Lohan calls Obama ‘colored’, NAACP says no big deal
Carla Sims, communications director for the NAACP in Washington, D.C., came to Lindsay Lohan’s defense today following Lohan’s on-camera interview with “Access Hollywood” in which Lohan called president-elect Barack Obama “colored.”
Sims believes that the media’s lambasting of the starlet is only to create controversy.
“Sometimes you have to look at the intent…but the word ‘colored’ isn’t derogatory,” Sims told me in a phone interview. “Clearly she’s [Lohan] an Obama supporter.”
Internet news sites and blogs have taken a critical tone to LiLo’s use of the word “colored.” Some sites have even called the term “offensive” and “ a rather unfortunate comment.”
“There’s really no problem with what she said,” Sims said. “In her excitement, she was acknowledging that color was not a barrier in the populous choosing Obama.”
“The term ‘colored’ is not derogatory,” Sims continued. “They chose the word ‘colored’ because it was the most positive description commonly used at that time. It’s outdated and antiquated but not offensive.”
Sims is referring to the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that created the organization nearly 100 years ago in support of social justice for African Americans.
Lohan is under constant ridicule by bloggers, tabloids and media for her on-camera miscues and party-girl lifestyle. It appears this time the not-so-innocent Hollywood actress is cleared of any wrongdoing - at least by the NAACP.
Hold your head up Lindsay…
Source: [Mercurynews.com]