NAACP: Obama Win Won't Fix Race Problems

Chairman Julian Bond Says Racial Disparity Will Remain In America Even If Obama Becomes President

(AP)  Racial disparity will remain an issue in America, regardless of whether Barack Obama is elected as the nation's first black president, the chairman of the NAACP told the organization's national convention Sunday night.

Julian Bond, a veteran civil rights leader, said Obama's candidacy doesn't "herald a post-civil rights America, any more than his victory in November will mean that race as an issue has been vanquished in America."

But he drew loud applause when he said the country, and "all of us here," are taking pride in the success in this year's campaign by a candidate who couldn't have stayed in some cities' hotels a few decades ago.

"We know that Obama's electoral success - even if he should win the ultimate prize - won't signal an end to racial discrimination, but it does mark the high point of an interracial movement that dates back to the Underground Railroad," Bond said, referring to Cincinnati's historical role in helping fleeing slaves reach freedom.

Obama plans to address the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's convention Monday night, and Republican presidential candidate John McCain will speak here Wednesday.

Bond said blacks are being hit hard by the nation's mortgage loan crisis, and he was sharply critical of the Bush administration, saying it has undermined constitutional rights, failed to oppose racial discrimination, supported voter identification laws that suppress black voters and thrived on "politics of divide and conquer."

A Justice Department spokesman said in response that it has vigorously enforced voting laws.

"One of the highest priorities of the Department of Justice and its Civil Rights Division is to protect voting rights and enforce specific federal laws that help to ensure that all qualified voters have an opportunity to cast their ballots and have them counted," spokesman Dean Boyd said.

Bond noted that a 2004 speech in which he criticized President Bush led to an IRS review of NAACP's tax-exempt status.

"The NAACP will continue to speak truth to power until this administration leaves town," he said Sunday night.

He detailed racial failures by past presidents of both parties, then took a verbal swing at former President Bill Clinton, who made critical comments about Obama while campaigning for his wife Hillary Rodham Clinton during Democratic primaries.

"We fared much better under the man who liked to be called 'the first black president,' but then we watched him try to bring down the man who would be the real first black president," Bond said.

Obama recently called Clinton, and the former president has offered to campaign for him.

[just-another-sweetie]

Judging by Obama%u2019s brush off the shoulders,condescending %u201Csweetie%u201D, silent approval of Senator Hillary Clinton being bashed by sexist media, on and on%u2026 ad nauseam.

But Obama say%u2019s the New Yorker cover of him and his unpleasant wife %u201Cinsulted Muslim Americans.%u201D I wish he had that much concern for the women of America.

No Bama. Never. Just Say No Deal. PUMA

[just-another-sweetie]

Julian Bond threw President Bill Clinton under the bus when they didn''t need him anymore.Oh they all did love the former President till Obama came alone,then they had to get Bill out of the way.That is the way Obama operates.

A taxpayer voting for Barack Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.

Hillary Supporter for McCain 08

[wardoglrs]

IndyVet66
Your a fool

[indyvet66]

I am a 52-year old white man, and I think that Senator Obama%u2019s ability to capture the essence of race relations in America is truly amazing and inspiring.

Unfortunately, too many people want to use our racial, ethnic or religious differences to divide us.

Unfortunately, many of the articles and blogs about Obama have a racial overtone. Some of these articles and blogs are outright racist, and I wish that the writers would reflect before they publish or post to consider if they are simply advocating a position or if they are actually being racist.

At all events, I am hopeful that the ongoing angst over race will force racial issues to into the open where we can address and resolve them.

Earlier this year, Senator Obama eloquently articulated the essence of race relations in America. Obama%u2019s speech really got to the heart of race relations and he did a superb job of trying to re-focus Americans to get beyond race and to focus on the important issues that face us.

Regardless of our differences, it is clear that many of us have arrived at the viewpoint expressed by Senator Obama, as a result of a willingness to learn and grow as civilized people.

I believe Senator Obama is going to be a thoughtful and superb leader as President of the United States. I am voting for and supporting Senator Obama in 2008 and beyond.

What a man...what a great leader!

[obama8years]

The National Association Of White People.

How does that Sound???

[johnmcsame]

Hussein is more interested in helping muslims than blacks.

[johnmcsame]

Hussein is more interested in helping muslims than blacks.

[johnmcsame]

Hussein is more interested in helping muslims than blacks.

[johnmcsame]

Blacks are now the news racists. The are voting for Obama because he is black and not because they all like his policies.

[denialator]

Posted by GrammaWhamma at 03:42 AM : Jul 15, 2008
(I read an article that blacks will support Obama...but he is not black enough to truely represent blacks because he doesn''''t have any "slave blood".)

GrammaWhamma...let me try to run this down for you. The "slave blood" mentality indicates a false sense of victimhood rampant among ignorant black liberation / raparation bigots who exploit the good natures of Americans who would rather see them get over such hypocrisy and assimilate into American society in lieu of fleshing out their true nature and pretending this country owes them what they don''t deserve to start with. This is just their collective bargaining tool for getting more hand-outs.

This is also a form of excuse to nurse selfish, hypocritical attitudes as a mistreated group because their great grandfathers were given citizenship to this great democratic republic, not ownership. The part that galls these slothful black hypocrites is that they were not given or guaranteed a free ride.

We did not, however invent slavery or promote it originally, therefore we do not owe anyone compensation for it. On the contrary...the white man brought them out of slavery which was chiefly practiced by Barack Hussein Obama''s heritage. That''s right...the Arab-African Muslim slave owners and traders from which he came.

Ever hear an expression..."biting the hand that feeds you"?

We should send them all back to their most familiar surroundings and call it quits.

[whiskyrocker]

"Obama win won''t fix race problem."
No $hit

[denialator]

Posted by Ariel133 at 01:54 PM : Jul 14, 2008
"Obama does not even know black America! He is an Islamofast who doesn''t have a clue about the average American family, either black, white, brown, red!"

Ariel...I agree with your assessment 100%. I cannot for the life of me understand why people of color flock to this imposter who pawns himself off as a "black" American, when he is such an elitist and disconnected from the history of America by his roots of Arab-African Islamist "Muslim" by birth, espouses the "black liberation" theology and slave reparation mentality by his long time association with Trinity United Church of Chicago, and to top it all off, cannot claim anything patriotic about his lifestyle except that he hangs with known terrorists and Marxist anti-Americans who he does not even care to denounce and with whom he covets friendships and close relationships.

This is one character I will never vote for in America for any office, not even janitor.

"If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...it must be a duck."

[grammawhamma]

I''m very surprised this story has only 13 comments so far. Why is that?

I read an article that blacks will support Obama...but he is not black enough to truely represent blacks because he doesn''t have any "slave blood".

Okay, I''m white....I guess I don''t really know what this means. Anyone willing to explain? Thanks.

[kansas1946]

(AP) Racial disparity will remain an issue in America, regardless of whether Barack Obama is elected as the nation''s first black president, the chairman of the NAACP told the organization''s national convention Sunday night.
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Racial disparity?? If Obama is elected in November, where is the "racial disparity?" The disparity will at that point proven not to be racial, but socio-economic and that is where these programs should be focusing. Forget quotas and affirmative action based on race or gender, and point them towards opportunity for the economically chalenged. Kids of any color that are smart but can''t afford college, set aside some places for them.

[chrisl45]

This article is one good reason to remember senator John McCain in your prayers. I ask you to pray that whoever wins the election will continue to do the right things. We need to show our support in the American way for both candidates. The way our fathers and teachers told us to. The historical event of having our first black presidential candidate should not be marred by attacking the opponent. John McCain''s pain in Vietnam has made him want to serve the country. Why can''t we try to reciprocate. When he was in Vietnam, he volunteered to go out on that fateful last mission. He heard an alarm and instead of evading the missile, he place and dropped his bombs. He was hung by his arms from the ceiling, he had both arms and a leg broken, and he haphazardly tried to commit suicide. He commumicated with his fellow POWs by tapping on the walls for over five years. Let''s remember both candidates in our prayers. John is like Jesus in many respects. We also do not want to show disdain for John because of his age. Older people have rights too! God bless America, we''re at the doors of the whitehouse and should be proud to be John McCain''s fellow citizen.

[libh8er]

Of course it won''t. For the poverty pimps and race baiters who earn a living by telling blacks how bad they have it, NOTHING will EVER be enough.

That''s why we (white people) don''t care anymore. (Except for the small minority of whites who suffer from White Guilt Syndrome....they really, really care and would gladly sacrifice themselves.)

[libsluv2spit]

even if a black man is elected to the highest office in this nation..those who has a lot on the line would still stoke the ''race card''..

its a very lucrative business

[noloyalisti]

Obviously Obama is not going to fix a lot of things after all he is an American who really knows very little of the reality of peoples needs and conserving.

Worse still, he is an American politician who by definition is controlled by twisted, greedy and anti-citizen large corporations.

[ariel133]

ROWDY SAID: "Obama is a racial problem! He creates it and uses it for harrassment to keep himself in the spotlight!

Obama does not even know black America! He is an Islamofast who doesn''''t have a clue about the average American family, either black, white, brown, red!

Put him on his camel and send him back to his Islamofast supporters in Chicago, and his corrupt political buddies! "

AMEN TO YOUR AWESOME COMMENT!!

[jongood65]

Folks, the NAACP shows how they are able to recognize a 50%-American, who is an elitist ranked #1 most left wing pinko libtard member of the whole US Senate (which BTW, includes a declared socialist standing to his right)poser.

And, this is the candidate these hyphenated-American libtards who run the Democrat Party want you to install in the White House.

Thanks NAACP for warning America!!