not everything is about race ... really

Is the NAACP running out of relevant causes to support? To be sure, no one should be presumed guilty (not even an "alleged" despicable abuser of animals) until he's had his day in court. But really people, Vick has more than enough money to hire the best lawyers in his defense. Why doesn't the NAACP do something useful for a change? Like make sure kids in low income school districts get proper textbooks and access to technology! Or why not offer some useful commentary about black men and how too many are entangled in the sports industrial complex (oh yeh, a critique of masculinity would need to be launched here as well; not sure all those male mouthpieces of the NAACP are ready for that).

And check out the way R.L. Wright addressed the following question:

When the Duke lacrosse players were accused of rape, the NAACP came out early in favor of the accuser. Isn’t that the same thing PETA and the Humane Society are doing?
In the case of the Duke players, everyone did form an opinion before the trial, and I’ve been reminded several times that the NAACP came out in favor of the young woman who was the accuser in that case. And I’ve said that just because you make one mistake doesn’t mean you have to continue to make mistakes. In other words, instead of saying, “Let’s rush to judgment in this case because the same thing happened to those boys at Duke,” we should be learning from what happened there and stopping the prejudgment of people’s guilt outside of a courtroom.

Wrong Answer RL! How about, "Well, in the Duke case we might have rushed to judgment but white men DO have a history of raping or otherwise sexually abusing black women with impunity. And the um accuser in that rape case is not a dog."