Describe Obama presidency in one word.

[Kritic]

revealing indeed.

what was more surprising to me was the blatant and nonchalantly racism from others on capitol hill. for some reason i had a glimmer of hope they might respect the office of the president more than the person. i obviously underestimated the strength of racist genealogy.

the 'crabs in a barrel syndrome' and jealousy within our black culture has also been revealing. a black man and his black first family are in an impossible position (becoming potus after the all the damage the bush presidency did to our country) and our own people still stay focused on negativity rather than take advantage of the positive aspects. that more than obama's presidency has been very disappointing for me. a lot of the other stuff is out of his and our control.

govt should be checked. can't respect govt when it doesn't give a fuq about you especially when it comes down to survival. the black community is pretty much at the brink of getting wiped out of the face of the earth and the president has clearly ignored us while looking out for the interests of other ethnicities. it's as if it was planned and in writing and he has to follow those orders.


of course there are plenty of white folks hate barack cause he's black. if you're black why wouldn't you want barack to win? most of us (not me) we all routed for him to win but he kept sh1tting on us. i never talked good about bush. i did talk good about clinton but i must admit i was young and naive and the charisma was just too much for me as a young one. now i'm older i can see through all these nyggas. fucc em all.

 

[AV Dicey]

unknown

something to ponder, is there any relation between The Most Known Unknown and Rumsfeld's infamous quote
"There are known knowns. there are things we know that we know"
"There are known unknowns, things that we know we dont know"
"There are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we dont know"

Were Triple Six Mafia actually deeper than rap and we did not know it?

 

[bzb]

govt should be checked. can't respect govt when it doesn't give a fuq about you especially when it comes down to survival. the black community is pretty much at the brink of getting wiped out of the face of the earth and the president has clearly ignored us while looking out for the interests of other ethnicities. it's as if it was planned and in writing and he has to follow those orders.


of course there are plenty of white folks hate barack cause he's black. if you're black why wouldn't you want barack to win? most of us (not me) we all routed for him to win but he kept sh1tting on us. i never talked good about bush. i did talk good about clinton but i must admit i was young and naive and the charisma was just too much for me as a young one. now i'm older i can see through all these nyggas. fucc em all.

i agree gov should be checked. i don't agree we should expect the gov to look out for us more than they do now. it doesn't matter who is president, that's now how this country was founded and it's not the way it operates. they're not going to look out for black folks beyond what the cra forces them to. we have to look out for our own.

knowing how the branches of gov work, and the difference between local and federal law making, what can we realistically expect obama to do for the black community? he can't change mandatory sentencing, he can't change racial profiling or prejudice, he can't change the educational system, he can't make business hire us, police stop harassing us, can't make our people get up get out and get something. we have to do that on our own. we have to hold each other accountable because i believe we are where black excellence starts. not with obama or any politician.

i admit, seeing a black man in the highest position of gov leadership (even if he was "put there") is a psyche boost. as long as you take it for what it's worth. but i think a lot people mistook that happening to mean he's gonna fix all the ills of the black community, which couldn't have been further from reality.

i've asked this several times and no one has given an answer. taking into account how gov works, why is obama to blame for the lack of progress in the black community?

 

[Kritic]

i agree gov should be checked. i don't agree we should expect the gov to look out for us more than they do now. it doesn't matter who is president, that's now how this country was founded and it's not the way it operates. they're not going to look out for black folks beyond what the cra forces them to. we have to look out for our own.

knowing how the branches of gov work, and the difference between local and federal law making, what can we realistically expect obama to do for the black community? he can't change mandatory sentencing, he can't change racial profiling or prejudice, he can't change the educational system, he can't make business hire us, police stop harassing us, can't make our people get up get out and get something. we have to do that on our own. we have to hold each other accountable because i believe we are where black excellence starts. not with obama or any politician.

i admit, seeing a black man in the highest position of gov leadership (even if he was "put there") is a psyche boost. as long as you take it for what it's worth. but i think a lot people mistook that happening to mean he's gonna fix all the ills of the black community, which couldn't have been further from reality.

i've asked this several times and no one has given an answer. taking into account how gov works, why is obama to blame for the lack of progress in the black community?

all the things you say he can't do he can. or appoint ppl to work on them. but america makes billions of black ppl falling victim to those laws and he's scared of dealing with big business.
barack is only looking out for the interests of jewish ppl, corporations and banks. he's totally forgotten who he's working for. but really they are the ones who put him so he's doing just fine. they're all over him and moving him fast. i don't want to blame him but i have to. that man needs to be prayed for for almost taking us into world war iii. and still working on it.
a lot of work can, and has to be done at home instead of getting involved in the middle east. israel at this point can really fight its own war over there. they don't need help. these wars since the gulf war don't do anything for the black community.only thing they do is divide black and muslim people. they don't even do anything for the american ppl and the economy. fuqqin looks like he's trying to prophesize the bible... which has a bad ending.
there are things he could do at fed level to make it easier for us but he's scared. something. anything. he doesn't want to. he's not intouch with the ppl anymore. they're lying to him over there with the papers they're putting on his desk...

anyway, i don't give a fuq about him. i have nothing good to say. he's chosen his path and can deal with what comes with it.

with his condescending attitude towards black ppl, i don't get how his presidency would give you a boost.. but that's on you...

 

[ltheghost]

Progress. I have a lot of complaints about Obama not being as aggressive as he could have been but, there have been huge advancements in health care (even without Obamacare), the view of Americans abroad (thank you for that/fixing our image), the absolute meltdown of the Republican party and the Cacs that support it. It hasn't been pretty but it has been slow progress. Now for Black People in particular, why are we expecting this government to help us out at all. Even if it is a "black man" as President. We have always done better when we were not involved with this American government. The bullshyt that says we are all citizens of America is just talk. Prison populations and the way these laws are written to penalize the poor and the minority is proof of that. I never expect an American President to give a damn about me. Wise up.

 

[TheReal_Broke_88m3_13]

great

This, I'm changing my vote. Any rational person would do the same: