Is the NAACP Changing Their Name Because of Ben Carson?
Baltimore, MD â Big changes announced today at the Baltimore headquarters for the organization that has, until today, been known as the âNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The organization shall now be called the National Association for the Advancement of Certain Colored People (NAACCP).
âIn light of todayâs changing world, with certain candidates running for office with certain other political parties, we decided it was time for change.â stated spokesman Clarence Rogers. Though claiming it has nothing to do with the official presidential candidacy of neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Rogers did state âWe have to discriminate against the wrong people advancing. We donât want the wrong people succeeding with the wrong message. That goes against our core values.â
The organization, whose mission statement is to fight for âsocial justice in America âalso plans to alter said  mission statement to reflect the modern world. The proposed updated version  states they fight for âsocial justice for those who vote the way we tell them too. â














