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In reply to the discussion: White progressives’ racial myopia: Why their colorblindness fails minorities — and the left [View all]Cha
(297,029 posts)"Yes, African American incomes rose and unemployment declined in those years. But black people were locked out of many of the wealth-generating opportunities of the era: blocked from suburbs with restricted covenants and redlined into neighborhoods where banks wouldnt lend; left out by the GI Bill, which didnt prevent racial discrimination; neglected by labor unions, which discriminated against or outright blocked black members. (Thats why I gave my book, Whats the Matter with White People?, the subtitle Why We Long for a Golden Age that Never Was.)"
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"And American politics today requires that they be corrected: no Democrat can win the presidency without consolidating the Obama coalition, particularly the African American vote."
That's what I've been saying repeatedly! Obama is a popular President.. I don't care that the majority on DU doesn't know or care.
"A Tidal Wave Of Good News In Iowa: Hillary Clinton Soaring and Obama Beloved by Democrats"
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Starting off with asking likely Democratic caucus-goers to rate their feelings from very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable about prominent Democrats, President Obama topped the list of 89% favorable to 9% unfavorable.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/06/01/good-news-poll-obama-beloved-iowa-dems-hillary-clinton-soaring.html
The President hasn't rejected all "race specific solutions".. but too many people don't even know about this from the President..
"My Brother's Keeper" Feb 27, 2014
Youth Guidance: President Obama Invites BAM Program Back To The White House
President Obama has invited Youth Guidances Becoming a Man (B.A.M.) program back to Washington D.C. to kick off a new White House initiative called My Brothers Keeper. Three B.A.M. students from Hyde Park High School, along with B.A.M. Lead Supervisor, Marshaun Bacon, and Youth Guidance Board Member, Stuart Taylor, will visit the White House Thursday and Friday. The Presidents initiative will support young male minorities by bringing foundations and companies together to find ways to keep young men in school and out of the criminal justice system.
http://www.youth-guidance.org/president-obama-invites-bam-program-back-white-house/
"Yahoo: Obama Embraces A Lifelong Cause: Helping Minority Boys Succeed"
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-embraces-a-lifelong-cause--helping-minority-boys-succeed-164019997.html
President Obama speaks at the launch of the My Brothers Keeper Alliance May 4, 2015
And, that's what he's said he's going to do when he leaves office, too..
"Obamas Retirement Plan: Help Black Kids"
After he leaves the White House, friends say the president will return to his passion: helping African Americans through his My Brother's Keeper Alliance.
What is in Barack Obamas heart? Underneath that cool exterior, it can be hard to tell. When he leaves office in 2017, he will be a fit 55-year-old with decades of productive life likely ahead of him. How will he use them?
I went to the Bronx on Monday with a hunch that Obama was about to tell us; and I wasnt disappointed.
MOre~
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/05/how-obama-will-spend-the-rest-of-his-life.html
Mahalo for your thread, geek.