NAACP President Says Black People Are Worse Under President Obama
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous is known for making headlines, and he’s at it again. In an interview with David Gregory on Meet The Press, Jealous said that African Americans are doing worse under President Obama than under President Bush.
“When you look at joblessness in this country, the country’s back to pretty much where it was when this president started,” he said. “White people in this country are doing a bit better. Black people are doing far worse.”
Now that election season is over, it’s clear that the honeymoon between the Obama administration and the NAACP is over. Jealous referred that the latest Department of Labor statics, which reveal that the black jobless rate was up from 12.9 percent to 14 percent in December. And back when President Obama first took office, unemployment rate in the U.S. was below 8 percent, but among Blacks it was 12.7 percent.
Jealous also blamed Congress for being uncooperative in President Obama’s efforts to benefit struggling communities.
“With this president having said to us we need to invest in strategies to lift all boats, now that some boats are clearly more stuck, the question is will Congress join him in getting those boats unstuck, too,” he said.
Other vocal critics of President Obama include Rev. Al Sharpton, Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West, who have all spoke publicly about what they feel is a lack of concern for African-American issues. Sharpton has teamed up with the National Urban League to push the POTUS to create an urban jobs plan.
In response to the criticism that he’s not tackling enough Black issues, President Obama told Black Enterprise magazine in August, “I’m not the president of Black America. I’m the president of the United States of America.”
no, i don’t believe obama has done anything to help blacks people,we are
the only people that are not getting anything for our votes.he has sold
out detroit to the highest bidder. the older i get i know everything is
always a sellout for money.the other people that can’t be bought get killed. we have no leaders with morale values or a conscious for the
people who elect them.our votes don’t mean a thing its just a formality.i guess if white men can do this why not a black man.now, he is trying to find another deep pocket to get into socialsecurity .just looking for money to take from the poor he doesn’t care about anything other than getting money from blacks and poor or the working class.the rich has bought him out.i’m really glad he’s not really blacks he’s biracial thats white and african not of 2 black parents. he’s talking
about making rich companies pay their taxes ha that’s a joke all these
companies like henry ford hosp,att,any large company to bring a business
to detroit don’t pay any property taxes to have their businesses here
and then charge us for the merchandise they sell to us.looks like we
should be owner of the business the us people have always been used
thats why alien come here and sell their wares because they don’t pay
taxes but irs would be on the citizens if we try anything.we have been
used just look at the documentary from uncut all big business don,t pay
taxes at all.just keep us paying it.its not personal its business just
politics as usual. politians wait till nite to give themselves a raise
they don’t pay for gas,they get free cars,salary,all kinds of perks and
don’t work 40 hours weekly,expense acct.no,obama is blowing smoke up our
behinds and not giving anything back to blacks. not because us has always been a prejidice country and the black leaders are to afraid to
make a stand. we get nothing for the votes.just leader gets paid.
Uhhhhhh no. BLACKS should do more to help the unemployment rate in the black community. Things like education and effort. I don’t know any blacks who havent had a bit of success in their life if they simplyTRIED instead of feeling entitled.