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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (23306)	5/16/2004 10:44:49 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

And who exactly are these "zionist jews" with the secret plan? I mean besides Wolfowitz? And why would the rightwing Baptists care what they think?

To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (23306)	5/17/2004 1:59:26 AM
From: Amots	Respond to of 81568

And we are talking about the blacks in America: The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.) September 26, 1995 Tuesday METRO EDITION NAACP officials accuse candidate of race-baiting BYLINE: ANGELA SIMONEAUX, ACADIANA BUREAU LAFAYETTE - A candidate for Lafayette city-parish president is engaging in race-baiting, and his opponents should call him on it, representatives of the local NAACP said Monday. At a Friday forum, Republican candidate Emile Vidrine told a civic group that there are too many African-American people working at City Hall. He said the percentage of black city workers is higher than the percentage of black city residents, and that is "unchristian. " On Monday, several officers of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People accused Vidrine of playing "the race card. " "It is not typical for the NAACP to get involved in an election campaign, but when a candidate engages in racist conduct we must address this divisive tactic," said President Aaron Walker. Vidrine said he worked for rights for black people during the 1960s, and believes in Christian justice for everyone. Walker said he thinks Vidrine is trying to "solidify his base of closet racists and right-wing moralists," but the NAACP doesn't want him using African-American city employees as his scapegoats. "The NAACP is calling on each mayor-president candidate to rebuke Mr. Vidrine's attack on the African-Americans who are employed by the city and parish of Lafayette," Walker said. "The failure of other candidates to rebuke Mr. Vidrine's racist ideology will show the African-American community that they embrace those views also. " Walker said Vidrine's information is wrong anyway. The city doesn't have an affirmative action policy and has no quotas, he said. Additionally, Vidrine is wrong about the percentage of Lafayette's population that is African-American, he said. Vidrine, who held his own press conference Monday, said the NAACP is wrong about the numbers. But the discrepancy may have arisen because Vidrine is using registered voters, and the NAACP is using the census. Vidrine said he is looking at registered voters because they are the "working people. " He said the NAACP's figures are "totally wrong. " City Personnel Director Ken Mouton confirmed there is no affirmative action policy or quota system. The City Council has adopted an ordinance that prohibits discrimination against any person, he said. Mouton also said he has no control over who applies for city jobs. The best-qualified person is hired, regardless of what color or sex the person is, he said. As of Monday, there were 18,520 African-Americans registered to vote in Lafayette Parish, Walker said. That number of voters could decide who will be city-parish president, because the white community is divided, he said. But race was not an issue until Vidrine made it one, Walker said. "He is bringing race into this, not us," Walker said. "He says we're top-heavy on blacks. Does that mean, if he's elected, he'll start firing people based on their race instead of their qualifications? " Vidrine said he wouldn't do that, because "you have to keep a Christian perspective. " He said he's working on a policy to correct the problem, but basically he would try to balance the numbers by hiring more white people. "If three equally qualified people applied for a job and one was white and three were black, I'd hire the white person until the numbers were right," Vidrine said. Vidrine said the NAACP is a racist, anti-Christian organization that discriminates against white people. He also said he is doing further research on the city's hiring practices, but is having problems getting information out of the City Council office. Vidrine said he is just trying to get government to do things right. "First, I want to keep Jesus Christ in the foreground," he said . "I believe in justice for everyone. " Message 16531007