NAACP to monitor Memorial Day Bikefest

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Published: May 21, 2009

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina civil rights leaders say they will be watching police and businesses as thousands of black motorcyclists head toward the coast.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will talk Thursday about how they will monitor the Memorial Day Bikefest taking place this weekend.

The NAACP has had its Operation Bike Week Justice in place for five years. The goal is to make sure black bikers are treated the same as white bikers who attended the Harley-Davidson rally earlier in the month.

Three years ago, the NAACP settled a discrimination lawsuit with Myrtle Beach over traffic restrictions only for the black biker rally and successfully sued several restaurants and a hotel for treating black bikers differently.

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Flag Comment Posted by Rebecca on May 21, 2009 at 9:49 am

To pja720: Thank you for your comments. I am in agreement 100%. Blacks need to get over this racist mentality. They seem to be the only ones perpetuating racism and segregation such as the Miss Black America Pagent and BET (Black Entertainment Television). We live in the 21st century - PLEASE GET OVER YOURSELVES?

Flag Comment Posted by shanemelt on May 21, 2009 at 8:19 am

why if white people try to pull the same stunts that black people do, we are considered racist? they can call us racist names, they can have all black colleges, they can have black groups like the naacp, and bike rallies only for black people. the reason the cops are watching your rally more than the white rally is because when you get a bunch of black people together they dont know how to act. blacks think just because there was slavery over a hundred years ago that they can do and deserve everything. get over it because if it was my choice i would have me a slave or two today. maybe then you would know what real work is like, instead of living off my tax dollars when you are on welfare. quit having kids and get a freakin job!!!!

Flag Comment Posted by pja720 on May 21, 2009 at 6:51 am

First of all, to have a "Black Bike Week" is disgusting in and of itself. Self-segregation is the worst kind of racism. Second, the NAACP should have been disbanded 39 years ago -- they're nothing more than another form of self-segregation. Has the NAACP noticed who we elected President yet? Get over it. Third, I would like anyone who hasn't witnessed "Black Bike Week" to watch how a large portion of the participants behaves themselves. Many are upstanding citizens. But too many others have no regard for human life whatsoever -- these are the targets of our Police Officers. And rightfully so. Wake up, America!

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