By: E&P Staff The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) is backing out of holding its mid-winter conference in South Carolina after one of its U.S. representatives accused President Barack Obama of lying during the president's congressional address on health care.
"Rep. [Joe] Wilson's remarks were racist, disrespectful and a disingenuous violation -- not only of President Obama -- but to the institution of the presidency and only solidified our position and the importance in not spending Black dollars where Black people are not respected," NNPA Chairman Danny J. Bakewell Sr. said in a statement.
The news of the NNPA boycott of South Carolina was
reported by EurWeb. A call placed to the offices of the NNPA was not immediately returned.
The NNPA joins the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's boycott on South Carolina that has been in place since 1999. The NAACP is protesting the Confederate flag that was raised atop the South Carolina State House.
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