By Hunter Walker 8/10/12 12:42pm

Color Wars

Allen West (Photo: West.House.gov)

Allen West Thinks It’s Open Season on Black Conservatives Because Democrats Have Black Activists ‘Well-Placed’

Florida Congressman Allen West appeared on Fox & Friends this morning to discuss a campaign commercial released by his rival that shows him punching an old white woman in the face. Mr. West, who is African-American, said he believes the ad is evidence of a double standard where liberals are not rebuked for making racially charged attacks that would get conservatives in hot water.

‘Think about this, think about if the Republican Party or a conservative PAC ran a picture of a black Democratic politician or congressman punching white women and white seniors. I’m sure that MSNBC, NBC and the Huffington Post and everyone would be going apopleptic right now,” said Mr. West. “But once again, there are different rules.”

Mr. West said liberals feel like it is open season for them to target black conservatives because the Democratic Party has African-American activists, specifically the NAACP and the reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, “well-placed.” As evidence of this, he cited the fact that none of these activists came to his aid when the controversial ad was released. Read More

By Hunter Walker 7/11/12 11:12am

Speechifying

Mitt Romney (Photo: Getty)

Mitt Romney: ‘The Rich Will Do Just Fine Whether I’m Elected or Not’

Mitt Romney gave a speech before the annual NAACP convention in Houston this morning in which he made the argument his policies ”would help families of color and families of any color more than the policies and leadership of President Obama.” Despite his best efforts, Mr. Romney was booed by the crowd when he criticized the president’s performance and vowed to “repeal Obamacare.”

“Of course, you know the opposition charges that I and people in my party are running for office to help the rich. Nonsense. The rich will do just fine whether I’m elected or not,” Mr. Romney said. The president wants to make this campaign about blaming the rich and I want to make this a campaign about helping the middle class in America. I’m running for president because I know that my policies and vision will help millions of middle class Americans of all races, will lift people from poverty and will help prevent people from becoming poor in the first place.” Read More

By Max Seddon 11/08/11 2:16pm

Days of Action

Al Sharpton listening in to Charles Rangel. (Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Rangel: New Voter ID Laws Are ‘Ku Klux Klan Without Hoods’

Civil rights veterans led by Rev. Al Sharpton, Harlem congressman Charles Rangel, and the NAACP announced a new campaign against new voter fraud laws that could prevent five million Americans from casting their ballots next year.

Stand For Freedom, the new coalition, will hold a national day of action Dec. 10 – also United Nations Human Rights Day – to protest the laws. In New York alone, they hope to gather 10,000 people outside the offices of the Koch brothers, octogenarian billionaires and major donors to conservative activist groups. Read More

By Azi Paybarah 6/02/11 2:45pm

education

How the NAACP Will Respond to Charter School Parents

The NAACP is looking for parents to participate in a rally tomorrow, in order to respond to a pro-charter school rally that “assaulted” the organization’s office in Harlem earlier this week. A reader passed along this email from the NAACP, detailing the group’s effort.

The author of the email, Ken Cohen, referred calls to the NAACP, which did not respond to inquiries. Read More