Birnin Zana
Honorary Wakandan
A few things actually. Did you hear of my Brother's Keeper? Probably not. A bunch of idiots here make swallow statement when Obama's program is the best way to help black people. The best way for the black community to change is through mentorship. By getting them off the streets, making sure they finish high school and get in college, they will be success and in turn, they can mentor the next generation after them.
Read it. The first link you should read. It's a lot of detail and it highlights successes.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/images/MBK-2016-Progress-Report.pdf
My Brother's Keeper
Few things...
1. My Brother's Keeper is for "boys and young men of color." Not specifically black people. This includes latinos, native americans, asians etc.
2. In addition, My Brother's Keeper is also a non-profit now: My Brother's Keeper Alliance.
My Brother's Keeper Alliance
Unfortunately, it isn't policy. It will face the same disadvantages that most non-profits face when trying to achieve its mission, such as fundraising and its fate/direction being determined by the board of the non-profit, not necessarily Obama himself. This is especially so once he is no longer president.
Some Concerns about Obama’s New “My Brother’s Keeper” Nonprofit - Non Profit News For Nonprofit Organizations | Nonprofit Quarterly
From a nonprofit sector perspective, there are issues. As Bloomberg News and others have reported (and as many foundation people at the Council on Foundations annual meeting hinted prior to this week’s announcement), the My Brother’s Keeper initiative may be the philanthropic vehicle that President Obama will ride as he leaves the White House. It is sort of his social mission, comparable to the international humanitarian agenda of former President Clinton.
However, like the Clinton Foundation, there is some dimension of fundraising problems on the horizon: “The Obama administration will have no role in deciding how donations are screened and what criteria they will set at the alliance,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters while traveling on Air Force One on their way to New York City. In other words, while closely associated with the sitting president, the Alliance’s board will determine whether it will accept donations from foreign governments, corporate lobbyists, and others. Moreover, the board will determine the extent of disclosure beyond what is required for 501(c)(3) nonprofits the Alliance will pursue.
Given the serial problems uncovered by observers about the Clinton Foundation and its relations with foreign governments and private corporations, the hands-off approach of the administration to these basic issues in a nonprofit associated with the most powerful political leader in the world is a decision that the administration might regret down the road.
In short, exactly how impactful this is in the grand scheme of things remains to be seen. More importantly, its at best a band-aid, and not necessarily a big one either. As well-intentioned as Obama may have been with this move, black people needed policy from him as president, not a non-profit initiative.



Fact matters is he didn't even TRY... That's what irks me the most...