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In my last post on this subject Thursday, regarding the NAACP, I asked “Seriously, are these Mofo’s crazy? Have they lost their cotton-pickin minds?”.

After listening to the Black Women’s Roundtable podcast later that night; I’m convinced that the answer is yes.

Host Gina McCauley had on at the top of the hour Florida State President Adora Nweze and National Communication’s Director Robert McIntyre, for 30 minutes.

It was an exercise in hedging and ridiculous pretense about what issues are and are not in their scope; still not explaining why freeing rapists is in their scope. Mrs. Nweze kept talking about no “intent to ignore the victims”; but the problem is where is the active intent to help the victims?

Director McIntyre was as arrogant as he can be. He kept spinning, talking about how the NAACP’s history should let everyone know where they stand; but history has absolutely nothing to do with the position the NAACP is taking in this particular case. When directly asked did he favor the Dunbar suspect getting bail, McIntyre skirted the actual question responding that they “have a right to bail”; which no asked him to give us a lecture on legal rights, but for his and the NAACP’s position on this particular case. He even went as far as to say if they get bail “so be it”.

I guess that’s the NAACP’s position on unleashing brutal rapists on our community, “so be it”!

In response to the performance of his representative on the podcast I called Julian Bond’s office (Chairman of the National NAACP) Friday, and when the operator transferred me I was sent to the voice mail of a Mrs. Brice who said that I’d reached the legal department and office of Julian Bond. So I left my message for him there.

My message went something like this:

“Hi, My name is Yobachi Boswell with the Afrosphere Action Coalition. I’m calling to ask the Chairman and wanted to know why the NAACP is allowing its West Palm Beach branch to coddle rapists; and why it’s not taking an active stance in favor of the Dunbar Village victims?

The communications director, Mr. McIntyre, was on Gina McCauley’s podcast last night, and he refused to take a positive position in favor of the Dunbar Village victims because he says that’s out of the NAACP’s scope.

If taking an affirmative position oh behalf of black Victims is not within the scope of the NAACP, then why is taking up for rapists and doing PR work for multimillionaires who beat up dogs.”

For her part, Mrs Nweze has at least apologized on a number of occasions this past week showing some humility, compasssion and contriteness on behalf of the organization. But every other official in the organization at every level, and the organizations actions (or inactions) belie this one individuals words of apology:

1. Maude Ford Lee is still the President of the West Palm Beach Branch and she hasn’t retracted one word of what she’s said or has done to try and free rapists.
2. Richard McIntyre posture remains one of having been a complete ass and totally unconcerned and incompationate
3. The NAACP has not at any level yet made a positive statement on behalf of the Dunbar Village victims
4. The NAACP hasn’t done one thing to help the victims of this horrendous attack in particular, nor to help the people living in the concentration camp of Dunbar Village in general

All of the above is completely unsatisfactory.

So for my part, I’m calling Maude Ford Lee Monday and asking her why she still supports rapists and wants them free to pillage the community. And I’m also going to send a fax or postal letter to Chairman Bond, Communications Director McIntyre and Florida President Nweze making these points in more detail.

Also, Frank Cerabino of the Palm Beach Post called in to the podcast Thursday. Cerabino was at the press conference last month where the NAACP called for bail for the alleged rapists. I called in and asked him about Mrs. Nweze’s claim that the NAACP didn’t produce the flyer handed out there; but he notes there were only a couple of dozen people there who were not reporters, there’s no way the NAACP could have not known it was being passed out, the NAACP didn’t disavow it, and the positions they took from the podium while standing with the alleged rapist parents were consistent with the flyers.

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