<blockquote>The civil rights group letters argue that Title II reclassification of broadband services as a public utility — the only path forward for real net neutrality after a federal court ruling in January — would somehow “<a style="color: #1155cc;" href="http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7521706977">harm communities of color</a>.” The groups <a style="color: #1155cc;" href="http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7521710625">wrote</a> to the FCC to tell them that “we do not believe that the door to Title II should be opened.” Simply put, these groups, many of which claim to carry the mantle of Martin Luther King Jr., are saying that Comcast and Verizon should be able to create Internet slow lanes and fast lanes, and such a change would magically improve the lives of non-white Americans.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.republicreport.org/2014/leading-civil-rights-groups-just-sold-out-on-net-neutrality/">Leading Civil Rights Groups Just Sold Out on Net Neutrality |</a>.