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Re: TMA Calls on Lott to Resign
Written by Ramona Douglass, on 26-01-1999 16:42
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:42:48 EST
From: Ramona Douglass
To: James Landrith, Deb Brown, Charles Michael Byrd, info@metisse.com, David Goldman, Susan Graham, Candy Mills, Matt Kelley, Steve and Ruth White
CC: Ferndzgray@aol.com, Edulaw1@aol.com, grey@azstarnet.com
Subject: Re: The Multiracial Activist Calls on Lott to Resign

Thank You For Sharing Mr. Landrith. Trent Lott is just the tip of the iceberg-- The presence of others like him--- who were in power when the deliberations on the Census RACE Question were coming to a head--- was the primary reason AMEA distanced itself from the Republicans who claimed to be interested in our achieving "multiracial" recognition ---while, at the same time--- they were intent on stabbing our individual minority heritages in the back. Imagine what would have happened if we had all chosen to embrace the former Speaker of the House, Newt (no longer the Party hero) based on the belief that it didn't matter who we associated with as long as they promised to give us what we think we wanted? The fears of the traditional civil rights organizations about some of our leadership's motivations and some of our questionable political backers were justified. Today, although many civil rights groups still have reservations about tabulation issues, * note: (the OMB has not issued its formal decision on which methodologies will be used, but it recognizes that more than one will be necessary to satisfy the accurate measurement of our multiracial community diversity and growth; as well as track adherance to civil rights protections, and accomodate the needs of other public and private sector data collectors over time)---representatives from the Urban League, MALDEF, and the NAACP are at least in dialogue with AMEA to support our desire to have the Census paid advertisement campaign reflect our interracial families and multiracial presence for 2000. There is a partnership meeting that is scheduled in March with traditional minority leadership, AMEA and other members of the federal 2000 Census Advisory Committee to chart a fair and inclusive partnership/advertising plan.

I will pass your letter on to AMEA's Web Master and others in our affiliate organizations.

Bless You.

Respectfully,

Ramona E. Douglass
President
AMEA, Inc.

Editor: Let me be clear about this, The Multiracial Activist does NOT label all Republicans with the same brush as Senator Lott. That is an unfair generalization and completely intolerant. There are good and bad people in both major parties. My response to AMEA's letter above is located at INTERRACIAL VOICE in the form of an open letter.

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