Hate Group

Reading the employement records of the “Southern Poverty Law Center”, one almost might think a black staffer might do better working for…

…well, not the Klan. Maybe the John Birch Society.

“Outside the Southern Poverty Law Center, a stunning civil rights memorial honors those who died to give blacks more opportunities. Inside, no blacks have held top management positions in the center’s 23-year history, and some former employees say blacks are treated like second-class citizens,” Morse wrote.
“I would definitely say there was not a single black employee with whom I spoke who was happy to be working there,” Christine Lee, a black graduate of Harvard Law School who interned at the SPLC in 1989, told the Advertiser.


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’s history. Both said they left unhappy.
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.
According to internal memorandums, staffers accused Morris Dees of being a racist and making black employees feel “threatened.”
“I think there’s a real question as to the sincerity and legitimacy of the organization because of the noticeable absence of blacks there,” Donald Jackson, a black graduate of the University of Virginia Law School who interned at the SPLC in 1987, told the Advertiser. “You know, it’s sort of like the pot calling the kettle black.”

As it were.

Why, it sounds like the SPLC is almost as honky as “Protect” Minnesota and “Moms Demand Action”.

Almost.

9 thoughts on “Hate Group

  1. On the good side, state’s rights mean we can ban high capacity magazines, assault rifles with capability/capacity to hold/fire more than 10 rounds, and noise suppression devices, as well as “bump-stocks” at the state level and there’s not a damned thing Clarence Thomas or the NRA can do about it. So, if we’re looking for some anti-hypocrisy, let’s celebrate that state’s rights means that just like on the abortion issue, states get to chose their gun laws, and progressive states like MN are moving to de-glorify military firearms and to say to the insecure folks who need them that it’s time they “man up” and go through life without their AR-15 blankie. In short, Protect Minnesota, whatever their other flaws, are at least looking to move us away from a gun-glorification culture to one in which adults take charge and we join the rest of the world in realizing guns are never the solution to a culture of violence. Just sayin’

  2. I remember thinking about the same thing when I lived in Boulder. It was remarkable that a city where a significant portion of the black population (0.9%) had been recruited to play football or basketball at CU had so many racial problems. The town is whiter than Minnesota (88% vs. 84%) and nearly as white as an SPLC meeting.

  3. Can you name any leftist-led public or private institution that has not become a racket*?
    I’ll name a few that have become a racket: public broadcasting. The public school system. Labor unions. The American Bar Association. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Girl Scouts. Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

    *Racket=”run for the benefit of its members, not to address the public concerns for which it was created)

  4. Uh, Penigma, you might want to reread you US History, circa 1860-1865, I recall a dustup about “State’s Rights” back then. Oh and there are some Supreme Court cases from the 1930’s that might just apply too.

  5. and progressive states like MN are moving to de-glorify military firearms and to say to the insecure folks who need them that it’s time they “man up” and go through life without their AR-15 blankie.

    I’m curious how infantilizing and questioning the manhood of your opponents on an issue is as a persuasion technique? Is that what you do when the facts get in your way?

  6. Pen is another one of those odd people who believe you can reduce gun crimes by inner city youth by taking assault rifles away from middle-aged white men.

  7. Looks as if somebody left the Bafflegab Generator unattended when Penigma was nearby. Dang it, people, we’ve talked about that.

    The concept of states having regulatory powers that were not subject to the Constitution is the reason why some states had slavery and others did not. The only way Liberals could find to get around “states rights” was to decide that the 14th Amendment “incorporated” the protections of the Constitution against all government, not just federal government. That’s why state and local government can’t deprive a person of liberty without due process of law: the protection of the Fifth Amendment has been “incorporated” against the states.

    And it’s also why “. . . let’s celebrate that state’s rights means that just like on the abortion issue, states get to chose their gun laws . . . ” is exactly backwards. The protections of the Second Amendment have also been “incorporated” against the states. The states are no more free to ban guns than they can ban abortions.

    Speaking of publicly funded medical treatment, is there a mental health program for people who dump gun control comments on every post, regardless of topic? Because it seems like a symptom of an unhealthy obsession which, when coupled with fantasies to justify unlawful actions, might pose a danger to people. Don’t let your trans-phobic attitude about “manliness” make you afraid to seek help.

  8. And now Cohen is out as SPLC prez. That didn’t take long, pass the pop corn.
    Isn’t it good news that the SPLC has to resort to lies to convince people that the US is on the verge of a KKK takeover?
    Isn’t it good news that the prez is not a Russian tool?
    Yet the libs are crying hot tears of anger & pain.

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