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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We have to measure the effect versus the intent, ... We are not trying to come up with remedies and cures. It's just discussion.
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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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In terms of hard cash, it was $640 per child through the course of a year.
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It sounds like we could have a train wreck.
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The new statements by the Adam's Mark are a move in the right direction, but actions speak louder than words, and we're still waiting for concrete action by the hotel.
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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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They can't scare us, ... They will now have to deal with us.
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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.
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We do not have to be victims of circumstance.
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Too often people enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought, never taking a principled stand. True justice will never come until those who are not injured are just as indignant as those who are