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Wonderful question posed by the Professor. I am not, and most likely will not be a registered member of the NAACP. I have and will continue to support many of the programs and/or events, but I do not see the benefit of membership.
I was taught by experience to question everything that comes my way, which is the reason that I often choose the road not taken. What is the purpose of this organization in the year 2002, 2003, and beyond? No, I am not brainwashed to believe that racism is non-existent. Nor do I believe that we (black folks) no longer need activists to fight our struggle. However, I do believe that people have God given talents that they are expected to utilize for the benefit of the common man. My talents happen to be in the business arena, and that is where I choose to specialize. After all, someone has to provide the funding for the large donations organizations such as the NAACP accept so freely.
I have recently found myself contemplating the necessity of these race-based organizations in the current times. Not only the NAACP, but there are organizations for blacks in business, blacks in engineering, blacks in theatre... Well I happen to know that there is plenty of talent inside those closed circles. Why is it that the rest of the world doesn't deserve to know?
Are we (African Americans) actually preserving the Jim Crow laws of yesterday in today's society?
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