For all you Obama fans out there, take heed in what I'm about to tell you about your president. You're right he has helped the poor, trying to sort out free medical etc etc. He will continue to help the poor and help all of the other countries around the world not just america (the continent) then because of him saving us all he will turn us into one nation and then tell us beacuse he has saved us we will have to bow down to him and not Jesus Christ as he is our new god. Wake up people Obama is the anti christ, he has sold his soul to the devil. You guys do know that Obama and Bush are related..........

Will someone tell me what the NAACP has done in the last 2 years besides pointing out injustice..Something anyone can do now days???

And BPs answer will be that they can't find qualified Black-owned businesses. And the NAACP will say "ok, well give us a check for $250,000 and we'll go away." End of discussion. The NAACP finds the least effective position to take up, puts it out in the media like they are doing something, and that's the end of it all. By law, BP can hire whoever they want to do the clean-ups. They can say in "good faith" that they want to give XX amount of their dollars to MINORITY-owned (can't say Black-owned) businesses for cleanup, but they don't have to because the laws of our land have struct down any and all race-based quota systems and the NAACP knows this. The term minority includes EVERYONE except white males, and if they meet their good faith efforts of hiring all minorities, the NAACP can't say a damn thing. But if they fail to meet their good faith efforts, there still isn't a damn thing that can be done about it. They might hire 1 or 2 black firms to ward off bad publicity, but at the end of the day, not much will change.

I am so tired of black people criticizing black people. That is why we are no further than we are today, Black people wake up and start supporting each other, that includes the lovely african american man we have as president.

if it wasnt for naacp, and Charles Houston yall asses will be still sitting in sep class from whites. Please do your research. Who will stand up for black issues if its not them... because we have no leaders in the black community anymore.

Yes they should.

Thats the way white people are!! and thats the way it's always gonna be.

I hate to say this but I just left a black owned business after working there for 3 years and as a black woman, HBCU educated, I was disappointed to see how poorly things were run. Not to mention, the horror stories that I've heard about other black owned or operated businesses like BET which has a terrible reputation when it comes to company operations and policy and procedures. From what I've seen, alot of black owned and/or operated businesses just can't seem to compete with non black owned/operated companies. I'm not sure if that's the problem with the BP clean up contracting but before we get all up in arms as a people about it, we should do our research. Sometimes we can't just blame it on the "good old boys" club. Sometimes our businesses are simply not up to par. We're even guilty of doing it ourselves....when we want better customer service and quality, we don't go to the Outback in the 'hood, do we? I'm all for my people but I can't get on this bandwagon just yet. This is off topic but I wanted to mention it anyway...When are we going to get a behind the music special on Kelly Rowland? Does anyone know where she came from that doesn't involve the Knowles'? Just a thought.

The NAACP is awesome!! Got to love them! They not only cater to African Americans, but people of color!

well of course it's only rigt that they do

I live on the GulfCoast and my dad worked with the oil spill for about a week. He worked 12 hours a day for $10.00 and was only paide $390.00. They bused the African American to the beaches in buses. They are not told that it will cost them to ride the bus. They are treated like slaves on a plantation picking cotton. But the only difference is that they are compenstated for their work. Whitemen on hourse ride up and down the beaches barking out orders.

I'm with the NAACP on this issue. It's not only the contracts with BP, this has always been a battle for African-American contractors. Most of the regions affected by the BP Oil Spill are populated by people of color. But when it comes to supporting minority owned businesses during a disaster, they give many of these profitable contracts to non-black contractors. Also, this issue was apparent during Hurricane Katrina, and still is today. Whether its clean-up or construction contracts, its always been an uphill battle for black contractors to receive equal consideration.