U.S. Black Leader Urges Bush to Address Racial IssuesA prominent black leader urged the Bush administration to focus on racial profiling, election reform and racial disparities in the death penalty.Kweisi Mfume, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), called for election reform and a "meaningful and quantifiable approach" to racial profiling at a press conference in New Orleans as the annual NAACP convention began. Mfume said inequities in capital punishment that disproportionately affect blacks and Hispanics must be addressed. "We will vehemently fight for what we believe in even if it is against the beliefs of this administration," he said. "The administration gets a mixed report on civil rights, social justice and criminal justice issues," he added. About 20,000 NAACP members and delegates are expected to attend the group's 92nd annual convention, which ends Thursday. Besides racial issues, Mfume said NAACP will also focus on education, economic development, criminal justice and foreign policy during the convention. |
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