A lot of the complaints on this site are exactly that, I'd venture to say most of them. Your complaints about how he caters to every race but black people are exactly that type of response. What's annoying is that you guys play this game of getting at some people's ignorance to then elevate yourselves to a supposed stance of rationality, but you consistently fail to point out exactly in Obama's agenda for black people that he has failed to address completely. Go back to his 08 platform and point things out. But instead you'd rather pick at the most irrational of Obama supporters to further legitimize your position. I don't know if you do it subconsciously but it's beneath you. You could point out that the government has failed black people on jobs, and things of that sort that he campaigned on but you all would rather attack a caricatured Obama supporter, like the guy quoted below.
Typical Obama Supporter : Ya'll just want Barack to come to the hood and give out goodies? What do you want him to do? Do you have a plan? Barack is doing everything he can, and it's still not enough for ya'll. Tavis Smiley is a hater and so is Cornell West, you guys are so unrealistic and Obama is the president of America not just Black America. What's a drone strike? Signature strike, what's that? Corporatism? Did you see his jumpshot?
The funniest thing about this is that you think it's an irrational proposition for people to ask specifically what you would like Obama to work on for black people. You're blindly ranting again and again and point out shyt that has nothing to do with black people, and from to time post shyt that is completely contrary to black america. You've seen time and again that most Americans don't give a shyt about drones overseas so why the hell would that enter a discussion about Obama and black people talking about that... That is two different discussions, but you keep trying to equate your general critiques of Obama with critiques all black people should make. That's all I have to say to on that my dude. But on a more general note, if someone asks what Obama is supposed to do, the simple answer is where are the jobs in the black community. More so than anything that is what he promised to poor people, jobs and job training and investment in education. Hold a politician up to his promises, not up to things he never promised. That's why hispanicss asked where the dream act was, that's why homosexuals asked where his recognition of gay marriage was, that's why women asked for wage equality bills, etc. It's like you all want black people to be the only people not to question someone running for office on what he actually promised you. I've never seen anything like it. That's why as much as I, and a large percentage of people on here think @Type Username Here is completely unrealstic 70% of the time, I can respect his critique because Obama straight up campagined on rolling back executive power, but then kept it and in some ways expanded it. I make it myself (not that my critiques are better than anyone else's).You have no stastical basis for saying Obama's biggest supporters are middle class black people. If you do, you have not provided it. I understand you're big on this new found research that you came across about middle class people being the least likely black people to vote, but you cannot just blindly insert that into conversations. I hate threads like these, everyone just comes in and spouts out talking points and their opinions, but no one is willing to actually sit down and go through every issue, issue by issue and look at the legislative and political record. The person who does that is either an Obama-hater or Obama apologist depending on how they present the record, either or. Never are they just somebody looking at the actual facts on the ground. Even worse, threads like these just devolve into a pro-Obama vs. anti-Obama convention with people agreeing and dapping each other up that don't even necessarily agree on the issues, just their oposition to a certain individual. It's a phenomenon and something I've never encountered anywhere outside of republican political rallies.
The OP is one of the most annoying Obama apologist on this site.
He is, and he is the stereotypical Obama supporter, but you're better than that. The same people you're dapping up and agreeing with have completely opposite political solutions than you do. I'm confused, as someone more moderate, you usually have completely different critiques than they would have. I'm trying to see where you agree.
I just wrote entirely too much, but the final point is that Obama is a political candidate and he made promises. So if you're critiquing him based on what he has or hasn't done for you and you voted for him, your critiques should start here: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/ checking his actual promises. Obviously, you can critique him even if you did or didn't vote for him because it doesn't mean you agreed with everything he stands for, but it just lacks potency when it's something that he never promised.
There you go @Serious, the only post I have the time to make on the subject. Oh, and no Obama is not a civil rights leader, but history will regard him as the result of the civil rights movement, to what extent it's too early to predict.
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They make up a large number of them but this bill also helps the 20% of non-latino immigrants in the country illegally as well. You can compare it to the fair sentencing act being that African Americans are targeted for unfair sentences more so than others but it can also be used to help other ethnicities who would have received unfair sentences as well. My point is there will never be a bill that directly effects only one ethnic community. And aren't you african? Some of them will benefit from the Dream Act.