{"id":70303,"date":"2019-03-21T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T16:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=70303"},"modified":"2019-03-21T06:20:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T11:20:55","slug":"hate-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=70303","title":{"rendered":"Hate Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reading the employement records of the &#8220;Southern Poverty Law Center&#8221;, one almost might think a black staffer might do better working for&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;well, not the Klan.  Maybe the John Birch Society.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Outside the Southern Poverty Law Center, a stunning civil rights memorial honors those who died to give blacks more opportunities.\u00a0Inside, no blacks have held top management positions in the center\u2019s 23-year history, and some former employees say blacks are treated like second-class citizens,&#8221; Morse wrote.<br>&#8220;I would definitely say there was not a single black employee with whom I spoke who was happy to be working there,&#8221; Christine Lee, a black graduate of Harvard Law School who interned at the SPLC in 1989, told\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Advertiser<\/em>.<br><br><br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have been sent a number of internal SPLC emails that address the ongoing situation and specifically discuss Dees. Looks like a combination of complaints regarding sexual harassment and racial biases in promotion and hierarchy led to this.<\/p>&mdash; Josh Moon (@Josh_Moon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Josh_Moon\/status\/1106320731925811208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>According to the report, only one black man had ever been among the top five wage-earners, and he was only one of two black staff attorneys in the SPLC&#8217;s history. Both said they left unhappy.<\/em><br><em>Morse contacted 13 black former SPLC staffers, and 12 said they either experienced or observed racial problems in the organization. Three recalled hearing racial slurs, three compared the SPLC to a plantation, and two said they had been treated better at predominantly white corporate law firms. Only three said the SPLC did not treat them worse than any other workplace.<\/em><br><em>According to internal memorandums, staffers accused Morris Dees of being a racist and making black employees feel &#8220;threatened.&#8221;<\/em><br><em>&#8220;I think there&#8217;s a real question as to the sincerity and legitimacy of the organization because of the noticeable absence of blacks there,&#8221; Donald Jackson, a black graduate of the University of Virginia Law School who interned at the SPLC in 1987, told the\u00a0Advertiser. &#8220;You know, it\u2019s sort of like the pot calling the kettle black.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As it were. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why, it sounds like the SPLC is almost as honky as &#8220;Protect&#8221; Minnesota and &#8220;Moms Demand Action&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almost. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading the employement records of the &#8220;Southern Poverty Law Center&#8221;, one almost might think a black staffer might do better working for&#8230; &#8230;well, not the Klan. 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