Oh I don't disagree with you on the reasons those groups were founded. I do disagree with their operation in todays society though. They have gone from their roots of fighting racism to promoting it (whether they are realize it or not, and whether they are willing to admit it or not if they do realize it).

Further, I don't think the person passed it off as somebody elses words to disguise racist feelings (though the person may or may not be a racist) I would say he did it to try to make people listen more... since if some Joe Schmoe says something nobody cares but if somebody famous says the same thing it makes the news.

Of course groups like the NAACP, United Negro College Fund, etc all had good intentions and were formed to try to compensate for inequities in our society. I just feel they have become something else over the years and their presence is now a source of racism rather than a defender against it.