I wasn't aware the NBPP had any following at all, beyond the dozen you need to inspire some kind of lurid press tidbit.
>From what I've seen, the old Panthers are not fond of the NBPP. I once found >a web site dedicated to their legacy that takes pains to distinguish itself >from the NBPP. > >Yeah, it seemed to me (from my superficial reading) that the presence >of the NBPP in her security entourage was akin to that of the Hell's >Angels at Altamont. > >It's also quite possible that the NBPP does not fit the ADL's >characterization as "perhaps the largest organized anti-Semitic and >racist Black hate group in America" >(http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASUS_12/4869_12.htm). I remember doing >research on the 1968 NYC teachers' strike and finding that accusations >of Black anti-Semitism were grossly exaggerated (and perhaps even >invented) for political purposes, while accusations of anti-Semitism >are likely to be thrown at anyone who dares to criticize Israel. > >This article (from Cornell University's CHRONICLE) seems worthwhile: >http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/03/12.4.03/McKinney_coverage.html > >me, originally: >> >a friend referred to Cynthia McKinney (who "might be nominated as the >> >California Green Party's presidential candidate") as an "anti-Semite." >> > >> >I checked out and the allegations seem to be entirely based on the >> >presence of members of the "New Black Panther Party" in her entourage. >> >In the quotes from the NBPP after McKinney lost an election, they not >> >only said stuff against Jews, but also stuff against "Crackers." (I >> >think I might be part of both groups, though only marginally. I do >> >notice that there's no Cracker Anti-Defamation League, while the ADL >> >doesn't seem to care about bias against Crackers. >> > >> >does anyone have any special insight on this issue? > >-- >Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own >way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
