Did President Obama Neglect Black African Americans For 8 Years?
Black African Americans should be happy to see the end of President Obama's Presidency. It was great for history sake, but not great for Black African Americans.
There is not one single policy, proposal or law that improved the lives socially or economically of Black African American People. Obama Care should have been a single payer healthcare system like Canada. But instead, he spent $400 Million Dollars on Obama Care Website that did not work!
His legacy for Black African Americans was disrespectful and I am ashamed of him. Usually, when A Black African American becomes the first Black at something, we excel. He did not! He is a coward and was:
afraid to stop racist police from killing unarmed Black, instead held a Beer Summit;
afraid to stop banks from foreclosing on Black Homeowners even after giving them billions in bailout money:
afraid to address the high unemployment rate of Black People:
afraid to repeal Bill Clinton's Crime Bill that led to the mass incarceration of Black People, destroying families and draining the Black Community of role models: Fathers, Brothers, OGs, and Grandfathers leaving a power vacuum filled by our youth with no moral guidance from men:
afraid to address the poor and segregated Failing Black Public Schools, afraid to provide equality in federal funding to Black Entrepreneurs who could not pay-to-play by contributing to his election campaign like Solyndra Solar:
afraid have or listen to any Black People with big ideas, dreams, or Innovations that could inspire a People. His campaign slogan "Hope & Change" was just meaningless words that he pimped to Blacks, like heaven after a life of suffering. Sounds familiar to Conscious Black African Americans who remember the strategies use to control enslaved people without chains, whips or brutality.
He was one of the best Politicians this world has ever seen, but one of the worst leaders too. Leaders solve problems without fear, greed or excuses.
Americans rebelled against both political parties because of Bush and Obama. Their poor leadership created a vacuum for Donald Trump, who I voted for. It is time that Black African Americans remove our emotions from politics and realize that we are being manipulated and our people's conditions never improve. We live in a real life Matrix and done even know it. Maybe Trump is that Red Pill we need to wake the hell up!
It's time that we get up off our knees, collective support one or more plans for our uplift and empowerment.
It's time that we stop begging others to do that which we must do for ourselves. Check out one such plan called The Quiet Resolution (TQR) http://www.tqrinc.com
So, did he neglect Black African American People for 8 years? Before you answer, take a personal and collective assessment of your and your family's lives and the lives of Black African American in your city, county, state and nation.
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I disagree. Much of the legislation that Obama was able to get through congress helped Black people. Obamacare was not a failure, and millions of people now are able to see doctors for the first time in their lives. Do you think that only white people were able to get health insurance for the first time? Laws were passed that enabled people to buy their first homes. Are you saying that these laws only applied to whites?
The Lily Ledbetter act -- the first law that Obama signed -- made it possible for women to retroactively sue their employers for back pay that is owed them. This probably affected more Black women than white women. These are just a few examples. There are many more. You need to do your homework before you make foolish statements.
This essay is really misleading and packed with lies (spin as you call it). Black folks (and other people) benefited from most of what you listed. There are so many bigots who are now trying to sully the President's legacy. You are a Trump supporter - a troll. I get it. Instead of blaming Obama, what about the do-nothing Congress that obstructed him at every turn? Keep your eye on them because they are going dismantle this country and steal us blind.
We should be organizing a ticker-tape parade for this man of courage who endured such vile remarks and bigotry during his term of office. You will miss Obama when he leaves office. I miss him already.
Well said.