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From NAACP.org:

Washington, DC (November 23, 2009) – The NAACP, the country’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, announced today that acclaimed film director Tyler Perry has donated one million dollars, marking the largest gift ever given by an individual entertainer.  In addition, Perry purchased several NAACP commissioned Jacob Lawrence lithographs and additional lithographs by celebrated artists Jonathan Green, Elizabeth Catlett and Sam Gilliam.  The gift, which will be distributed over the next four years, was made to commemorate the organization’s Centennial anniversary.

“We are honored that Tyler Perry chose to support the NAACP,” said Julian Bond, Chairman of the NAACP.  “Tyler is a courageous pioneer in bringing positive images of African American culture and struggles to the screen. His remarkable journey from poverty and childhood abuse to become one of the world’s most successful filmmakers and entrepreneurs is an inspiration to us all,” Bond said.

“Tyler Perry exemplifies an unyielding commitment to uplifting and bringing hope to the disenfranchised and those less fortunate,” stated Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP, “Both in his films and in his life, he reflects an impressive ethos of caring and conscientiousness.  We are deeply grateful for his support.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sketch2k278/ sketch2k278

    Now that’s what im talking about….I wonder what spike lee thinks about this?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shamel_/ Shamel_

    Good for TP. I think this was such a selfless & commendable deed. However, people will find a way to criticize this too (smh). At the end of the day, I don’t see any other entertainers, producers, athletes or other celebrities making these sort of contributions. It is all about sowing seeds & giving back and because of that there is no wonder why Tyler Perry has acquired the success he has.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ljizzal/ ljizzal

    i wanna see how many other celebrities would do this

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smack_u_silly/ smack_u_silly

    that’s nice and all, but can anyone name anything relevant the NAACP has done in the last, ohhhhh, 30 years or so?

    i mean, hey, he gave $1 million, and i thinks that’s cool. unfortunately, one of the reasons why the NAACP is always begging for new membership is because they’re now seen as a group of screw ups at worst, and irrelevant at best.

    and to sketch, who asked what spike lee would say, he’d probably let his website do some of the talking:

    “Not only did 40 Acres help people break into the film industry, but it has given back to the community in numerous ways. Basketball courts were re-done for the community to play on. 40 Acres has sponsored local sports teams and leagues during summer tournaments. Food and toy donations were given out to shelters during the holidays and other times of the year. Through its non-profit organization, Project 40, it set up programs that gave African American and underprivileged children opportunities to get professional instruction. Summer basketball camps were held at the high school level, which also offered SAT preparatory classes for the students. Project 40 sent out academic athletic newsletters throughout the year to inform and encourage students about preparation for college and news relating to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

    again, good for tyler and at least it’s SOMETHING. at least i could say that he’s using his God awful television shows and insipid movies where he dresses in drag for a semi-good cause.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    In my opinion, just a cheap attempt of proving his blackness. Its a lot easier for him to donate 1m to the most stagnant, barren black organization in the country than it is for him to change the content, vision and direction of his movies while at the same time, gaining some “hood points.” No doubt the NAACP will promote every and all past and future TP projects, which will naturally translate into increased movie and dvd sales. That million might come back 5x. A very savvy business investment in my estimation. I wonder why the NAACP never voiced any concerns about the prominence of Madea in our modern day culture? How come no outcry about the stereotypes continually used as a source of laughter in “meet the clowns” (is that supposed to be browns?) Ah, it must have been in hopes of receiving a donation such as this one!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    And to piggy back on Smack_u_silly’s comments, Spike NEVER denigrated us. I didn’t like all his movies, but he has NEVER had some stepin Fetchit, Amos and Andy type character in his movies, or at least NEVER as the focal character of the movie!!! TP has been built up to prominence to serve as an ANTI Spike Lee, who sparked thoughts of DOING THE RIGHT THING, and FIGHTING THE POWER!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/typeflow/ typeflow

    Donations are great ways to lower your tax bracket. Smart move

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ncruze/ Ncruze

    MAN SHUT UP! some of ya’ll have something negative to say about every situation. everything is either racist, irrelevant or insignificant to some of you all.

    Some of you guys are soo brainwashed, you dont even know how to support your own skin now a days

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smack_u_silly/ smack_u_silly

    _A_

    exactly…julian and ben talk about his ‘uplifting and positive characters’, deftly avoiding drag queenism (madea) and the coonish characters in his televsion shows, plus the one dimensional characters in many of his movies.

    again, if he can break OUT of that coonery, retire madea, and come up with deeper movies than worship crossdressing, coons and ‘predictable black relationships fare’, AND does things for the community, then hell…all the stuff he did at first would make sense.

    he USED the system to do better…ask danny glover. he was NOT proud of the ‘lethal weapon’ films, but he said he used it to make films like ‘to sleep with anger’ and to star in classics like the pbs version of ‘raisin in the sun’.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ncruze/ Ncruze

    MAN SHUT UP! some of ya’ll have something negative to say about every situation. everything is either racist, irrelevant or insignificant to some of you all.

    Some of you guys are soo brainwashed, you dont even know how to support your own skin now a days

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/3iiiE/ 3iiiE

    great…made good money…put alot of good actorz 2 work…whether he and spike get along or not…they do need 2 make a movie together
    …i know what you mean ncruze

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smack_u_silly/ smack_u_silly

    ncruze, given you’re in no position to tell anyone to shut up, i won’t.

    now that you clearly understand the limits of your ‘power’…..

    1st: the term ‘brainwash’. do you know what that is. look it up. now PROVE anyone here is ‘brainwashed’.

    you can’t.

    2nd: i’m under NO obligation to ‘support’ anyone just because they’re black. that’s pretty much the thought processes of the ignorant. when it comes to MY entertainment $$$$, i spend it on what ENTERTAINS, not OFFENDS me.

    do you understand that? good.

    anything else stupid you want to say, or are you just about done?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/typeflow/ typeflow

    smack u silly makes sense on that second comment

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shadownin2/ Shadownin2

    Hey all….I just have this to say about the situation: I think it is good that Tyler Perry made the 1 million dollar donation. However, I think that for many other black millionaires that have not really donated as much at on time based on their success is almost embarassing. This is not to say that there may be those that have donated anonymously and decided recgonition is not important. We have a rich history as people of the world and to think that 1 African American who has “arrived” can put more money in a cause that helped our people than his predecessors. I believe that if his donation is based on his personal belief as well as to make a statement, it is to remind us to support the cause that the NAACP was orginally founded. Remember our leaders that have gone before us and carry the dream that they have always wanted for us. We should be glad to assist in any way possible and if this is heart felt then it is to the benefit of all people in the world.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/king_soloman/ king_soloman

    To those who say more rich people should do the same all i have to say to you is THEY ACCEPT SMALL DONATIONS TOO!!!! WHY DONT YOU GIVE A SMALL DONATION?
    Floks always want to tell rich people how to spend their money but dont want to donate themself.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackModelingAgency/ BlackModelingAgency

    The positive in this Mr. Perry donated 1Million Dollars, the negative is he donated it to the wrong group. The NAACP has done literally nothing over the course of 10-20yrs to better our race.

    Case in point:

    NAACP continues to use tired old methods, with the same tired old leaders, who instead of looking to advance our race are only looking to advance their own social & financial status.

    As i’ve stated in just about every post I wrote WE the African Americans are a people without a country. The richest continent in the world belongs to our race, but its stolen children refuse to help, assist or even care to learn anything or do anything for it or our Brothers & Sisters. NAACP should have since the 60′s & 70′s made it their mission to reunite us so that WE could be using its resources, We could be educating our Brother & Sisters over there. NAACP with all its Billions of dollars over the years could very easily opened our schools, businesses etc.

    With all the natural resources Africa has we would not be at the bottom of the food change right now. But here we are coming on 2010, our children are still being taught only African American history, are still learning to go school, go to college, go work for the system.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/phazex_female/ phazex_female

    I commend Mr. Perry based on the fact that he DID donate to a black-based organization.

    For other blacks such as Berry Gordy, Suzanne De Passe, Oprah, P. Ditty, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Russell Simmons, Earl Graves, Jamie Fox and other wealthy blacks as a given example, this is an all-call…WHERE is your direct donation?

    When we look at wealthy “moguls” such as Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen—they ALL have a “shared group mentality.”

    Blacks in the public eye can learn MUCH from their mind-set.

    For the common thread that these three share in addition to amassed and on-going generation wealth? They are all Jews.

    Many in our black race just adamantly REFUSE to “get it.” As though they are “ashamed” to OPENLY rise their own people to rise UP. Wonder what they are afraid of?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackModelingAgency/ BlackModelingAgency

    One of the BP members made a comment about why other entertainers haven’t done the same. That answer is very simple WHY should they give their money away to people who are just going to use it to enrich their lives. In all the yrs that the NAACP has been in existence and all the money they’ve received WHY are our communities in the state they are in today? Why are entertainers speaking for our race? Why is the economic gap between Black & White still so huge? Why are our children still being taught the same lies? Why are we still so separated as a race?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackModelingAgency/ BlackModelingAgency

    To phazex_female its not a “shared group mentality.” its business. They all know the more they put out, the more they get back. Steven Spielberg donates a million dollars to Whatever cause in return he gets millions of dollars in FREE publicity, publicity that he uses to promote any & everything under sun that he sells in his case movies, which turns into hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. Bill Gates for example has enough money to actually put an end to AIDS in Africa but instead what does he do, lets donate a million dollars and send condoms overseas or a just say no campaign. With with his money over 30 billion dollarss you can take 5 Billion and open at the very least 300 Hospitals, 300 Schools & create close to 500,000 new jobs in Africa. There is no Shared Group Mentality its Business.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/phazex_female/ phazex_female

    @ BlackModeling Agency:

    Sis, “you ARE preaching to the choir here.”

    Unfortunately, though an old-guard civil rights group (1909?) NAACP has not been “visible” in black communities for several years now. I recall receiving an invitation to “join” NAACP and let us just say that my response was less than favorable to this group. I have yet to receive another invitation from this organization. Yes, blacks on the whole, are behind the 8-ball in terms of being inclusive of the “new” society, there remains disparity in black folks and the digital-divide and unless we all “keep banging on that BEAST?” Continual attempts will be ongoing to marginalize/annihilate our black people.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Take_it_all/ Take_it_all

    This is just a small drop in the bucket…of all the millions black people have put into his pocket. At least he’s giving back in some way. I agree with Black Modeling Agency…the NAACP is basically meaningless.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    N_CRUZE…I don’t SUPPORT skin color, I support good deeds and actions…If I follow your silly logic, then I should support any and all Black people no matter what BECAUSE they’re black??? What about house negroes who were spying on and snitching out slaves on the plantation who were trying to make things a little easier for themselves? What about the blacks who were actively hunting down Harriet Tubman, trying to kill her? Should I support them? would you have been out there talking about we need to support these people simply because their black? What if Obama puts worse policies and programs than George Bush ever did, you going to support that? Stop talking about being brainwashed when you clearly don’t know what that means, because if you did, you would stop talking silly!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR/ DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR

    THATS GOOD TP, BUT IF IT WAS ME, I WOULDNT HAVE WANTED PRAISES FOR IT, DO IT IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pretty-cp/ pretty-cp

    God Bless him! Every comment has some type of point and I respect them all, but at the end of the day Tyler Perry has done a good deed. And this has not been his first. Someone commented in an another article about Oprah not helping black people and hope that some of them will see this article and the comments that have been posted. Why? Because it supports exactly what I stated about Oprah helping black people and no matter what, who, or how she helps blacks in the community, blacks will give her a hard time. Just like with her, Tyler, and others that are doing something for blacks, it is a “damn if you do, damn if you don’t” situation. Because no matter what, some of us will continue to have negativity in our hearts. Let’s spend more energy on uplifting and supporting, rather than downplaying and destroying one another. To God Be The Glory.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR/ DA_GEORGETOWN_MAYOR

    pretty-cp: YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOPRAH, SHE DOESN’T EVEN CARE FOR THE LORD, SO I COULD CARE LESS WHAT OR WHAT NOT SHE DO FOR BLACKS, SHES GONNA LEAD LOTS OF WOMEN TO HELL WITH THE THINGS SHE TEACHES! QUESTION: IF SATAN DOES THINGS FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY, WILL YOU RESPECT HIM?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    What Tyler P has done amounts to the local drug dealer/pimp who hands out Turkeys for Thanksgiving..It probably serves as something to overcome the guilt, or perhaps get this type of positive publicity to negate all the neg press you have gotten. Da GT Mayor makes a good point, why wasn’t this done anonymously? Thats a curious move. Oprah Winfrey, MJ and MJ made moves like this, and you NEVER hear about them, leading people to believe that they don’t do anything. TP seems to be making sure EVERYBODY is aware of this move. I don’t support poison peddlers in any form, I don’t care how much money he is giving to dead organizations.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/U_InquireMi/ U_InquireMi

    I feel like this and this may be a little off topic but, the negativity in our community that still continues lays in on the hands of our elders. No offense to anyone 20 or more years older than me, but most of our elders fought so hard for us correct? But why didn’t they teach us about the fight? Why is it that most of our African American leaders won’t pass it on to the younger generation. Instead they sit comfortable and wealthy and talk about how we are so messed up. Why is it that we have to march or protest when Al Sharpton says it’s ok or someone else. Why aren’t our successful wealthy black people in the fight since they have the power to do so. The point I’m making is that, I love my people but i refuse to let anyone speak for me, I have a mouth and a brain to speak up for myself. I will not let those few blacks sell me out either beause I will die for what I believe and I will die for my freedom if I have to. It
    s not only about me but when my time comes to be a father and an elder I will do the job my elders forgot to do or didnt want to do and teach my young to stand up and fight. I don’t mean fight as in throwing jabs but learn the truth. Ok everyone have a blessed day and love God because he loves you.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/misslaa/ misslaa

    _A_:
    rofl hahahahaha! i completely agree, TP IS equivalent to a George Lucas. in ’08 he grossed $125 million…but he donated $1 million to the NAACP? why is this newsworthy? is he doing it to remain in the spotlight? and yes, for the record, Michael Jackson donated more to the NAACP than any other person…and not to mention over $300 million to many, many other charities.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/king_soloman/ king_soloman

    BlackModelingAgency you need to STFU. What have to done?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maatra/ maatra

    The naacp was set up by white ppl and continue to be funded and ran by the goddamn peckerwood

    Phuk the naacp

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/OLD___MAN/ OLD___MAN

    MISSLAA…..TYLER PERRY IS NO Michael Jackson…HE HASNT EVEN MAD A 3RD OF WHAT MJ HAS MAD IN HIS LIFE….. DONT PUT THW MAN DOWN FOR GIVEN BACK… THAT SOMETHING HE REALLY DIDNT HAVE TO DO….. IT HARD ON SOMEONE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND KEEPS GETTING TALK ABOUT…. JUST LOOK A MJ

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smack_u_silly/ smack_u_silly

    damn, the tyler perry defenders are serious. LOL

    ya pass off coonery as ‘doing something for the community’.

    ya pass of the NAACP as anything but a horribly effete group that hasn’t done anything of relevance in at least 30 years.

    i mean, hey, if you think tyler did something that’s going to actually HELP black folks, go ahead. you can delude yourselves, but you can’t fool others.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trisha_369/ trisha_369

    I agree with you OLD__MAN. It really is ASHAME that even WHEN your doing GOOD your put DOWN and who knows why they threw Tyler Perry name out there like that and SO what if he gave it to them and TOLD the hold WORLD-should anyone get MAD at him? (NO!)Hell if he didn’t give it they would STILL have a REASON to TALK SH*T.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DARKMYSTIC1/ DARKMYSTIC1

    A REAL KING OF MAN WHILE OTHERS BEG HE GIVES WHOLE WITH HIS WARM HEART AND SOUL. MAY THE MOST HIGH SHOWER YOU MORE FOR YOUR SIMPLE DEEDS THE SMALL THINGS ALWAYS OUT SHINE THE MONSTROUS THINGS THAT DOES NOT MATTER MORE POWER MORE BLESSINGS TOO YOU THANKS FOR BEING YOU GOOD DAY. NEVER CHANGE FOR NO HUMAN.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    _A_
    11-24-2009 3:11 pm
    What Tyler P has done amounts to the local drug dealer/pimp who hands out Turkeys for Thanksgiving..
    Dayum _A_ U got that Richard Pryorism huh

    U_InquireMi
    11-24-2009 3:22 pm
    Man dayum thats the shlt!!! very honest and priceless….and the truth B told brother thats all U can do is 2 allow love 2 dwell in you and release that love 10 fold…..please overstand that the Love I am digressin about is the Ultimate Love and that includes Unity, Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, Respect, Honor and many more traits.

    smack_u_silly
    11-24-2009 6:19 pm
    damn, the tyler perry defenders are serious. LOL
    ya pass off coonery as ‘doing something for the community’. “”LMAO”"
    ya pass of the NAACP as anything but a horribly effete group that hasn’t done anything of relevance in at least 30 years.
    Smack U silly you are wrong about the NAACP doing something within the last 30 years….the NAACP has been nothing less of effortless 2 run amuck the Willie Lynchism Agenda and I have Taken A bit of the paragraph 2 prove my point;
    “Tyler Perry exemplifies an unyielding commitment to uplifting and bringing hope to the disenfranchised and those less fortunate,” stated Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP, “Both in his films and in his life, he reflects an impressive ethos of caring and conscientiousness. We are deeply grateful for his support.”

    Lemme edit this:
    “This sexually abused Bi-Sexual exemplifies an UNYIELDING COMMITMENT in assisting 2 keep the staus quo and our foots on the necks of the disenfranchised and less fortunate, this mufuka Government Name is JEALOUS dayum!!!…he said both in his films AND in his life, he portrays A lost mutilated Soul/Shell of A Blackman that Hollywood helps him exploit and what the fuk is conscience about the Movies/Plays he does??? I would be grateful if A mufuker gave me A milli 2 fuk off 2

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/smack_u_silly/ smack_u_silly

    LOL@ nanastroker.

    my bad…the NAACP has done a great job of being effete.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    I got stuck on the first page of comments and
    BlackModelingAgency thank you 4 doing the Arithematic of the Business end of the Social Conflicts Humans deal with on this Earth day in and day out but NOONE THAT IS NOT DIRECTLY AFFECTED OR HAS EFFECTED these ordeals I harshly believe gives a fuk less due 2 their own strenuous struggles or just the fuk it, it ain’t me attitude….there is a Line 2 be drawn between the 3
    Praise=something noteworthy you have done and sacrificed the adornment
    Scold=choosin 2 act selfishly or sheepishly
    Hate=displaying irrational emotions 2 consume self esteem

    I must REPOST THIS and thanx 4 the insite;
    _A_
    11-24-2009 12:07
    my opinion, just a cheap attempt of proving his blackness. Its a lot easier for him to donate 1m to the most stagnant, barren black organization in the country than it is for him to change the content, vision and direction of his movies while at the same time, gaining some “hood points.” No doubt the NAACP will promote every and all past and future TP projects, which will naturally translate into increased movie and dvd sales. That million might come back 5x. A very savvy business investment in my estimation. I wonder why the NAACP never voiced any concerns about the prominence of Madea in our modern day culture? How come no outcry about the stereotypes continually used as a source of laughter in “meet the clowns” (is that supposed to be browns?) Ah, it must have been in hopes of receiving a donation such as this one!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    I got stuck on the first page of comments and
    BlackModelingAgency thank you 4 doing the Arithematic of the Business end of the Social Conflicts Humans deal with on this Earth day in and day out but NOONE THAT IS NOT DIRECTLY AFFECTED OR HAS EFFECTED these ordeals I harshly believe gives a fuk less due 2 their own strenuous struggles or just the fuk it, it ain’t me attitude….there is a Line 2 be drawn between the 3
    Praise=something noteworthy you have done and sacrificed the adornment
    Scold=choosin 2 act selfishly or sheepishly
    Hate=displaying irrational emotions 2 consume self esteem

    I must REPOST THIS and thanx 4 the insite;
    _A_
    11-24-2009 12:07
    my opinion, just a cheap attempt of proving his blackness. Its a lot easier for him to donate 1m to the most stagnant, barren black organization in the country than it is for him to change the content, vision and direction of his movies while at the same time, gaining some “hood points.” No doubt the NAACP will promote every and all past and future TP projects, which will naturally translate into increased movie and dvd sales. That million might come back 5x. A very savvy business investment in my estimation. I wonder why the NAACP never voiced any concerns about the prominence of Madea in our modern day culture? How come no outcry about the stereotypes continually used as a source of laughter in “meet the clowns” (is that supposed to be browns?) Ah, it must have been in hopes of receiving a donation such as this one!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    “Its a lot easier for him to donate 1m to the most stagnant, barren black organization in the country than it is for him to change the content, vision and direction of his movies ”

    Dayum _A_
    Brother you got a Head on yo Shoulders….thats worth killing for….not this immaterial shlt these young brothers losing their Mind Body Soul & Freedom over

    Thats that shlt _A_ I’m kinda…Benjamin Todd JEALOUS, President and CEO of the NAACP I didn’t type that shlt…poignant 2 say the least

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BADONEZ/ BADONEZ

    100% agree with _A_ nuff said…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rockwilder1911/ rockwilder1911

    well look in the mirror and ask yourself what have u done for black america or anybody! very sad people posting on this!!! So 1million not enough oh he can do more please stfu and reach in your pocket!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    D*amn, Tyler just can’t win I see..lol. He just needs to give it up and do HIM… His attempts seem to be very feeble according to the masses of BP…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hersey1/ hersey1

    are you niggas kidding me? i wouldnt give a f*ck why he gave the million he did.. you motherf*ckas aways complaining about what a nigga do and aint doing $hit but talking $hit… i dont even like the man movies but hey i cant get mad @ any man black or white assisting any program that helps black people… before you sit back and talk $hit ask yourself what have you done for your community hell any community…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Charvon/ Charvon

    I GUESS IF LIL WAYNE DONATED A MILLION YALL DUMMIES WOULD BE HAPPY I BET THE MUTHAF**KAS THAT ARE HATING NEVER BEEN TO ANYTHING BUT HIGH SCHOOL I RESPECT ANY ONE THAT IS TRYING TO HELP OTHERS PEOPLE TALKING WONT GIVE A BUM A NICKLE I DONT CARE IF HE GAY OR A COON ETC …………..WHO CARES WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ANY ONE ? MAYBE THE “COONS” WILL DONATE MORE SO WE CAN GET EDUCATION POPPING

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Legs4Weeks/ Legs4Weeks

    It is extremely easy to sit at home and pontificate on the NAACP or Tyler Perry’s strategic donation. It is much more difficult to actually join an organization that’s sole purpose is the betterment of the African American community, whatever that organization may be. Granted we ALL have differing opinions and points of view and they are all valid to us. Until we can set aside differences and actually focus on a common goal we will remain lost. If the NAACP had younger members with a vision and the fortitude to work until the goal has been reached what else can you expect to happen? An old organization with old members and old ideas. Don’t complain or judge just change it AND if you don’t you have no reason to complain.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    I see the “Brotherhood of Brains” is still intact like a well oiled machine…

    All u “Tyler Fairy” fans talkin bout a “GOOD DEED” how? The NAACP (RIP) is a multi-million dollar organzation already so whats so good about the rich getting richer???? Dummies, I get it, to keep the poor people from benefiting from it. While u sit back and boost his ratings, paying ur monthly cable bill to contribute to him, he’s taking that money and giving it to people that can keep him relevant in case there is a sudden tragic event such as lawsuit or criminal investigation.

    Oh well, no need to feed fat to gluttons, it seems to never digest

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    Legs4Weeks
    That is the Perfect Solution and that Solution is Noteworthy.

    Identifying the Source of the Problem, takin that info and resurrecting A Better Approach and Concrete Programs is always A Solution 2 whatever ails we are disposed with at the Time.

    We have faintly similar Issues since the Inception of the NAACP at this present state….currently our issues are Social and Economical Issues…..the Racist aspect WILL ALWAYS BE THERE DUE 2 THE FACT THAT AMERICA WAS BIRTHED WITH THIS AND MANY MORE IMMORAL THEMES….thats why it never surprises me of any racially motivated scenario that Happens not only in America(mostly in US)but around the world 2. So lets factor the racism out….no more lynchings….Jim Crow is dead….we have Equal Opportunity….and last A Black President. So what is the Reason of the NAACP? according 2 America and people on this page we have everything we need so why does the NAACP still try 2 be relevant?

    We take A Group of Let’s say 25 BlackMen & 25 BlackWomen form A Coalition…go thru the motions plannin and all and BOOM we have a Soon 2 Elite Black Organization of 50 Black Men/Women….solving Social Ills that has been relevant within our Social structure 4 over 100 years and we find, implement and DELIVER SOLUTIONS 2 cure our Common Cold(so 2 speak)…..the accuracy and swiftness of A Black Metropolis is embedded within the future Generations persona and this is within A 10 Year Span!!! we NationWide…..now it’s Time 2 go Back 2 Africa and Implement the Same Degree of Effectiveness 100x’s more.
    Can this Come 2 Fruition??? Black People can I get an Honest Answer I beg of you. I wanna see some responses and Ima give A dose of reality afterwards

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    All while I was A teenager I used 2 think…if I was so&so…I would take this amount of money and do this and take this amount of money and do that….
    while I was pondering I always had A crazy Idea N my head of how I would donate sssaaaayyyy….$1 million tax free Dollars without the fanfare….I would create a Petition and go 2 the poorest Neighborhoods, interact with those people, gain and verify information on that Person/Family….take this Petition with their info on it and Dissect the people with vices(drugs, alcohol) and began 2 do background checks on the people left thereafter….Qualify these people bye adding personal notes of either Being Business savvy or what have you….take this information and about 10 assistants 2 start my DONATION process of REALLY DONATING AND CONCRETELY ENSURING MYSELF OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF MY DONATION(S)….simple easy 2 do may take 2-4 months tops if you can get the right people that SHARES your vision and wants 2 see it come 2 fruition, U can start 2 launch new Businesses and help the person(s) you choose 2 assist with the Start-up fees(Donation). Now you can dispose of your Money in this way and later come back after you research the people with vices from the petition and began 2 assist them….
    I don’t wanna carry on but I hope U get the gist of what I’m trying 2 prove here….the point is U have Susan Summers xploiting children in 3rd World Countries since I WAS A KID!! and the problem still seems 2 exist!! Red Cross, Catholic Charities, Latter Day Saints U name it they nickle and dime you 2 give the crumbs 2 our plight and the PROBLEMS STILL EXIST….HOW MUCH FUKIN MONEY DOES THE PROBLEM NEED 2 RESULT IN A FINAL RESOLUTION???
    STOP SPITTIN IN MY FACE TALKIN BOUT IT’S RAINING!!

    That fukin money was just throwed away because if T. Perry wanted 2 get any justice out of that money he and so many others that donate(I’ll take exception 2 Michael Jackson that man had A Heart!)he would form a group of people 2 do the task at hand….it takes much less time than preparing 4 a Play or producing a Movie!! but the Benefits is the asset these Donations and Charitable Events have in Common….they give 2 receive

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WindChimes/ WindChimes

    So many wealthy people donate to these organizations. But, we need even more to donate to organizations geared to promote civil rights and equal opportunities to and for African Americans. Thank you Tyler Perry for your generous donation.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cestleon/ cestleon

    Why not the U.N.C.F.? I could see that money going to use there. And why do they still have “Colored” in the title?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AJyAnt1/ AJyAnt1

    Whatever
    THe NAACP hasnt done anything to uplift black people..its run and owned by the JEWS, and Julian Bond is the biggest uncle Tom sellout that we have..Bedsides OBAMA….(now he really sold us out). I wouldnt give two cent to the NAACP..Tyler Perry is a slave and a GAY MAN. It looks good when a negro give his money away to a cause that was set up to pacify blackpeople into thinking that our former slavemasters really care…….
    THE ONLY LEGIT, UNBOUGHT, REAL BLACK MOVEMENT is THE NATION OF ISLAM UNDER FARRAKHAN.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hipswang/ hipswang

    wow – I”m glad he did it, this organization has helped many ppl I know and have read of. I’m sorry 2 find out it’s the largest donation by an entertainer – smh!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shakka/ Shakka

    LOL…@ some of these simple-minded negros…negros with less power than an ant, but want to throw your criticism to do nothing but further DIVIDE black folks…

    in some realms of reality, negros, if you don’t possess the wisdom to say something meaningful…just stay the phuck quiet. smoke a blunt or sip some syrup…or whatever that nonsense you usually do to occupy the emptiness you call your brain…

    madd props to Mr. Perry for “investing” in the Black community, and for caring for black folks. you have gone far beyond the scope of giving and you should be congratulated…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maatra/ maatra

    Im listenin nanastroker!!! Spit hot fire!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    This media deplored mass manipulation program is made possible because the media form for us our image of the world and essentially everything we know—or think we know—about events outside our own neighborhood or circle of acquaintances comes to us via our daily newspaper, our weekly news magazine, our radio, or our television. By employing carefully developed psychological techniques, the mass media guide our thoughts and opinions. The way in which the news is covered: which point of views are emphasized and which are played down; the phrasing of headlines; the choice of words, pictures, and illustrations—all of these things subliminally and yet profoundly affect the way in which we interpret what we see or hear. The media tell us which side of an issue that we should favor, forms our images of various groups of people. Even our images of ourselves are greatly influenced by what media shows us about our own group. Given these factor the media has been used for decades by government elites to manipulate public opinion and to socially engineer society towards governmental objectives.
    The U.S. Government has an extensive history of using the media to conduct mass propaganda manipulation programs to influence the perception of its citizens to meet its governmental objectives. Given that the nineteen sixties were a period of massive black rebellion and unrest that eroded the American global image and increasingly placed the nation’s peace and stability in dire jeopardy and perhaps most particularly because the nations top sociologist and psychologist knew that those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. This quite logically necessitated that the U.S. Government employ these same proven methods of mass psychological manipulation against its entire African American population– Its greatest civil rights organizers, protestors, and fighters of white institutionalized racism as a means of maintaining its white dominance and control.
    Not only does this massive governmental psychological manipulation campaign negatively impacts Blacks self perceptions, but it also provides a more socially acceptable way to exploit and suppressed African Americans. Its deplorable imageries of Black Americans also to create a shift of victimization that changes the root problem of racism in America to be due to Black’s behavior rather than White’s proclivity for racism. Therefore engendering prejudiced distorted perceptions and acrimonious beliefs about African Americans that are designed to makes the nation and the entire world insensitive to their plight, tranquilizes efforts on their behalf, lessens pressure for social change on their behalf, and makes any serious criticism of White racism almost impossible today. Therefore fostering a national setting of where in which Blacks are more easily exploited and ultimately consensually suppressed.
    It creates a false justification for the legal system’s mistreatment of African Americans wherein they are disproportionately incarcerated, given stiffer sentences, and are more likely than other racial groups to be treated brutally, beaten, and fired upon by police officers while they are unarmed. These injustices now goes ignored because the perception has subconsciously become that it’s all now justified. When contempt of Blacks is made to appear to be justifiable, it is the fiercest and most effective type of racism because its witnesses, bystanders, and even world audiences will sit by idly allowing African Americans to be brutally mistreated under the belief that it is justified. This is what America’s mass propaganda specialist Dr. Edward Bernays referred to as “engineering consent”.
    Our Responsibility
    Once we Black people come to recognize this psychosocial treatment of us, it is our inescapable responsibility to do whatever is necessary to break this control. We must shrink from nothing in combating this evil power that has fastened its deadly grip on our people and is injecting its lethal poison into our people’s minds and souls. If our race fails to destroy it, it certainly will destroy our race.
    Those are the facts of how Black people are being manipulated by media control in America. We must not remain silent on this most important of issues. The white elite’s control of the American mass media is the single most important fact of life, not just in America, but in the whole world today. There is nothing more dangerous to the future of our people.
    By permitting the white elites to continue their total control of our news and entertainment media we are doing more than merely giving them a decisive influence on our communities; we also are giving them virtual control of the minds and souls of our children, whose attitudes and ideas are shaped more by white controlled television and films than by parents, schools, or any other influence.
    To learn more visit http://www.DivineBlacktruth.org
    Posted by: Franklin Jones

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/davettalashley/ davettalashley

    I am actually starting to feel sorry for Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama.

    Imagine that you’re a proud strong intelligent black person and you fight THE MAN all your life to get to a position in life where you can actually do some good for black folks and then you have to deal with BLACK FOLKS that are walking around talking sh*t about you and judging you.

    Then they all sit around and whine about how nobody does anything to help them. Ain’t life a b***h? *shakes head*

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shamel_/ Shamel_

    Davettalashley, ONCE AGAIN darling you are right. It is a sad state of affairs out here. MOST PEOPLE recognize the “problem” but rarely contribute to the solution (smh). It is so easy to say what a person should or should not be doing with THEIR MONEY but you have to ask yourself when was the last time YOU volunteered in your community, YOU gave back to someone less fortunate, YOU made a charitable donation etc. etc??? At this phase, Tyler Perry can throw himself in front of a stray bullet to save someones life and people will still find a reason to criticize it. We can be our own worst enemy sometime and the s#!t is sickening. If you don’t like him you don’t like him but all of this is unnecessary & COUNTERPRODUCTIVE!!! So to answer your last question…life is indeed a b***h!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    What I have done is Put A video on my profile so that I can–In Hopes 2 get more people 2 become informed as you should be
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    DAYUM PEOPLE JUST FUKIN INFORM AND RE-EDUCATE YOUR SLAVE MENTALITY!! it is time 2 end the fukin charades I love my peoiple and will go the DISTANCE 2 allow you 2 learn and strenghten your Mind!!!
    Church, School, Television, Radio will not educate you of these Truths and Crimes against you…TURN OFF THE FUKIN TELEVISION AND THAT DAYUM GENOCIDAL RAP MUSIC I am A TRUE RAP FAN..but this shlt 2Day will Drain you of your Morality…Fuk lil Wayne, Jay-Z Young Jeezy or any of these mufukers that WILL ASSIST 2 HELP OPPRESS YOU 2 FATTEN THEIR POCKETS THESE RAPPERS ARE YOUR MEDIA PRIESTS AND PASTORS..they will kill you Spiritually
    How many of you know of the Jewish Holocaust but years prior 2 that was the African Holocaust(1935-41) PLEASE I DON’T BEG BUT I WILL THESE ARE DIRE TIMES AND WE ARE IN DIRE NEEDS AND THIS IS ONE WAY 2 BECOME MORE SOCIALLY AWARE AND FOCUS ON OUR TASK AT HAND
    DAYUM!!!!!! my Heart is TIRED AND I AM DONE….I AM NOONE OF FAME NOR DO I WANT ANY I JUST WANT YOU PEOPLE 2 STOP LIVING A EUROPEAN LIFESTYLE AND FIND YOUR ANCESTORS TEACHINGS
    My Last Blog and Post
    Much Love 2 you that seek 2 RE-EDUCATE AND INFORM YOURSELF AND ALWAYS…ALWAYS SEEK TRUTH IT WILL SET YOU FREE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/fashionableloud/ fashionableloud

    WHY HAVE THEY HELPED ANY ONE U NO?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    LOL, and they ain’t gonna do **** with it, but. . .divvy it among themselves.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dster25/ dster25

    For all u Azz backward people, this a black man donating money that he is drowned in to help his community. Now where is the problem? And yes the NAACP do stand up for black rights. I have seen them several times in Tallahassee, FL and in a small town outside of Tally named Perry, FL where Rev. Al Sharpton joined them. For you ingnorant no hope for the future mofos.

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