Posted by
Catmman on Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:07:05 PM
Acknowledging that "tough times for America
often mean tougher times for African-Americans," US President Barack
Obama on Saturday called for more local and national engagement by
fellow blacks.
"You know that tough times for America often mean
tougher times for African Americans. This recession has been no
exception," Obama told the 10th annual "State of the Black Union"
gathering, noting that the unemployment rate among African-Americans is five points higher than the national average.
It strikes me as funny. Our nations first black president, who overcame what he did in his youth, being abandoned by his black father especially. Then achieving what he has in his life at such a relatively young age - his education, his political 'achievements' in Illinois, then nationally. Being elected in the Seante, now the President - still tells the blacks in this country how hard things are, indeed how much harder they are since they are black - and NO ONE thinks what he is saying is the least bit ridiculous or hypocritical.
Instead of using this as an opportunity to say, "Look at me, look at what happened to me as a child. Look what I was able to accomplish. You can do this too!", he gives a speech playing on the same old, tired racial class envy so typical of his party and his politics.
Sad.