NAACP Does The Right Thing
Yet another casuality of the 'Caucasian Club'. The local NAACP leader who initially criticized the Club as "similar to former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke's 1989 election campaign" has been forced to resign from his post.
...the resignations come on the heels of a falling out between members of the organization. The divide was created, Timmons said, when first vice president Darnell Turner, speaking on behalf of the East County NAACP, made unauthorized comments about a white student's desire to start a Caucasian club at Freedom High. ... the comments were not reflective of the organization and showed the 300-member East County NAACP in a negative light.
"The statement was not authorized by the branch, but was quoted as representing the East County NAACP," ... "The statement didn't reflect my personal convictions or the organization as a whole."
...the resignations come on the heels of a falling out between members of the organization. The divide was created, Timmons said, when first vice president Darnell Turner, speaking on behalf of the East County NAACP, made unauthorized comments about a white student's desire to start a Caucasian club at Freedom High. ... the comments were not reflective of the organization and showed the 300-member East County NAACP in a negative light.
"The statement was not authorized by the branch, but was quoted as representing the East County NAACP," ... "The statement didn't reflect my personal convictions or the organization as a whole."
# | October 22, 2003