black Americans—except to advocate policies (smaller government, lower taxes, radically reduced deficits, etc.) that would likely improve the standard of living of all Americans (blacks included).Again, Varadarrjan doesn’t really understand American History. Smaller federal government has, for “Colored” people, resulted in segregation, legalized discrimination and a reduced political voice via election tactics. In fact, the conservative Supreme Court has acknowledged these political tricks targeted at minorities are still in play – so maybe this isn’t ancient history and a Professor at NYU should know about them.
As for their policies; Ron Paul, the Tea-Party candidate in Kentucky has come out AGAINST the civil rights legislation passed 40+ years ago – saying that private establishments like restaurants, movie theaters and bathrooms should have a legal right to discriminate against blacks. The NAACP may honestly believe that the Tea Party wouldn’t really help them.
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In fact, the Tea Party is a greater friend of black Americans, one might say, than the administration,One might say that Little Green Men from Mars can be found under my couch. One might say that an Oxford education ALWAYS leads to pomposity. One might say just about anything. Let us not speculate on what one might say.
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In fact, the Tea Party is a greater friend of black Americans, one might say, than the administration, and is much more representative of America than the NAACP.More representative of America?. In what way? More evenly distributed between the states? More evenly distributed between states. More evenly distributed in Education levels?
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(There are many more black members of the Tea Party—however you define that movement—than there are, by definition, non-black members of the NAACP.)Ohhhh, more white people – and hence much more representative of America. More skin-tone representative and hence they cannot be racist – this is a logic that escapes me. As for the parenthetical note, that is incorrect. The NAACP is not any color “by definition”. It is not the National Associate OF Colored People; it is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. There are, and always have been plenty of non-colored members of the organization. As for the black members of the Tea Party – there is no organized Tea Party organization – so this is an assertion that you know cannot be argued. Or, as we not from Oxford call it, a lie.
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The NAACP senses—knows—that the electoral momentum is building inexorably against President Obama.Yay! First the angry black man – now the voodoo stereotype. What still lies unspoken in your angry little slurpee mind waiting to come out. Oh sorry, I can’t help it, when you fall onto an easy – if subliminal - stereotype I am right there with you.
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And they hope to slow it by playing the race card.
Can it be that Tunku is arguing the NAACP is hoping to slow electoral momentum against Obama by calling racism? Can he truly be that stupid or is he just being a disingenuous prat again. Calling out racism is a losing game in America. No one knows that more than the NAACP. It is a way to easily have entire segments of the country discount what you are saying. They are probably calling it out because they believe it. Maybe because of the Tea Party members that screamed Nigger and spit on African American Congressional Representatives as they entered the House of Representatives as elected officials.
And they hope to slow it by playing the race card.
Can it be that Tunku is arguing the NAACP is hoping to slow electoral momentum against Obama by calling racism? Can he truly be that stupid or is he just being a disingenuous prat again. Calling out racism is a losing game in America. No one knows that more than the NAACP. It is a way to easily have entire segments of the country discount what you are saying. They are probably calling it out because they believe it. Maybe because of the Tea Party members that screamed Nigger and spit on African American Congressional Representatives as they entered the House of Representatives as elected officials.
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Let there be no doubt that nothing would have been tabled at this NAACP meeting without President Obama’s imprimatur—especially with the first lady as the keynote speaker.Why? Because he’s “colored”? Because “those people” move as one giant group mind? Was this the case when Presidents Bush or Clinton spoke at the NAACP? Or, perhaps you’re too new to America to remember those discussions.
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Our first black president—with his lowest approval ratings ever—is using his race politically, through a surrogate.So…. with nary a shred of proof – except that the President is black! – we believe that the NAACP does Obama’s bidding. Because Black People all shuffle as one – except those smart Tea Party Blacks.
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But shameless as all this is, it may have some effect. As Shelby Steele, a political scientist at the Hoover Institution, told me, “racist stigma in America is so powerful that truth and reason look meager next to it. Any populist movement—such as the Tea Party—that is predominantly white, has this vulnerability of seeming to be a throwback to the nation’s racist past.”Calling the 1960s Civil Rights legislation a burden on private property owners has more to do with calling them a throwback to the nation’s racist past than being all white.
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Michelle Obama’s participation as keynote speaker could prove toxic to the Democrats in the run-up to the November elections—even though she confined her remarks to obesity and the like, and steered clear of references to the Tea Party.She also steered clear of references to Oakland Transit Attack, the Arizona Immigration Legislation and other NAACP resolutions at the 101 Conference. You could say she discussed things that are on her national agenda. But if you said that Tunku, it would go against your black people are scary and monolithic meme.
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Many in America already believe that she is a black militant in mufti,[…]
Many people in American believe the following:
22 percent believe President Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks in advance. Many in America already believe that she is a black militant in mufti,[…]
Many people in American believe the following:
30 percent believe Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.
23 percent believe they've been in the presence of a ghost.
18 percent believe the sun revolves around the Earth.
But Tunku digresses – so as to remind people of a scary picture that was photoshopped once.
But Tunku digresses – so as to remind people of a scary picture that was photoshopped once.
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Many in America already believe that she is a black militant in mufti and her headlining of a gathering which cast the Tea Party as racist will have been noted by a good many ordinary, non-radical, middle-of-the-road Americans—not to mention Tea Party activists, who will be sure (and who can blame them?) to put together little YouTube packages from the NAACP shindig, cutting from Michelle O to Ben Jealous, the NAACP president who was the resolution’s prime mover.
Right, who could blame the non-racist Tea Partiers when they put up videos of a first lady’s talk on obesity and health intercut with the NAACP President saying the Tea Party is racist. After all it is NOT racist to draw the equivalency between the two people just because they are both African Americans – pardon, “colored”. After all, it would not be racist to intercut videos of you, with Apu from the Simpsons.
Many in America already believe that she is a black militant in mufti and her headlining of a gathering which cast the Tea Party as racist will have been noted by a good many ordinary, non-radical, middle-of-the-road Americans—not to mention Tea Party activists, who will be sure (and who can blame them?) to put together little YouTube packages from the NAACP shindig, cutting from Michelle O to Ben Jealous, the NAACP president who was the resolution’s prime mover.
Right, who could blame the non-racist Tea Partiers when they put up videos of a first lady’s talk on obesity and health intercut with the NAACP President saying the Tea Party is racist. After all it is NOT racist to draw the equivalency between the two people just because they are both African Americans – pardon, “colored”. After all, it would not be racist to intercut videos of you, with Apu from the Simpsons.
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So here we have the Tea Party, one of the nation’s most organic, Athenian, democratic movements, being attacked by a political organization—the NAACP—that is among the most sclerotic, dinosaurian, and cadaverous of America’s political groupings.
Wow, what a lot of big Oxford words to say Tea Party Good, Black People Bad. Unless I missed something the NAACP is also organic, Athenian and Democratic. I mean, the NAACP grew up in response to actual problems (organic) and the whole problem you have is that the NAACP is they are voting about the Tea Party (democratic). So they seem to meet those criteria. AND, if we are pulling adjectives willy-nilly, I would not look at those old cranky white people in the Tea Party group and then go calling others names like sclerotic, dinosaurian and cadaverous. People who live in white, wrinkly houses (or even Oxford Dorms) shouldn’t throw stones.
So here we have the Tea Party, one of the nation’s most organic, Athenian, democratic movements, being attacked by a political organization—the NAACP—that is among the most sclerotic, dinosaurian, and cadaverous of America’s political groupings.
Wow, what a lot of big Oxford words to say Tea Party Good, Black People Bad. Unless I missed something the NAACP is also organic, Athenian and Democratic. I mean, the NAACP grew up in response to actual problems (organic) and the whole problem you have is that the NAACP is they are voting about the Tea Party (democratic). So they seem to meet those criteria. AND, if we are pulling adjectives willy-nilly, I would not look at those old cranky white people in the Tea Party group and then go calling others names like sclerotic, dinosaurian and cadaverous. People who live in white, wrinkly houses (or even Oxford Dorms) shouldn’t throw stones.
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When race is in play, there is vulnerability all around. The NAACP, and President Obama, will learn that in the months ahead.
Nice tie of Obama to the NAACP – something you never proved except they are both mainly black. Which is…oh I forget...... what is the word for it… racist.
When race is in play, there is vulnerability all around. The NAACP, and President Obama, will learn that in the months ahead.
Nice tie of Obama to the NAACP – something you never proved except they are both mainly black. Which is…oh I forget...... what is the word for it… racist.