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“Now that we have an African-American in The White House, he is going to change everything overnight and paint The White House Black.”-Null Void
This statement, on the surface, seems as ridiculous as the assumption that black people voted for President Obama just because he was black. Of course, there probably were some folks who did just that, but the myth that most intelligent, hard working, black people were incapable of deciding on a candidate outside of the issue of color is ABSURD. The fact that there are plenty of Obama detractors in the black community seems to always take a back seat to the blatant, expected, dissension in factions like The Tea-Party etc. I have much respect for Dr. Cornel West and Tavis Smiley and their opinions. They have been critical of President Obama, and the concerns regarding his agenda for the plight of the poor and working class, are not completely baseless. I truly believe that West&Smiley’s intentions, are for the most part, well-intended. However, expecting President Obama to solve years of economic and racial injustice in 2 years is laughable at best. How does he address the agenda of poor black folks on welfare without addressing the poor white folks= who are actually greater in number? Has the President at least laid some kind of a workable foundation with addressing universal health-care? Has he not placed heavy emphasis on our children catching up to the rest of the world in terms of utilizing technology to further education? Most people readily acknowledge that our last two President’s were able to fully realize their ideas during a second term. Dr.West&Tavis need not relent as rightful watchdogs during Obama’s tenure, they just need to relax and “Let The Music play till the end of the record.”
Daryl Robinson
This section is on point. I thought it was me the only one disgusted when i was observing the Obama haterism in the black community. I was especially displeased with Cornel ‘sorry’ West and his constant critism of the Obama administration. Then you have Talis ‘BigHead’ Smiley who thinks that Obama during his push for the Whitehouse should have came to the State of the Black Union conference. Both these two haters have been drinking Hater-aid since the begining of the Obama era. For those of you who don’t know what hater-aid is it includes the following ingredients- Kool-aid mixed with a pint of Wild Irish Rose, oh! and also required viewing of the Fox news network while drinking this sneaky concoction.
One question i have for the Obama Haters in Black community- Was the Civil rights movement and accomplishments achieved in a day or a week?