Yo NAACP, NBJC...Where Y'all At?
Filed by: Monica Roberts
June 23, 2008 8:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/06/yo_naacp_nbjcwhere_yall_at.phpIt's been a few days since the video of a memphis po-po beatdown.jpgMemphis police officer beating down an African-American transwoman was released, and I have yet to see any statement released about it from two organizations claiming to represent me as an African-American person.
The first is the nearly 100 year old NAACP, in which I have had membership status off and on over the years. My brother, sisters and I even had NAACP youth memberships back in the day.
Their new ad slogan is "The NAACP Is Today," but I don't see you addressing the very real issues that transgender people of African descent face today here in the States. If the NAACP is claiming to represent African-Americans, then I respectfully submit that it includes me as a transgender African-American as well.
