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A Tea Party diversity rally in Philadelphia 31 July was, by the standards of the event organizer, a resounding success.
The Uni-Tea Rally was carefully planned to attract black folks, featuring several African-American speakers as well as conservative white rap duo Hi-Caliber and a conservative rock band called the Bangers.
Andrew Breitbart with Hi-Caliber
The Bangers
Genuine African-American speakers
Estimates of crowd size range from 500 to a very optimistic 1500, and was very successful in drawing not one black face, but -- according to some accounts -- as many as fifteen black faces.
There were even two young gay men: Ayn Rand fan Brendan Kissam, and Matt Hissey (I swear I'm not making these names up), who assured fellow Teabaggers that he doesn't mind if they're against gay marriage, because he is too. Hissey celebrated the diversity of the Teabag Movement, saying, "Skin color diversity -- that's not real diversity."
Featured African-American speaker David Webb asserted that it doesn't matter how many black folks join the Teabag Movement: "I didn't realize that any movement everywhere had a minimum daily requirement of black people to be legitimate."
The highlight of the rally was a speech by Andrew Breitbart pointing out that it's not the Teabaggers who are racist, it's the NAACP who are racist.
All in all, "a resounding success," as one of the participants said.
Preview: Today Is Tea Party Diversity Day -- Featuring Andrew Breitbart | TPMDC
Uni-Tea in Philadelphia
Event co-organizer Jeffrey Weingarten, a tea partier from Morristown, NJ, told TPM yesterday he expects the event to draw crowds of multi-ethnic faces not generally seen at normal tea party events. The goal of the rally is to show off the movement's diversity on stage while drawing demographics not usually associated with the tea party into the movement.
"I hope people will be surprised," Weingarten said. "From our point of view, if there was just one other than white face [in the crowd] it would be surprising. From the point of view of the outside, a decent percentage of other than white faces would be a surprise also."
"I hope people will be surprised," Weingarten said. "From our point of view, if there was just one other than white face [in the crowd] it would be surprising. From the point of view of the outside, a decent percentage of other than white faces would be a surprise also."
The Uni-Tea Rally was carefully planned to attract black folks, featuring several African-American speakers as well as conservative white rap duo Hi-Caliber and a conservative rock band called the Bangers.
Andrew Breitbart with Hi-Caliber
The Bangers
Genuine African-American speakers
Estimates of crowd size range from 500 to a very optimistic 1500, and was very successful in drawing not one black face, but -- according to some accounts -- as many as fifteen black faces.
There were even two young gay men: Ayn Rand fan Brendan Kissam, and Matt Hissey (I swear I'm not making these names up), who assured fellow Teabaggers that he doesn't mind if they're against gay marriage, because he is too. Hissey celebrated the diversity of the Teabag Movement, saying, "Skin color diversity -- that's not real diversity."
Featured African-American speaker David Webb asserted that it doesn't matter how many black folks join the Teabag Movement: "I didn't realize that any movement everywhere had a minimum daily requirement of black people to be legitimate."
The highlight of the rally was a speech by Andrew Breitbart pointing out that it's not the Teabaggers who are racist, it's the NAACP who are racist.
All in all, "a resounding success," as one of the participants said.
Preview: Today Is Tea Party Diversity Day -- Featuring Andrew Breitbart | TPMDC
Uni-Tea in Philadelphia