Local coffee party attendee ‘a little surprised’ by lack of diversity in tea party alternative group
Monday, March 15th, 2010 by George Bennett
Some of the West Palm Beach coffee party group, from Flickr.com
But the meeting of about 40 people in West Palm Beach was predominantly white, and a perusal of Coffee Party USA photos from around the nation on Flickr.com shows mostly white faces.
“I’m a little surprised that there aren’t more young people and more people of color. I’m glad to see these people, though,” said Phil Stelly of North Palm Beach, who is 54 and black. He left early from Saturday’s meeting at a Panera Bread restaurant, but said he remains interested in the nascent group.
Two black women took part in the West Palm Beach meeting. Local organizer George Papison said he believes several participants were Latino.
“I would have liked to have seen more participants of color, but I don’t know whether we had any control over that….I would have liked to have seen more younger people, frankly,” said Papison, who is 59.
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