White Lives Matter protest held in front of Houston NAACP headquarters

About 20 White Lives Matter protesters stood outside a Houston NAACP headquarters Sunday (August 21) some waving Confederate flags and some holding assault riffles, to condemn the 107 year old organization.

White Lives Matters protest

“We came out here specifically today to protest against the NAACP and their failure in speaking out against the atrocities that organizations like Black Lives Matter and other pro-black organizations have caused the attack and killing of white police officers, the burning down of cities and things of that nature,” organizer Ken Reed told the Houston Chronicle.

“If they’re going to be a civil rights organization and defend their people, they also need to hold their people accountable.”

Reed alleges that despite some members carrying riffles he along with the other protesters weren’t there to agitate members of the predominately black community or the NAACP.

“Obviously we are exercising our Second Amendment rights but that’s because we have to defend ourselves,” he said. “Their organizations and their people are shooting people based on the color of their skin. We’re not.”

The NAACP said in a statement:

“For more than a century, the NAACP has worked to unite people of every race, religion and background in the fight against segregation, discrimination, and violence. We continue to work nonviolently in every city and county to ensure that every person can advance through access to quality schools, economic opportunity, professional and accountable law enforcement, and the freedom to vote and be a part of our American democracy. We happily invite anyone who feels the same to join us”

If more people knew about American History and its core foundation of the NAACP, which has members and Presidents of all races, this country’s fight for race relations would be a lot easier. As a former President of a local NAACP Chapter, I can assure you the organization was never a hate group inflicting fear and intimidation nor telling people of a certain group to kill people of another group. Those claims are purely fabrications based on their views on what they see on the news about the recent police killings. Being misinformed and misguided on its history causes more divide in our country which is already experiencing attitudes toward heightened race relations issues that have been in the news. The foremost thing to promote progression in this country is understanding and learning history. If more people knew American history, they would understand the context of protesting, marching, and even rioting. But I digress.