No disrespect to Obama (even tho I don't fw him like that no more, and I only semi- fw Michelle at this point), but his presidency* put our kids at risk and we don't have Secret Service.
*Not on purpose, ofc, but it's a commonly known fact of AA history that any gains are quickly followed by violent retribution. Again, not blaming them, just saying, fact. And we were left naked out here.
YallThat implies, does it not, that Obama didn't try to protect black Americans? What specifically would you have him done? Send the national guard to all the southern states for the entirety of his term? What exactly could he have done to ensure the 37 or so million negros in the US weren't victims of some sort of violence? How, politically, would he been able to justify seeking to protect on black people? I'm genuinely asking, but this seems a bit naive to me.
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Lose when you say the word "justify". Shows and Proves the point others are making.... People who Actual Do intend on making a Specific policy or action For a group- dont worry about justifing it. The fact that the action is needed is the justification.
And all the things Obama SHOULD have pushed for were needed.
We all can name a million things Bush obama and clinton did that was not popular with their base or the nation.Nonsense. Of course they do... It's why we have these things called 'campaigns' and 'debates'... politicians make arguments for why certain policies should be enacted and why you should vote for them. They attempt to justify their platform. What policy for a specific group are you thinking of which legislators make no attempt to justify to their constituents?
We all can name a million things Bush obama and clinton did that was not popular with their base or the nation.
Obama passing all this SPECIFIC gay legislation.... Cool, but most black families in Amerika cant say he did any thing Specifically for poor AAs who out number gays.
Trump doesnt all sorts of shyt and says things that he doesnt justify.
The only time i seen Bush "justify" or make excuses is when he didnt wanna do something - he'd blame the lawmakers or media.
WHO would have gotten upset in Obamas base had he made tax breaks and criminal justice laws specifically Targeted at AADOS??
You're right,So what? That wasn't my question.
Your original claim was that policy makers are writing/passing legislation without making any attempts to justify why. Are you deaf or just ignored every time Obama made a case for supporting civil unions and later gay marriage? Stop moving goal posts.
Not to mention, a lot of the things Obama supported were intended to help the poor -- and isn't it interesting that African Americans also happen to be disproportionally poorer than other racial groups? Increasing unemployment benefits, SNAP benefits, the ACA, job training programs, etc. He may not have ever directly said it was done specifically to help AA's, but do you think it's mere coincidence he wanted to focus on improving these programs? If black families can't say he did anything for them, that only shows their ignorance in how the "sausage gets made" in D.C.
Such as? I'd agree that Trump makes up untrue shyt all the time, but that's not the same as him putting forth or passing legislation to benefit a specific racial group without attempting to justify why.
TY! Dap + rep! I actually met former Mayor Dinkins once and we talked about it. He said he wasn't expecting the backlash to be so bad, but he had enough sense to expect it in the first place.Your last point is true. It happened in NY with Mayor Dinkins being the first Black Mayor and then racist ass Giuliani following him
Then it repeated in the presidency with Obama and Trump
Even Holder and then Sessions
TY! Dap + rep! I actually met former Mayor Dinkins once and we talked about it. He said he wasn't expecting the backlash to be so bad, but he had enough sense to expect it in the first place.
I know yall don't know me but I'm not throwing bombs just to throw them. That ain't me. I'm talking real shyt. Literally as soon as Obama got in, the Southern Poverty Law Center started reporting crazy numbers of new white supremacist recruits. Do we think they were meeting for tea? No, they were planning shyt and fomenting shyt and then whichever cops were down with them started implementing shyt. (If you wanna know who those cops were, look up the Oathkeepers.)
There's all this talk about moving smarter, being on code and shyt, but that's impossible when ppl refuse to look at history and plan ahead. Wtf yall on?![]()