Chris Muir of Day By Day contacted me last month about doing this strip, way before I knew who Eason Jordan was, but he integrated the scandal with the NAACP idea I came up with. Can you imagine me as head of the NAACP? That fossil-like organization is running on empty. It should be put out of its misery already. Kind of sad, though.
As with all things, I’ve blogged many times about the NAACP. Check the Dinosaurs category. An excerpt from the first post:
Oh, how the mighty have fallen! From it’s beginning in 1909 through the Civil Rights movement, the NAACP fought legal battles for equal justice, protested and spoke out against discrimination at the voting booths, schoolhouse…you name the place, they’ve been there.Today’s NAACP gave Bill Clinton an Image Award for “improving the lives of blacks during his eight years in office.” This was after he was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for lying under oath and obstructing justice. Nice image.
Today’s NAACP is a social club for limousine liberals who sit around and plan fancy dinners and dredge up discrimination claims where none exist. Racial discrimination is no longer black America’s biggest problem; it’s the collapse of the family. What are they doing about that?
It’s time for the NAACP to go the way of the dinosaur: extinction.
Can the organization turn itself around and become “relevant” again? Blacks are no longer newly freed slaves in need of leadership to help us navigate the dangerous waves of political participation in a system where our presence was resented and unwanted, and our disenfranchisement legitimized by law. Some people may not want us around now, but we’re here, we’re free, and by law we may take advantage of all the rights of full citizenship.
Frankly, I don’t know what the NAACP needs to do, and I certainly don’t have time to help the liberal social club figure it out.
