The NAACP at 100: Economics and Race in America Today

[GRITtv]

Run time: 06:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9McVBJqox48   Posted on YouTube: July 14, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: July 15, 2009 By DU Member: GRITtv Views on DU: 473

 
The NAACP celebrates 100 years this week in New York. GRITtv speaks with Hilary Shelton, Derrick Johnson, and James Rucker on organizing inside and outside the beltway.

You can see the full panel here:

http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2009/07/15/the-naacp-and-100-years-of-history/

[jonestonesusa]

1. Excellent video - thanks!

In these days when Judge Sotomayor is subject to over-the-top criticism due to her remark about "a wise Latina woman," it's very helpful to be reminded that the injustices that people of color endure in this country often do give them insights. That's what helped many African Americans to recognize the current national economic crisis before it made big news, for instance. Most of us do not have that illusion that a corporately run society without empathy for real people will be of benefit in the end.

Thanks for your posting here on DU. Please keep posting!

[goclark]

2. Thanks for sharing nt