NAACP Harms the Black Community: History
The NAACP has a long and storied history of representing the interests of the African American community, but in recent years it has maintained its intense focus on racism—which has…
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NAACP Harms the Black Community: The NAACP’s Focus
the NAACP focuses on issues that do little to help the black community and may in fact harm it. An effective way to demonstrate this is to search terms using…
NAACP Harms the Black Community: Charter Schools
A mini–civil war broke out in 2017 between some local chapters of the NAACP and the national organization over charter schools. In October 2016, the national NAACP passed a resolution…
NAACP Harms the Black Community: Too Risky to Change
The people who run the NAACP have far too much to lose to risk changing the organization’s focus. The organization’s fundraising is based on fomenting the victim mentality among blacks…
Influence Watch Podcast #125: Charter School Myths
Nationwide demonstrations continue against perceived inequities between American racial and ethnic groups, and while left-wing activists and the metropolitan press focus on left-wing wishlists and mob-initiated iconoclasms, my guest today…
Slay the Dragon: Grassroots Myth
Slay the Dragon is a profile of the 2018 Voters Not Politicians (VNP) redistricting amendment to the Michigan Constitution. The film makes a mighty effort to conceal its major argument:…
Slay the Dragon: Big Business Myth
What you will find in Slay the Dragon is a tired old conspiracy about the left’s favorite bogeymen, such as the Koch brothers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Slay…
Slay the Dragon: Obsolete GOP Myth
Slay the Dragon more innocently stumbles into some of the fictions because of a lie the filmmakers have told themselves. Contrary to their mythology, the 2008 election results did not…
Slay the Dragon: Change the Michigan Constitution
The film repeatedly portrays Fahey and Voters Not Politicians as selling an “independent” commission. Although deceptive, that’s not an accident. Support for a third major political party has been at…
The Various Faces of Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter can mean something different depending on what part of the movement is being referenced and who is doing the referencing. For instance, when the term is used…