Tea Party condemned for racism at NAACP convention

Some members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People think the Tea Party is racist. Condemning the Tea Party for racism was the subject of a resolution up for a vote at the NAACP convention in Kansas City on Tuesday. Some Tea Party members countered by saying the NAACP is racist. The NAACP resolution is meaningless, said a leader of the black community in Atlanta, who things the Tea Party's grass roots movement is an example that should be followed. Resource for this article – NAACP convention resolution accuses Tea Party of racism by Personal Money Store.

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Tea Party racism is an assumption some have formed in response to media coverage showing Tea Party posters of President Obama. The movement's image has been further damaged by reports of black congressmen being spit on by Tea Party members during the health care reform debate. The Washington Post reports that the NAACP Tea Party resolution says members of the movement have “displayed signs and posters intended to degrade people of color usually and President Barack Obama specifically” and calls “the racist elements” within the Tea Party “a threat to progress ".

Tea Party Patriots call NAACP racist

The NAACP Tea Party resolution challenges the movement to acknowledge that it harbors racists and to denounce their behavior. The resolution also accuses the Tea Party of opposing programs that aid working individuals and minorities. Two Tea Party members told the Los Angeles Times that a couple of bad actors are responsible for Tea Party racism, not the movement at large. Racist behavior has occurred at Tea Party rallies, said Jenny Beth Martin of the online network Tea Party Patriots, but the movement has warned its misanthropes to keep their prejudice under their hats. Tea Party Patriot Mary Meckler told the Times that accusing the movement of racism was "ironic" coming from a racist organization like the NAACP.

Tea Party a role model? The NAACP

Charing Ball, a black media personality in Atlanta, said that whether the debate is about Tea Party racism or NAACP racism, the NAACP is missing the point. Ball understands the emotions behind the NAACP Tea Party resolution. But writing in the Atlanta Post, he wonders why the NAACP is wasting its time and energy on symbolic gestures rather than preparing and organizing for real racial justice. Ball points out that the NAACP could ensure more progress on racial justice by adopting Tea Party methods. The NAACP could better meet the needs of the black community today at the grass roots by rallying voters and training and nurturing young candidates.

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