ATTN: PhoenixDark
Please use this opportunity to tell the story about you getting thrown out of an NAACP meeting.
Aite my nig. Back in 2006 a student was
murdered at my university; it was a huge story at the time and even became national news due to the university trying to cover shit up. For weeks and months after the murder, the police were randomly patrolling the area, stopping people, etc. I lived about 8 minutes from campus at the time, and would often walk home late after studying at the library. I was stopped multiple times during this period, and a cop even looked through my book bag once. If you were a black dude on campus at the time, you probably got stopped or stared at.
Now around this time, my parents and many of their friends were members of the local NAACP. I got dragged to a "young leaders conference" or some shit, where the goal was basically to discuss a variety of topics (college, finances, etc). Naturally the issue of the murder investigation and police activity on campus came up, so some of the students were asked about it. I don't remember exactly what I said, but the gist was that while I understood why the cops had increased presence on campus/surrounding area, I thought that randomly stopping black students was counterproductive and didn't solve anything; iirc most people had similar thoughts.
At one point a lady on the NAACP board asked why don't we protest over the police stops, why not demand an apology from the police chief, etc. Some students nodded in agreement. Meanwhile I was flipping through their event booklet. The lady continued on and said she believed the NAACP could help organize things, get some media attention, etc, then asked for suggestions. At one point one of the students said his piece and was like "dunno, what do yall think" and looked at me.
So I said not only didn't I think it was necessary, I thought it would be nothing more than a media stunt that didn't accomplish anything. I then started talking about the booklet, which was full of various conferences but absolutely no community work. I noted when I lived in Detroit, the local NAACP did a lot of work on our block, especially with inner city kids, yet here in the suburbs the NAACP doesn't do shit but talk. Then I started talking about the achievement gap in the area, which has a high tax base and great schools yet white kids are outperforming blacks and Hispanics. I said "we're at this conference talking about leadership yet nobody is here but us. I'd rather talk to some high school kids about college than sit around doing nothing." One chick at the table agreed with me - well at least, she was nodding her head as I spoke.
There was a dinner scheduled for that night, and we were all invited. But later that night my mom called and said I didn't have a ticket. Turns out my invitation was rescinded.
Needless to say, I never went back.
