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Black Community: The NAACP Continues to Prove Its Irrelevancy.

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(ThyBlackMan.com) I am fond of saying that weak people take strong positions on weak issues!

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) specifically and the media appointed radical Black liberal leaders in general are the embodiment of this adage.

Their original mission was to secure civil rights and equality for Black folks; but under their current radical liberal leadership, their mission “is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons [emphasis added] and to eliminate race-based discrimination.”

How in the hell did they go from representing Black people to all people?  Hispanic, Asian, and Indian groups don’t include all people in their mission statement; they are specific to their group.

Writer Raynard Jackson - At NAACP Convention in Orlando, FL, July 17, 2013.

If they want to eliminate “race-based discrimination,” then how do they justify their support of affirmation action as it is practiced today?

These media appointed radical Black leaders are totally incompetent and out of synch with the Black community.

Working at the highest levels of power in Washington, DC, I see supposed “Black leaders” selling out the very Blacks they “claim” to represent on a daily basis.

The last time I checked, Dr. King did not take a bullet to his head for the radical homosexual agenda; diversity, equity and inclusion; or amnesty for illegals.

As a matter of fact, King would be embarrassed by what he sees in the Black community today.

Last week I had breakfast with former British Prime Minister during World War II, Sir Winston Churchill and we discussed the state of Black America.  His assessment was thusly, the Black community’s radical leadership is like, “A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.”

Of all the issues facing the Black community, the NAACP’s focus is to send out a press release telling Blacks not to visit Florida, even though their chairman, Leon Russell, lives in Tampa, FL.

Can you say hypocrisy?

I can’t find any such press release telling Blacks not to travel to Chicago, D.C., St. Louis, NY City, or Baltimore where you have a high probability of being murdered or assaulted by another Black!  All these cities are controlled by Black politicians.  As a matter of fact, the NAACP’s national headquarters is based in Baltimore, where every quality-of-life index is in the negative for Blacks: crime, education, drug abuse, unemployment, abortion, out of wedlock pregnancies, etc.

According to their press release regarding the travel ban to Florida, “Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools…Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals. Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color.”

Nothing could be further from the truth.  I served as Gov. DeSantis’ senior advisor during his 2018 campaign for governor and he actively courted and communicated directly with the Black community about issues that were important to them, i.e., entrepreneurship, the second amendment and school choice.

Exactly how is DeSantis hostile towards Blacks?  DEI and homosexuality are part of the white radical liberal elite Black agenda; but it is not part of the rank-and-file Black agenda.

Who are “people of color” they reference in their press release?  I have no idea what they are talking about.  And what does the alphabet people have to do with the Black community?  That is not our issue.  That is the issue of radical liberal whites who have found these media appointed Black leaders to be the face of their issue in exchange for underwriting all of their conferences!!!

There is a total disconnect between the media appointed Black leaders like Derrick Johnson from the NAACP, Marc Morial from the National Urban League, Al Sharpton from the National Action Network, and the Congressional Black Caucus, etc. and the rank and file in the Black community.

These radical liberal Blacks have absolutely no relationship with the rank and file within the Black community.  They represent the white radical elite liberals’ agenda like promoting abortion, homosexuality, and amnesty for illegals.

In exchange for being the face of the radical liberal elite whites and their perverted agenda, they get funding for their organizations that have no positive impact on the Black community.

If you look at these groups’ 990 reports submitted to the I.R.S., you rarely see successful Blacks making financial contributions to them.

DeSantis said queer studies is not part of Black history The governor’s position is absolutely correct!  Queer, homosexual, and transsexual indoctrination of our kids or people has no place in the Black community.  NONE!!!

Blacks should be very offended that a white Republican governor must promote the agenda that most Blacks agree with while the Blacks who claim to be from us and for us have sold out our agenda to their radical elite white leftist massas.

If Florida is so bad for Blacks, why do they comprise 16% of the state’s total population, representing over three million people?  Implicit in the NAACP’s narrative is that Blacks are too dumb to relocate if they deem themselves and their families to be at risk in Florida.

If Florida is so dangerous to the Black community, why is the state listed as the number one place in the country for Black business creation?  The Hispanic community is ranked number two.

These media appointed Black leaders have strayed so far away from where their focus should be:  asking Blacks to be and do better!

Blacks today have more opportunities than Dr. King could ever have imagined in his wildest dreams.  He would be stunned by how today’s Blacks have turned his dream into a nightmare.

When all is said and done, there’s more said than done.

Today’s NAACP has said a lot more than they have ever done, that’s why they have become so irrelevant to the Black community.

They have become as the sounding brass or a tingling cymbal; full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Note: Mr. Jackson happens to also be a comedian at heart. Him mentioning Sir Winston Churchill was just to liven up the conversation. We know Mr. Churchill passed away on January 24, 1965. With that, do continue to leave comments below.

Staff Writer; Raynard Jackson

This talented brother is a Pulitzer Award nominated columnist and founder and chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF), a federally registered 527 Super PAC established to get more Blacks involved in the Republican Party. BAFBF focuses on the Black entrepreneur. For more information about BAFBF, visit www.bafbf.org. You can follow Raynard on TwitterRealRaynardJon Gettr: RaynardJackson.

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32 Responses to “Black Community: The NAACP Continues to Prove Its Irrelevancy.”
  1. StupiditySponge says:

    Stopped reading at “The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) specifically and the media appointed radical Black liberal leaders in general are the embodiment of this adage.”

    Clearly this is some Tim Scott “Uncle” whos post should be ignored

  2. Truth says:

    I can’t find the name of the person who wrote this article so I can’t agree with you regarding that but I’m on board with your other points. However, you may be right and here’s why. The black community has not had a leader that hasn’t been bought out since MLK & Malcolm. The black community leadership has been compromised by sellout blacks who are paid by white men. These men/women usually belong to an organization called the Divine 9 or some “secret society” who is no longer a secret.

  3. KENNETH Wayne LaRue says:

    If the enemy is funding your organization, the fight is lost from the jump.
    The NAACP was never designed to support or save the black community.
    FOLLOW THE MONEY AND YOU’LL SEE THE REAL AGENDA.

  4. anthony r gaston says:

    The responses here are thoughtful. I just think it’s sad that the article was written by a man who has no idea of the history of the NAACP. You know that organization he says started out – for civil rights for the African-American. Let me inform him that the real purpose of the NAACP is to execute the principles of the U.S.
    Constitution, -therefore, it has never been just about black people. What has DeSantis done that hurts black people? I could make a list, but let’s just cite one: He helped elect the biggest racist in politics today. I do not know the writer of this piece, but I dare say, he must be one of Massa Trumps’s blacks or as he put it “one of my blacks.”

  5. Jay says:

    This organization should be called the National Association for People of Color. I am a Foundational Black American ,ADOS, Black Freedmen…NOT a person of Color ..so this organization does NOT speak for me.

  6. Eugenio says:

    First of all, African American have always been at War with Racist America and with other minority races that are now taking over all the jobs and benefits that should be only for black people. What do I mean by this?

    With the increase of illegal immigration and even legal migration, there has been an increase in black incarceration and unemployment. Indeed, the more the DNC and democrats allow illegals to enter into our country then the more African Americans end up in prison, with no jobs and no government assistance. Yes, the illegal migrants and even the ones who enter legally are taking all the low skill jobs and entry level jobs away from black Americans. before or back in the days, it was black people working in grocery stores, gas stations, car wash, fast food restaurants, maids, gardeners, farmers, valet, etc.. but today, all those jobs are given and are been taking over by Hispanics, Asians, middle eastern and pacific islanders; resulting in black men and black women been unemployed and poverty; which then causes our young black men to get involved in drugs, crime, violence, rap music and sports.

    It is our fault for allowing it and supporting the democratic party on their bid to open the borders to illegals but more so the blame faults on the NAACP for not stopping this issue and for supporting inclusion and kumbaya with other races who do not give a Wrotten eggs about a black men or black women. The Hispanics, Asians, and middle eastern communities are more racist and prejudice towards black people because they do not have a guilty conscious of enslaving any negro and for that reason they will deny you a job, take your job, call the police on you, take your money and spit back in your face while you and your children are living in poverty in the inner cities.

    It is time for African Americans to separate from all these racist and form our own alliance of improving our life by investing in each other and in our communities. All black Americans should deposit their hard earn money in black owned banks and credit unions, you should send your kids to black owned private schools and HBCU’s, you should invest and spend your money in black businesses only, you should not vote for any democratic party or republican party that have only giving the black community promises; but given all other races what they asked for and what they did not asked for. It is time for black America to separate and segregate from al other races and do for us by us.

    All African Americans must exercise their second amendment rights and legally purchase guns, rifles, shotguns, ammunitions, bullet proof vest, Kevlar helmets and more ammunitions because it is our rights; Moreso, because every other race in America is purchasing guns in high numbers to protect themselves against us even though us are not trying to hurt them. It is quite interesting to see how white America tells black people to turn in all your guns in exchange for PlayStation, Xbox, gift cards, free food like fried chicken and watermelon; but, they do not tell their fellow neanderthal cave dweller Caucasians and racists coconut Hispanics to turn their guns in. Instead, Racist America encourages the Asians, Hispanics and middle eastern to purchase more guns for protection because the black men is the devil and he is coming for them.

    With that said, it is time for black people to stop spending your money in stores and business that are owned by Asians, Hispanics, untouchables, whites, etc.. and instead spend your money in black owned stores and businesses. it is time to prepare and separate from racist America. Remember, when the Hispanics or asian asked the government for something they do not include black people; yet, when stupid black people asked for somehting they always want to kumbaya and include other minorities and races and even include the white women. So please stop including other people and races when we asked our racist government for something for black people alone.

    • Trenton Puckett says:

      There are currently far more open jobs than applicants, so I disagree with the statement that it is a lack of jobs causing Black unemployment.

      I 100% support all people owning and being trained with firearms for self-defense. I disagree with the assessment that non-Blacks are arming themselves against Blacks – my CCW students are of all races, and all simply want to protect their families against ANY attack.

      Lastly, the statement that “it is time to prepare and separate from racist America” is obviously racist on its face. We are strongest when we work together, not separately. Extremists and racists on both sides will continue to unsuccessfully argue for separation, while the majority of mainstream Americans will continue to work, worship, learn and raise our families together.

    • Ralph Davidson says:

      I totally agree with every word and paragraph written. it is absurd for black people to give their guns up for Xboxes, Sony phones, and a mere 100.00 gift card when the other races are swarming like bees to gun stores buying up every weapon they can get their hands on to use against defenseless black folks who have been brainwashed into believing they don’t need protection since they are the ones killing each other and committing the crimes. whites kill other whites at an alarming ratio of 2 to 1 more than blacks, Hispanics, and other races of people. However, this is not being reported in the media. But yet, black folks are the only race being singled out to give up their weapons. why? because they have nothing to fight back with or protect themselves when the other races slaughter them like sitting ducks.

  7. D. Morris says:

    From your article: “Last week I had breakfast with former British Prime Minister during World War II, Sir Winston Churchill and we discussed the state of Black America. His assessment was thusly, the Black community’s radical leadership is like, “A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” – When exactly did you have this conversation because Winston Churchill died in 1965. Get your lies straight before writing because you totally invalidated yourself with this bogus claim.

  8. Ed says:

    Interesting article some of which I agree with (e.g. NAACP trying to be all inclusive). However, two issues I have:

    1. It was a travel advisory, not a ban issued by the NAACP for Florida; “According to their press release regarding the travel ban to Florida, “Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida.” Both terms are used in the same sentence, (ban & advisory).

    2. This is my main reason for commenting, can someone please tell me who had breakfast “last week”, last year or in the past 5 past decades with Sir Winston Churchill who passed in 1965? I believe this is the same year Mr. Jackson was born?

    OK so after reading it for the 4th or 5th time, was this a quote by MLK, if so then proofread this? #grammar&properquotationsmatter

    Thanks

  9. Vader007 says:

    NAACP, Urban League, and the rest of these black organizations have lost their way decades ago. This is the result of black people allowing white corporations to take control of them. White corporations fund and finance these groups, this gives them the power to not only select the leadership but also the issues they can discuss. Real issues and concerns black Americans have are now sidetracked with Hispanic, Asian, Gay, matters totally ignoring black folks.

  10. Richard Gilbert Buchanan Jr says:

    This article was cooking. It was on fire. I was loving it; then, like clockwork, I read this:
    “I served as Gov. DeSantis’ senior advisor during his 2018 campaign for governor and he actively courted and communicated directly with the Black community about issues that were important to them, i.e., entrepreneurship, the second amendment and school choice.”
    The writer of this article stole a lot of the talking points of black speakers on social media.
    This article was doing good masquerading as a piece coming from the thought leaders of the black community until it willingly showed its true colors.
    I wonder if a white man wrote this article. Just saying.

  11. DM says:

    As long as there are attempts to curtail the right to vote, the NAACP will be relevant.
    As long as there is a lack of investment in African-American communities, the NAACP will be relevant.
    As long as police shoot first and ask questions after when it comes to African-American Men and Women, the NAACP will be relevant.

    Thank GOD for radical Black Leaders like Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Kwame Toure, and Malcolm X. We stand on their shoulders.

    Let’s be clear this a distraction the hate and vitriol doesn’t move forward the real issues of eradicating poverty, providing access to healthcare, and ensuring children are educating. This is entertainment for the ill informed.

    I’ll end on you can’t have a conversation about the black liberation struggle and not have a conversation about Bayard Rustin. Who was the power behind the march on washington.

    Everyone has a right to dignity.

  12. Pelvo White, Jr. says:

    This has to be one of the most ignorant article that I have ever read.These comments rank right up there with racist, dehumanizing statements like ” blacks are animals not human beings”, and ” blacks have tails hidden under their clothing”, and ” blacks can’t feel pain . ” There is no such thing as a ” black community ” in America. Blacks live in all communities in America, and you, as a Republican, insult blacks in America by assuming that we can’t read, and know the meaning of words. These are some facts about the Constitution of the NAACP:

    Constitution of the NAACP;

    CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
    PREAMBLE
    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, hereinafter referred to as the “NAACP” or the “Association,” was founded on the beliefs embodied in the Constitution of the United States of America. We support democracy, dignity and freedom.
    Members of the NAACP, in keeping with the charge of our founders, stand against all forms of injustice.
    The United States of America, built by us all, belongs to all of us. The repayment for our labor is equity and justice for all.
    The NAACP will continue to fight for justice until all, without regard to race, gender, creed or religion enjoy equal status.
    NAACP VISION STATEMENT
    The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.
    NAACP MISSION STATEMENT
    The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
    ARTICLE I NAME
    The name of this Corporation shall be the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc.
    ARTICLE II OBJECTIVES
    The principal objectives of the Association shall be to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of all citizens; to achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States; to remove all barriers of racial discrimination
    [Adopted Effective March 2019] 1

    • Dyrle says:

      While it is true blacks live in many different communities, to say black people have not and are not currently segregated into black communities is showing a lack of understanding to the subject matter. Even today, the largest numbers of blacks are found in inner cities throughout this country. Do you really believe, blacks families desire to live in substandard housing, send their children to substandard school? The numbers do not lie, black children are at the lowest education levels when compared to other groups. Ask yourself why this is. If you want to see reality, move to the south=side of Chicago with your family.

      • Pelvo White, Jr. says:

        I have visited Chicago many times. I have relatives that live in and around Chicago. Some people live in cities because they are getting something out of their decision to live there.Study the origin, and history of western European American styled urban areas that evolved out of white man, and white woman colonization of America,and I think that you will agree with me when I conclude that cities were, and are made for the rich, and not the poor. Here’s reality,there was a time in American history when the slaves, and some descendants of slaves slept under their masters’houses.

    • Richard Gilbert Buchanan Jr says:

      There aren’t any black communities in America. Really?
      What alternate reality are you living in?

      • Pelvo White, Jr. says:

        I think that you have built yourself a cage, and put yourself in it when you embrace the political,economic, and social concepts of a supposed ” black community .”White supremacy, and white privilege are not so powerful as to treat you as a zoological specimen.Get out of that damn cage !!! You are an American !!!

  13. David W Finney Jr says:

    I began to say that I question the relevancy of anyone who comes down on a group or person who has been as relevant as the NAACP has been. I don’t know where you’ve been or where you came from but, where I look at things, the NAACP has and is one of the most relevant organizations in the United States. But to those of you who come from nowhere and start bashing our organizations I say again, who are you? Where did you come from and who is backing you.

    I’m 80 years old and I’ve seen your kind a lot of people like you in my lifetime. How is it we haven’t heard a lot about what you are doing for the people? How is it that in this time where the White man/woman are doing everything they can to destroy our accomplishments and our place in American History, all of a sudden a lot of people like you pop up doing your crabs in a barrel thing.

    You and those others like you remind me of the role Samuel L. Jackson played in Django, which I believe was true to form except, you are not a fictitious character in a movie, you are real and you are probably the closest link to that house person back in slavery days.

    If you don’t like our organizations or our people or the fact that we are still trying to “go further and do better,” shut up and stop trying to position yourself so the White man/woman will hopefully try to offer you up as one of our leaders – AINT GONNA HAPPEN.

    Did that Thomas guy inspire you to finally make your move?

    • Dyrle Jackson says:

      The NAACP is in name only. When did the NAACP stand for the LGPTQ+ community? There is nothing in their constitution. The agenda the civil rights leaders of old, who many gave their lives for, was for the advancement of black people. Most of the founding fathers of the movement where adherents to the word of God, with many being ministers of the gospel. The NAACP has changed for the rights of others, not black people, to follow the money of those agendas.

  14. I am confused about the reference to Winston Churchill. You had breakfast with a man who has been dead for 58 years?

    • D. Campbell says:

      I agree with both Richards. Churchill has been dead for years, so how could the writer of this article have had breakfast with a dead man a week ago! And trying to say Gov. DeSantis is for the African American when he has signed into law legislation to stop teaching African American history, where has the writer of this article been hiding? Let’s not be fooled by idiocy.

    • Staff says:

      If correct, Mr. Jackson was just joking my friend.

  15. Dyrle Jackson says:

    Would our black ancestors, who actually lived in prejudice and discrimination, to make a better country for their children be proud of today’s black leaders and the overall state of black families in our inner cities? I think not! We have exchanged the welfare of our people, for money that comes from an agenda that does little if anything for our people. What do we have to lose if we choose a different ideology, if it will promote our families. Rightfully we cry out when young blacks are killed by the police, but where is that same outcry when five or ten times as many blacks are shot up in our inner cities. The sound is silence from our false prophets! Only one word explains it: hypocrisy!

    • Pelvo White, Jr. says:

      Study the origin, and history of western European American styled urban areas that evolved out of white man, and white woman colonization of America,and I think that you will agree with me when I conclude that cities were, and are made for the rich, and not the poor.

  16. Ivan L. Flynn says:

    Not all speech is bad. There are positive and negative to a long-winded speaker’s rant. I used to live in FL. And yes, The Governor is hell-bent on making Florida the safest place for the Northern to move to practice their Racism and bigotry in the open. You do have several good points. But overall, You are a Black Conservative who very well might have gotten helps through Liberal Charities, and no sooner than you got to top, you pulled up the ladder of opportunity out of the reach of other black. OBTW, I am a foreign-born American, retired. I will not support any trash or bad mouthing of America, She has been good to me. I work hard, I paid the taxes due, and I obeyed the law.

  17. G. Maria says:

    Did 45 or DeSantis co-write this hack piece?

  18. Ted Langston-Chase says:

    I always encourage commentary regarding our plight here in the USA. However, I wish we would learn from our past and not embrace ‘divide and conquer’ mentalities. By this I mean claiming how irrelevant the NAACP is or has become is grossly mistaken. I think Charles Hamilton Houston would be very unhappy with this premise. There are scores of battles to be fought when addressing human or equal rights. This renewed era of animosity in America’s political, social and economic arenas calls for thoughtfulness and renewed commitment to human rights. There are real issues that need to be addressed with to the plight of the Gay community, and while many find them to nothing more than a radical cult with an agenda that will make America unrecognizable, it is the preservation and commitment to humanity we should re-enforce. As Langston Hughes so rightly said about Jews and Blacks in regards to Nordic supremacy. “We have both looked into the eyes of terror.”

    • Richard Gilbert Buchanan Jr says:

      This article hit it right on the nail head. Unfortunately, this message is coming from a mouth that won’t find many ears in the black community. Simply because it is coming from a subservient something or other, who is a mouthpiece for Massa Republican. Your Tim Scott, Larry Elder, Cand Owen types.
      For example, DeSantis prohibitions against hiring illegals was a good thing, but the wrong person took the right move. A Neo-Nazi Cuban.

  19. Ted Langston-Chase says:

    I always encourage commentary regarding our plight here in the USA. However, I wish we would learn from our past and not embrace ‘divide and conquer’ mentalities. By this I mean claiming how irrelevant the NAACP is or has become is grossly mistaken. I think Charles Hamilton Houston would be very unhappy with this premise. There are scores of battles to be fought when addressing human or equal rights. This renewed era of animosity in America’s political, social and economic arenas calls for thoughtfulness and renewed commitment to human rights. There are real issues that need to be addressed with to the plight of the Gay community, and while many find them to nothing more than a radical cult with an agenda that will make America unrecognizable, it is the preservation and commitment to humanity we should re-enforce. As Langston Hughes so rightly said about Jews and Blacks in regards to Nordic supremacy. “We have both looked into the eyes of terror.”

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