Dear Mr. Lincoln
We Colored People
have taken a vote and decided that we don't cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for
real, think for ourselves, and take consequences along with the rewards. That is just far too much to ask of us Colored
People and we demand that it stop!
In fact we held a big meeting and
took a vote in Kansas City this week. We voted to condemn a political revival of that old abolitionist spirit called
the 'tea party movement'.
The tea party position to "end the bailouts"
for example is just silly. Bailouts are just big money welfare and isn't that what we want all Coloreds to strive for?
What kind of racist would want to end big money welfare? What they need to do is start handing the bail outs directly
to us coloreds! Of course, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the only responsible party
that should be granted the right to disperse the funds.
And the ridiculous
idea of "reduce[ing] the size and intrusiveness of government." What kind of massa would ever not want to
control my life? As Coloreds we must have somebody care for us otherwise we would be on our own, have to think for ourselves
and make decisions!
The racist tea parties also demand that the government
"stop the out of control spending." Again, they directly target Colored People. That means we Colored
People would have to compete for jobs like everybody else and that is just not right.
Perhaps the most racist point of all in the tea parties is their demand that government "stop raising our taxes."
That is outrageous! How will we Colored People ever get a wide screen TV in every room if non-coloreds get
to keep what they earn? Totally racist! The tea party expects coloreds to be productive members of society?
Mr. Lincoln, you were the greatest racist ever. We had a great gig. Three squares, room and board, all
our decisions made by the massa in the house. Please repeal the 13th and 14th Amendments and let
us get back to where we belong.
Sincerely
Precious Ben Jealous, Tom's Nephew National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Head Colored
Person
