Open letter to NAACP president Nekima Levy-Pounds and collaborators

Pluralistic ignorance comes at a high price for the black community.

“Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.”~Condi Rice

By Don Allen, Publisher – Our Black News

Minneapolis, Minn…Personally, I am tired and need to move on.

The black community in the Twin Cities has seen its share of poverty pimping, hustling and headline hogging; not to mention local clergy who have as much God as the devil. We have seen organizational fails caused by the political and philanthropic white-male patriarchal system of checks and balances who have outsourced a Jim Crow process to a small group in the black community; some of whom call themselves our (black Minnesotan’s) leadership, self-appointed at best. At the end of the day it is clear we all have a destiny and in those destinies we might not believe in the same direction. If criticism of the Minneapolis NAACP is unwarranted, then why have a surreptitious process, excluding members of your own executive committee?

Since May 1, 2015 I have watched the events surrounding the NAACP of Minneapolis. I watch a 77-year old community elder have the police called in him at an NAACP meeting and now the attempt to silence his First Amendment rights under the Constitution. I’ve watch the media-planned collaborations with other organizations in the staged protest at the Mall of America, the shutting down of I-94 and the ridiculous blockade at the airport have no effect (positive), for the black community. If we want collaboration inside the mainstream, those actions alone have pushed black people in Minnesota back to the day of white-only drinking fountains. The undercover racism for actions not well thought out will take years to repair…quiet frankly, we don’t have that kind of time.

Criticism comes from all directions in life — your colleagues, your community and those who hold firmly to the mantle of leadership. For those of you complaining about the critique of the Mpls NAACP remember this quote from Winston Churchill, “Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.”

Since we are at a “unhealthy state of things,” it is the better person who puts to rest generations of hate, contempt and unfounded malfeasance to seek a better path. If black lives matter, the continued misdirection and marginalization of members in the black community means nothing matters except your plan, your agenda and the minions who keep whispering in your ear.

Remember, the same people that pick up the phone and call you are the same people that pick up the phone and call me. Needless to say I am a firm believer in watching the swinging pendulum because in life and its dialog thereof will always move forward until the end of time; in short, there will always be two sides in every story…then the right. The side I might be on now might not be the liked side, but for all intents and purposes, it becomes the most intelligent side because if patients, virtue and the culture of vision, which is only provided to a few.

This brings me to knowledge: As the leader of the Minneapolis NAACP, you must realize cоnѕtruсtіng knowledge and value is a process of іnсоrроrаtіng the mоrаl and ѕосіаl aspects оf lіfе іntо a ѕуѕtеm оf practice that саn bе used. These аrе іmроrtаnt aspects оf history and lіfе. Wе рlасе special ѕесurіtу аrоund whаt we deem vаluаblе. What is valuable about the Minneapolis NAACP to its members?

If you deem an inconsequential videotape valuable and not Minnesota’s failing education system for black children, we have failed our mission. If black unemployment, business and training have become passé, then it’s time to rethink what we are fighting for. If philanthropic agencies continue to give the same local black leadership grant dollars, we will have no shift in progress for black communities: no serious demands are being raised.

“This is all classic kabuki theater, where the antagonists are really on the same side. The protests are a spectator sport. Mass, legal demonstrations are dismissed because they get less media attention than traffic blockades” (Mann, 2016). If headlines in the news are more important then serving an organizational mission, we have both failed; me in advising you and you in ignoring vision, while creating a huge blind spot in the purchase of vision.

Not еvеrуоnе can have ассеѕѕ tо our meanings or vаluаblеѕ in purchase of integrity sold with stratification. Mеаnіngfulnеѕѕ brіngѕ flаvоr tо lіfе. When thіngѕ are mеаnіngful to the community, thеу rеасh thе соrе оf our being. Thеѕе things drіvе uѕ to stay motivated аnd kеер us fаіthful. At some point, the Minneapolis NAACP, it’s leadership and collaborators must get to a meaningful and productive mission; it’s easy. Why is іt еаѕу tо drор mеаnіnglеѕѕ thіngѕ? Most would rаthеr embrace that which еnrісhеѕ оur lіvеѕ аnd mаkе it wоrth living. Knоwlеdgе іѕ ѕо important to hоw meaning and vаluеѕ аrе constructed. Mаnу thіngѕ thаt hаvе mеаnіng and vаluе hаvе a truth component attached tо іt. Wе wоuld rаthеr value something thаt іѕ truthful іn ѕсоре.

Today, there is less truth and more fluff.

3 Comments on "Open letter to NAACP president Nekima Levy-Pounds and collaborators"

  1. Caperica Russell | October 21, 2016 at 2:56 pm | Reply

    Please help me…my son is currently in the pioneer press and being arrested for rape of a 12 yr old This is not tge case.tge girl in question used another page to persue and communicate with my sons friend.Tgere was no rape she was under aged and lied! These boys are being prosecuted do to the law in Minnesota, they have no defense! They have them as preditors and they are just babies…18,17,16 years of age! They did not take her against her will.I have my sons motion of discovery he cannot understand it as he deals with a learning disability and anxiety/ panic attacks! Please help save our sons…Lord they just need a chance sonebody to look into the matter.My name is Caperica my number is 6512854050

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