Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfume
Kweisi Mfumeis the former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as well as a five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland's 7th congressional district, serving in the 100th through 104th Congress. On September 12, 2006, he lost a primary campaign for the United States Senate seat that was being vacated by Maryland U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes...
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supports a person's right to do whatever they feel they must do. If that is boycotting or informational picketing, we support that.
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We believe we're a vital part of that public, ... and we will no longer be silent.
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The fact that ... this situation exploded as a result of this young man being killed unarmed has called the nation's attention to this, ... But people here in Cincinnati have known that this has been a problem.
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There ought to be a basic assumption that black people, Latinos, Asians, native Americans and women, for that matter, can do something other than carry bags, make beds and wash dishes,
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He was genuinely interested in what I had to say, ... So I'm hoping that at least, because it was a very frank and a very open dialogue, that it has served some purpose.
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Our minds are open, ... I reached out to George Bush. I wanted him here.
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I'm glad to know Mr. Steele has apologized for those remarks, and if the larger Jewish community is prepared to accept that, then we should move on.
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In terms of hard cash, it was $640 per child through the course of a year.
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I know that gay bashing and immigrant bashing and union bashing at the end of the day rob us of our moral authority ....
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Those who aren't caught up into this bigotry, this hatred, those who respect us when they see us. Then you have an obligation also, the good ones. To make sure you say to the others, that this blue wall of silence must come down and that everybody must be treated equally.
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Never again will NAACP find itself near financial ruin.
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Even if they're not reaching out to us, we're going to reach out to them anyway and involve them in a meaningful way. Because if we don't, we will fail to learn the lesson of a generation before us, that reached out for us and never let us go.
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Hate radio, hate speech, hate groups, hate crimes really don't fit in, in the America that we know today.
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We will seek to implement specific changes in the manufacturing and distribution practices to promote more responsibility and accountability.