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Ben Jealous

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The Resume

    (January 18, 1973- )
    Born in Pacific Grove, California
    Birth name is Benjamin Todd Jealous
    President of the NAACP (2008-13)
    Author of 'Reach: 40 Black Men Speak on Living, Leading and Succeeding'

Why he might be annoying:

    He looks like Michael Eric Dyson.
    His name lends itself to bad political puns.
    He went on CNN to say about Senator Tim Scott (the first black man to be elected Senator of a Southern state since Reconstruction): 'We have Republicans who believe in civil rights — unfortunately he is not one of them.'
    Hey, is it entirely possible that Ben was JEALOUS of Senator Scott? (See what we mean?)
    He lost in his bid to unseat incumbent Maryland governor Larry Hogan in 2018.
    When a reporter pressed him on whether he was a socialist, he responded, 'Are you fucking kidding me?'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is a childhood friend of Dave Chappelle.
    As an interracial couple, his parents were prohibited by state law from marrying in Maryland until after 1967.
    His on campus activism as a Columbia student got him suspended.
    He started out working for Amnesty International.
    When he was tapped to head the NAACP at 35, he became the organization's youngest-ever national leader.
    His tenure at the NAACP resulted in its number of online activists increasing by half a million.
    The Washington Post described him as 'one of the nation's most prominent civil rights leaders.'
    He is a distant relation of Thomas Jefferson.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 27 Votes: 70.37% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 32 Votes: 71.88% Annoying