The president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Ben Jealous, is not a fan of Sen. Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina. He did not use the same phrase that got sports columnist Rob Parker in trouble, but the sentiment is the same. If you don’t toe the leftist-liberal line, you’re not really black. You’re a “cornball brother.”
Appearing on CNN Wednesday, the president of the NAACP slammed incoming black Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) as being a Republican who does not “believe in civil rights.”
Sen. Tim Scott was sworn into the US Senate today, the first black Republican senator from the South in forever. He was appointed to the seat by Gov. Nikki Haley, Republican, the first female Indian-American governor in US history.
Neither Scott nor Haley qualify as “colored” enough for Ben Jealous.
DON’T GO ON THE SHOW, SCOTT.
I’m not African-American – in fact, I’m of Serbian extraction – but I have this piece of advice:
Don’t be intimidated by the left and don’t let enemy political ideologues (regardless of their epidermal pigment or lack of it) define who you are.
I daresay it’s an honor to be called a “cornball brother.” It shows that you are willing to think for yourself and stand up for your principles. You might want to consider reclaiming the terminology by forming an organization with that name!
So maybe the president of the NAACP would prefer a whitey cracker former KKK wizard to be senator? That’s all the NAACP ever see whenever a person of pallor wins an election anyway.
Come on, Ben, say it. You know you want to.