Michael Latham Is A Poor Representative Of The NAACP
Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 4/25/08 @ 10:28 am - Filed Under Featured, Local Politics
NAACP President Michael Latham is in the news again, although this time it isn’t for his crony-position with the state in which he did nothing to earn a paycheck and was summarily terminated. No, this time it’s for criticizing former mayor Graham Richard. Of course there’s no problem with that in general, but Latham’s statements are just over-the-top ridiculous.
I don’t like it when anyone criticized African-Americans that have gave themselves to their community,” Latham said. “We cannot tolerate anybody to take our leaders and criticize them publicly.
Nobody is above criticism Mr Latham, and we certainly should look beyond someone’s race when deciding who deserves that criticism. You cheapen the concept of racial justice when you interject it simply to seek more personal publicity. Mayor Richard’s criticism of Mike Cunegin was performance related and had absolutely nothing to do with his race. To suggest that African-American leaders are somehow above public criticism is the very antithesis of the historical mission of the NAACP…
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Yes, Latham is a poor representative for the NAACP. There are better representatives in the city. Unfortunately, at the last election they retained Latham despite his problems. Wasn’t he working for the state at the time when he was re-elected?