What was the exact wording in NAACP resolution that said the Tea Party Movement is a racist organization?

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1. BlackhawksRule! says:

   May 6, 2011 at 8:35 pm

   The exact wording is not public as of now. It has to be approved by the Directors in their October meeting. See the story.

   NAACP delegates passed a resolution to condemn extremist elements within the Tea Party
   http://www.naacp.org/news/entry/naacp-de…

   The NAACP did not label the Tea Party racist, it called the leadership to “repudiate those in their ranks who use racist language in their signs and speeches.”

   Sadly many in the category, and in blogs, and some of the media, have abused the facts and combined with their hate made the issue far worse. This works for them when carrying on their racist hate for people of color and the organizations that represent them.
2. civil_av8r says:

   May 6, 2011 at 8:48 pm

   The NAACP drafted a resolution calling for the Tea Party to confront the racism proliferating from its members. Specifically, the resolution was directed to signs that were racial in nature and epitaphs thrown at some black members of Congress during the healthcare debate. However, there is no evidence to either of the two incidents actually taking place.
3. Reality has a Liberal Bias says:

   May 6, 2011 at 9:12 pm

   You’re correct.

   The NAACP didn’t say the Tea Party was racist, it said that it was “harboring racist elements that are a threat to our democracy.”

   Like Mark Williams, spokesman for the Tea Party Express, who wrote this “satirical” letter:

   Dear Mr. Lincoln,

   We Colored People have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored People and we demand that it stop!
   In fact we held a big meeting and took a vote in Kansas City this week. We voted to condemn a political revival of that old abolitionist spirit called the ‘tea party movement’.

   Perhaps the most racist point of all in the tea parties is their demand that government “stop raising our taxes.” That is outrageous! How will we Colored People ever get a wide screen TV in every room if non-coloreds get to keep what they earn? Totally racist! The tea party expects coloreds to be productive members of society?

   Mr. Lincoln, you were the greatest racist ever. We had a great gig. Three squares, room and board, all our decisions made by the massa in the house. Please repeal the 13th and 14th Amendments and let us get back to where we belong.

   Sincerely,

   Precious Ben Jealous, Tom’s Nephew National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Head Colored Person”
4. Baron says:

   May 6, 2011 at 9:20 pm

   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/16/AR2010071602730.html
5. RoseRed2 says:

   May 6, 2011 at 9:23 pm

   There is racism all over America where it was never an issue until now.By bringing racism up every day in the news has made it worse than its been in the last 20 yrs.NAACP is just as racist as anyone else.
6. rsc3033 says:

   May 6, 2011 at 9:52 pm

   They do say they are racist, they say there are racist ELEMENTS in the Tea Party.

   I included a video link, hope it works for you.

   I have followed many of the Tea Party meetings, and they are not real organizations like the NAACP. they get no funding from the gov, they are usually just people getting together to protest big gov and bailouts. that is how they started. There is not even a single organization, but MANY groups across the USA that meet. Usually in all the main cities, and towns.
   There are no rules or regulations on what you can bring to these events any more then there was when people were organizing against the war with Iraq.

   Where was the NAACP when they were calling bush Hitler, or a War Monger. They were suddenly quiet.
   Just because this President is black, people can disagree with his policies. that does not make them racist.

   The guy in the video speaks of someone throwing bricks through a window. I can tell you emphatically that is NOT a Conservative trait, that is a LIBERAL trait. Those individuals were liberals, not Tea Party conservatives.