Why don'ttry harder to like 1st ever African American president? (unemployment, legal)
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For centuries, African Americans faced adversity and discrimination from slavery, de-facto economic segregation, legal segregation, denied services, forced to sit in back of the bus
A 14-year old kid named Emmett Till was murdered (kidnapped and tortured) for simply whistling at a white woman who was cashier at a grocery store in 1950s Mississippi and the murderers despite compelling evidence? Were acquitted)
Then Rosa Parks
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The Albany Georgia desegregation
The Alabama state trooper who shot Lee Jackson a peaceful protester in Selma, Alabama
The March on Washington
Assassination of MLK
The Mississippi burning during Freedom Summer...the klan coordinated murder with state police
You had systematic corrupt absence of justice...and a system where before civil rights act of 1965, black people couldn't even vote without this manipulative poll tax and literacy test abuse
And now in the 2000s, an African American president who wants to improve heaithcare for all people...can't you try to like the president more?
Obama being African American has absolutely nothing to do with my dislike for his presidency. The last president we had who was as inept and clueless as Obama is was Carter. He was white, and I didn't like him as president either. Obama as a person could be a perfectly pleasant individual, and someone that I would enjoy hanging out with. Obama as president, however, is proof that the voting public is truly uninformed.
For centuries, African Americans faced adversity and discrimination from slavery, de-facto economic segregation, legal segregation, denied services, forced to sit in back of the bus
A 14-year old kid named Emmett Till was murdered (kidnapped and tortured) for simply whistling at a white woman who was cashier at a grocery store in 1950s Mississippi and the murderers despite compelling evidence? Were acquitted)
Then Rosa Parks
Little rock 9
The Albany Georgia desegregation
The Alabama state trooper who shot Lee Jackson a peaceful protester in Selma, Alabama
The March on Washington
Assassination of MLK
The Mississippi burning during Freedom Summer...the klan coordinated murder with state police
You had systematic corrupt absence of justice...and a system where before civil rights act of 1965, black people couldn't even vote without this manipulative poll tax and literacy test abuse
And now in the 2000s, an African American president who wants to improve heaithcare for all people...can't you try to like the president more?
Not that it has anything to do with opinions of the president, but just as a general aside... you should care. Bad things do happen to many people, but in this case, bad things were systematically inflicted upon blacks by whites. It was a wrong and shameful chapter of this nation's history, and everyone should abhor it.
Obama being African American has absolutely nothing to do with my dislike for his presidency. The last president we had who was as inept and clueless as Obama is was Carter. He was white, and I didn't like him as president either. Obama as a person could be a perfectly pleasant individual, and someone that I would enjoy hanging out with. Obama as president, however, is proof that the voting public is truly uninformed.
absolutely right. i have no idea if i like obama or not because I HAVE NEVER MET HIM. thus i cannot tell if i like him or not. on the other hand, i dont like his policies and agenda.
Not that it has anything to do with opinions of the president, but just as a general aside... you should care. Bad things do happen to many people, but in this case, bad things were systematically inflicted upon blacks by whites. It was a wrong and shameful chapter of this nation's history, and everyone should abhor it.
And now bad things are inflicted on blacks by blacks. Is that any less abhorrent?
Obama isn't really doing anything for blacks anyhow. The unemployment gap is growing, and no one takes their votes for granted more than Obama and the democrats.
Not that it has anything to do with opinions of the president, but just as a general aside... you should care. Bad things do happen to many people, but in this case, bad things were systematically inflicted upon blacks by whites. It was a wrong and shameful chapter of this nation's history, and everyone should abhor it.
History...as in “in the past“. History is not a political tool. Too bad it's being abused as one.
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