NAACP wants robo calls investigated


The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP wants an aggressive investigation into recent automated calls it suspects are meant to confuse voters and suppress the black vote.

Rev. William Barber II, president of the state’s NAACP chapter, sent a complaint Saturday to N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper that outlines information the group has gathered about Women's Voices Women Vote — the group behind the robo calls, reports Titan Barksdale.

The calls tell voters to expect a voter-registration packet in the mail, but the calls were made after the deadline for registration in North Carolina. A man who identifies himself as Lamont Williams provides the misinformation.

“We want this taken very seriously,” Barber said. “[The calls] are a danger to our democracy and a danger to what’s best about this country.”

Cooper has said the calls are illegal because they did not disclose who sponsored the call or give contact information about their source.

“Regardless of the motivation, the robo-calls violated the law and they needed to stop,” Cooper said in a statement Wednesday.

Jennifer Canada, a spokeswoman for Cooper’s office, has said the calls continue to be investigated.

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I am an African American female, 57 years of age. At this point in my life, I have become very very upset with a portion of the representatives of our state. We forget our history of differences against people of color within this state. I thought that if we could help enough of the citizens of this state to succeed through jobs and education then we would begin to think in a more "progressive" way. Instead, we want to bring up the old and still current feelings of animosity against people of color in spite of the successes of many. Also, the people of color have brought a great amount of economy to this state. However, we continue to allow the backwardness of out state to show to people of America. This backwardness continues to put a lease on our economy and the growth of this state. We want to have a state to be proud of and not a state to be ashame of because of this backwards mindset.

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Jeremiah Wright isn't the only racist skeleton in Obama's closet, read what Mrs. Obama wrote and said about white people. Maybe the NAACP should file a complaint against Michelle Obama also because racism is racism, no exceptions!

In her senior thesis at Princeton, Michelle Obama, the wife of Barack
Obama
stated that America was a nation founded on "crime and hatred".
Moreover,
she stated that whites in America were "ineradicably racist". The
1985
thesis, titled "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community" was
written under her maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson.

Michelle Obama stated in her thesis that to "Whites at Princeton, it
often
seems as if, to them, she will always be Black first..." However, it
was
reported by a fellow black classmate, "If those "Whites at Princeton"
really
saw Michelle as one who always would "be Black first," it seems that
she
gave them that impression".

Most alarming is Michelle Obama's use of the terms "Separatist " and
"integrationist" when describing the views of black people.

Mrs. Obama clearly identifies herself with a "Separatist" view of
race.

"By actually working with the Black lower class or within their
communities
as a result of their ideologies, a Separatist may better
understand the
desperation of their situation and feel more hopeless about a
resolution as
opposed to an integrationist who is ignorant to their plight."

Obama writes that the path she chose by attending Princeton would
likely
lead to her "further integration and/or assimilation into a white
cultural
and social structure that will only allow me to remain on the
periphery of
society; never becoming a full participant."

Michelle Obama clearly has a chip on her shoulder.
Not only does she see separate black and white societies in America,
but she
elevates black over white in her world.

[]

Here is another passage that is uncomfortable and ominous in meaning:

"There was no doubt in my mind that as a member of the black
community, I am
obligated to this community and will utilize all of my present and
future
resources to benefit the black community first and foremost. "

What is Michelle Obama planning to do with her future resources if
she's
first lady that will elevate black over white in America?

The following passage appears to be a call to arms for affirmative
action
policies that could be the hallmark of an Obama administration.

"Predominately white universities like Princeton are socially and
academically designed to cater to the needs of the white students
comprising
the bulk of their enrollments."

[]

The conclusion of her thesis is alarming.

Michelle Obama's poll of black alumni concludes that other black
students at
Princeton do not share her obsession with blackness. But rather than
celebrate, she is horrified that black alumni identify with our common
American culture more than they value the color of their skin. "I
hoped that
these findings would help me conclude that despite the high degree of
identification with whites as a result of the educational and
occupational
path that black Princeton alumni follow, the alumni would still
maintain a
certain level of identification with the black community. However,
these
findings do not support this possibility."

Is it no wonder that most black alumni ignored her racist
questionnaire?
Only 89 students responded out of 400 who were asked for input.

Michelle Obama does not look into a crowd of Obama supporters and see
Americans. She sees black people and white people eternally
conflicted with
one another.

The thesis provides a trove of Mrs. Obama's thoughts and world view
seen
through a race-based prism.
This is a very divisive view for a potential first lady that would do
untold
damage to race relations in this country in a Barack Obama
administration.

[]

Michelle Obama's intellectually refined racism should give all
Americans
pause for deep concern.

Now maybe she's changed, but she sure sounds like someone with an axe
to
grind with America. Will the press let Michelle get a free pass over
her
obviously racist comments about American whites? I am sure that it
will.
But it shouldn't.

http://www.boxxet.com/Princeton_University/MICHELE_OBAMA_S_RACISM_REVEALED.1n5o8f.d

Re: NAACP wants robo calls investigated

somebody is messin widdem...

Re: NAACP wants robo calls investigated

Serious voters know how to register. Black women are going to settle the race in North Carolina and I think a significant number of them realize that they are in an under-represented MAJORITY.
I was watching Larry King's interview of Sidney Poitier during which King tried to ring a backing for Obama out of Poitier. Poitier talked past it but when he got to the subject of his mother, Poitier had a great deal to say. He could not praise enough the wisdom and the sense of the world that she showed.
Let's get a woman in, one who has worked for civil rights throughout her long career. Let's try some female hormones after all these years of testerone.