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To: rrufff who wrote (37622)	6/10/2004 12:13:04 PM
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Just so everyone knows what they are dealing with here, Emile does not just hate Jews. Message 16531007 To:Emile Vidrine who wrote (7959) From: Tastes Like Chicken Friday, Oct 19, 2001 4:32 PM Respond to of 7995 Emile, this is not you, is it?? 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. "