NAACP Apologizes for Dunbar Village Press Conference

Adora Obi Nweze, Florida State Conference NAACP chair and Richard McIntyre, NAACP National Spokesperson took part in a podcast hosted by Gina McCauley to discuss the NAACP and Al Sharpton press conference and the resultant email accountability campaign. Both Nweze and McIntyre emphasized that the NAACP top priority is to focus on the two victims of the Dunbar Village torture.

Nweze apolozied on behalf of the NAACP for any miscommunication or misunderstanding caused by the NAACP West Palm Beach branch press conference.

Nweze indicates that the parents of the Dunbar Village rapists approached the NAACP about unequal justice being applied against their children. She acknowledged that this was the wrong case to use for making a point on unequal criminal justice. McIntyre was rather useless. He did note that the West Palm Beach branch broke some internal policies and that the branch president has been counseled accordingly.

On the other hand, Nweze was clear and straightforward in her responses. She apologized on a number of ocassions for the flyers and press conference held by NAACP West Palm Beach branch. Personally, I feel like NAACP and National Action Network both recognize that they phuqued up big time by passing out flyers and creating a press conference to support the Dunbar Village rapists.

Al Sharpton admitted his mistake in a public venue ... on his radio show. NAACP admitted their mistake in a private BlogRadioTalkshow.

The NAACP needs to do publicly what it did privately last night -- state they were wrong and apologize. Particularly since they stated bloggers were wrong. They can't have it both ways - we were not both wrong.

For more information about this Dunbar Village Campaign, you can visit any of the following 24 blogs:

1. Dunbar Village Blog
2. A Different Story
3. Anonymiss Blog
4. A Political Season
5. Aunt Jemima's Revenge
6. Black Fire, White Fire
7. Black Sapience
8. Black Women Vote
9. Character Corner
10. Electronic Village
11. Episcopalienne
12. Essential Presence
13. Focused Purpose
14. H-Essays
15. Never Say Never to Your Traveling Self
16. Privy Concepts
17. Ravenelven Lady
18. Roslyn Holcomb's Blog
19. The Sowing Circle
20. Tribute to Black Women
21. What About Our Daughters
22. What Tami Said
23. Yanmommasaid
24. Something Within

I will be on NPR Blogger's Roundtable next Wednesday, April 9. I anticipate that one of our segments will cover this particular issue. I hope you will tune in to NPR on that day at 1:00 pm ET to hear what we have to say.