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Good Hearts, Open Doors.

As times change, so must any organization that aspires to be relevant to the ever-changing dynamics and intricacies of contemporary society. Proposed change for any reason must be proactive with good intent; hopefully any resulting dialog will encourage revitalization that reflects and optimizes it's mandate, changes it's driving force as necessary, and optimizes performance with a healthy confirmation of direction.

Whether the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People as an organization requires serious change within shall be left for the the reader to ponder, in that even choosing to address the original question may be viewed by some as an opportunity to exacerbate racism.

Let us face that issue head-on and very clearly first. The question of the ages remains unanswered; why is it so eternally difficult for many human beings to accept the fact that other people, regardless of colour, are still human beings?

Shall we now proceed blindly, stumbling in every direction, pretending bigotry does not exist, or merely accept truth? Real people are different colours, cultures, and religions. At times specific individuals of ANY colour can be arrogant, obnoxious, unlikable, and their politics may be totally disagreeable. They may have different economic goals and interests, and they may conduct their social agenda and lives in an alien, seemingly inappropriate ways, at times offensive to other sensibilities . To make things even worse, the ugly fact of social terrorism also now hangs in the air world-wide and much distrust of "segregated association" has developed since the 9/11 tragedy .

There are substantial differences in colour and culture that must be recognized. Only the blatantly stupid would blindly deny racial differences exist and are at times
unappreciated ; but does pigmentation of the skin itself make a person any less human? No.
With eternal hope and common sense, then, modern civilization is ideally growing past that point, and in the United States, that progress has been promoted by the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People.
Given the dynamics of change that has occurred, it almost seems logical to question why the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People , a civil rights organization, maintains what appears to be a somewhat dated designation in the association name.

The original charter of the NAACP reads:
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Such is the somewhat contradictory and original 1911 charter

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