Blacks Are Fed Up with Obama; It’s about Time!
An Increasing number of blacks appear to finally be getting angry with Obama. It’s just too bad it took four years and voting for Obama a second time for blacks to realize the president doesn’t care about their interests. Immigration and the president’s determination to get legislation passed granting amnesty to an estimated 11-20 million illegal aliens seems to be the straw that broke black liberals’ backs.
Recently some black Americans have been calling into black talk radio shows like “Keeping it Real with Al Sharpton, complaining immigration is not an important issue to them. This is despite Al Sharpton’s plea to a caller that amnesty isn’t just a Latino issue. But according to a 2009 Migration Institute report, blacks only accounted for 9% of US immigrants.
With black unemployment at 13.8% almost twice the national rate of 7.9%, granting amnesty to more than 11million illegal immigrant threatens to make jobs even more scare for blacks. As black radio host Earl Ingram noted his “listenership is anti-immigration” because they are angry illegals are here taking jobs from them because they are willing to work for less than minimum wage. A Pew Hispanic poll found during the height of the economic downturn 2009-2011 Hispanic employment grew by 6.5% while black employment grew by a miniscule 1%.
After giving Obama over 95% of their vote twice, blacks want to know when the first black president will focus on issues impacting blacks like: rising poverty, unemployment and incarceration rates, growing education gap and economic decline the breakdown of the black family?
When I tweeted about this lack of love blacks are feeling for their blind support of Obama a second time around, a black person replied: “Obama has always made it clear that he is the POTUS not the President of Black America.”
Indeed Obama is “president of all Americans” but Obama has made gay marriage a priority and less than 5% of the population is gay. He’s also made illegal immigration a priority because 71% of Hispanics voted for him but only make up 14% of the population. These two groups don’t look like the face of “All Americans.” But Obama won’t even give blacks a crumb. He has yet to name one black person to fill a cabinet position in his second term.
It may be too late for blacks to influence Obama because he doesn’t have an election hanging over his head. But blacks should take a hard look at the gang of “Blacktivists” like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and organizations like NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus purporting to fight for what’s good for blacks and ask them what have they done for blacks?
Blacks also need to question the Congressional Black Caucus about its agenda. In it’s press release outlining it’s plan for the 113th Congress, the CBC states “For more than four decades, the Congressional Black Caucus policy agenda has promoted and advocated for legislation that supports social and economic progress, . . .for African Americans.”
If this is true, why is it blacks have been on an economic and family decline since 1971 when the caucus was formed? Today more black babies are born out of wedlock, 73%, than to married homes compared to 30% of white babies. And the above mentioned statistics show government policies pushed by the Democrat CBC hasn’t helped improve the plight of the black man.
Why is immigration reform a key item in the CBC’s agenda? “Advancing legislation and policies that lead to comprehensive immigration reform” will do nothing to improve the economic situation for blacks. Allowing a flood of illegals into the country will only exacerbate the unemployment situation for blacks.
Blacks also need to demand their “black groups” and so called “black spokespersons” reject comparisons to criminals crossing into our country to the civil rights movement or slavery. Blacks were brought to America in 1619 against their will, treated like property, worked like animals and violated sexually. The least America could do in 1964 was to grant blacks equal rights to whites. Illegal immigrants chose to voluntarily break laws to enter, work and remain in the US illegally. America owes them an enforcement of our laws along with the employers who illegally employ them.
If black liberals are really angry at the lack of attention Obama is giving them, perhaps they should use this as a lesson. Instead of voting for candidates based on race or party, perhaps black Americans should try giving candidates a thorough vetting before going to the polls and hold politicians accountable to records in exchange for votes. Maybe then blacks would start getting something in return other than the status quo.
Bottom line id that majority of blacks are uninformed and ignorant of the world around them. They are more dangerous to themselves than any white person ever was. Their non-thinking, do as they are told attitude is what kills them. Proof- over 95% of their votes went to the same candidate. That can only be possible if they are ignorant.
Great article.
Bottom line is Obama is a fraud. He was sold to America like box of Corn Flakes. Its was a brilliant marketing campaign not any of his accomplishments, that got him elected, not once but twice. That and the fact that the Republicans put forth some two of the lamest most unlikable candidates in the history of modern politics. You can say white people hold us back and white people hate the black man but dig it: white people got Obama elected-without white people there is no President Obama-that’s a fact.
Also, I gotta laugh when I read things like “Obama hasn’t done anything for the African Americans” ya know what-your right but what did you expect him to do? He doesn’t NEED to do anything for the AA, he owns the black vote and he knows it. He caters to the Hispanics because that voting block can swing either way. Besides, why would anyone, of any race be waiting around for the President of the United States to do anything for them? “Oh” he passed Obamacare” guess what, that’s about the worse thing that could have happened to this country. The taxes in that ridiculous bill will cripple the economy, and cost many of the young people, single mothers and minorities jobs. Its already cost the country thousands of jobs! Rich white folks could care less, they still get the best care this country has to offer but the the backlash of this unafordable bill that the President himself said he didn’t even read before signing, will be a negative ripple effect on the economy, jobs the quality of health care etc. for years to come if it’s not repealed. I’m glad to see some people are taking the blinders off and waking up. People were fed up with Bush so they sold us the Anti Bush…and a lot of folks bought. Filling out out a NCAA bracket doesn’t make this guy a good president. That’s just another bit of good marketing.
This is why more minorities are looking for real answers. I won’t be surprised when in a few years, at least 20 percent of minorities will be looking for libertarian policies for answers. The failed drug wars keep black urbanites in a downward spiral. We will end the war on blacks by ending the so-called “drug-wars”. Character and self-respect is built on a foundation of a can-do attitude through success via personal responsibility. Things will come together when there’s less “black-market” opportunities in conjunction with race-specific/segregating social programs . EVERYONE loves and respects a good, inspiring story based on victory through struggle (The Pursuit of Happyness). Strong blacks will rise to the top, shining as beacons of hope, leading by example. Maybe this is just a pipe-dream, but I’m rooting for y’all.
Show me an honest politician and I will show you a liar.