Can it still be altruism when it's bigoted?

From the Wall Street Journal...

In 2006, Publix Supermarket Charities donated almost $30 million to causes that included Habitat for Humanity, the March of Dimes and United Way. But Al Piña isn't satisfied. Mr. Piña, the chairman of the Florida Minority Community Reinvestment Coalition, believes Publix isn't giving enough to people of color who donate to other people of color. Welcome to the latest trend in racial extortion.

According to a study that Mr. Piña commissioned from the California-based activist group Greenlining, Publix gave only 2.81% of its grants in 2006 to "minority-led organizations." Minority-led is defined as groups whose staff and board of directors are 50% racial minority and whose mission and programs "are aimed predominantly towards communities of color." Overall, Florida's top 10 foundations (as measured by asset size) didn't fare much better, giving on average 5.48% of their grants to minority-led outfits

1. Would anyone be impressed if the Klan started a charitable organization to benefit only white people?

2. How exactly can rich Black people relate more to poor Black people, than white people who've been poor and lived among the poor for most of their lives?

3. Why is it the morons who scream loudest about discrimination are the first to practice it?

Posted by Danny Carlton at December 30, 2008 8:44 AM