Why Candidates Rarely Fight For Our Vote Nor Promise "Tangibles" - #ADOS Can Change That

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Obama had been on the record as opposing reparations. But now, late in his presidency, he seemed more open to the idea—in theory, at least, if not in practice.
My President Was Black

No, he was doing what was stated in the OP.

He was a coward and didn't want to lose his beloved supporters who as the study states do not want to see Black people or our interest being really addressed.

He could for the Jews and LGBTQ though.

Sadly, seeing what Trump has done -- and bold enough to do - has let me know that Barack was scared and not "CHANGE" - -he was symbolic -- and very happy to be just that.

Like I’ve said before, it’s not fair to compare the couple of billions allotted to victims of the holocaust to the TRILLIONS owed to black people. Obama spoke to the difference in my post.

Further, we should be happy that Obama wasn’t as pompous as Trump. I find it funny that people are mad that Obama wasn’t more Trump like when Trump hasn’t accomplished shyt but tax cuts and showing how ridiculous and dumb he and his supporters are.

 

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Two MUST READS:



Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations
PDF Download: Library Genesis


White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics

Download here: (epubs) Library Genesis: Feagin, Joe R - White party, white government : race, class, and U.S. politics

White Party, White Government examines the centuries-old impact of systemic racism on the U.S. political system. The text assesses the development by elite and other whites of a racialized capitalistic system, grounded early in slavery and land theft, and its intertwining with a distinctive political system whose fundamentals were laid down in the founding decades. From these years through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to the 1920s, the 1930s Roosevelt era, the 1960s Johnson era, through to the Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Barack Obama presidencies, Feagin exploring the effects of ongoing demographic changes on the present and future of the U.S. political system.

 

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Like I’ve said before, it’s not fair to compare the couple of billions allotted to victims of the holocaust to the TRILLIONS owed to black people. Obama spoke to the difference in my post.

Further, we should be happy that Obama wasn’t as pompous as Trump. I find it funny that people are mad that Obama wasn’t more Trump like when Trump hasn’t accomplished shyt but tax cuts and showing how ridiculous and dumb he and his supporters are.

It's not about amounts -- it's about it even being taken seriously -- and then completed.

Obama didn't question the Jewish reparations, he didn't throw up any "questions" whether it can - or how it could happen. He made it happen.

 

[Benefited]

Democrats won't make any real change and black comfortability levels will still be at all time highs of 96%.
Theres nothing the white man can say or do that will make AA's and foreign blacks look to move away out their comfort zone.
Instead you run to the white man and his ways like a moth to a flame smh.
Your plan should be to get out of here,warn other black nations of what you know about white supremacy,forcing out colonizers in places where black and brown people haven't been almost entirely assimilated unlike we have in the U.S.
But you would rather stay in the U.S in hopes for some blood money from the european,that like Obama already told you ain't coming:respect:

 

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What did Obama do for other interest groups? Implementing DACA, which is basically an initiative to not deport children who were brought over here by their parents and are now adults contributing to American society in meaningful ways? Giving gays the rights to marry, which everyone already has?

How is that light compared to what I posted and also this:

Progress of the African-American Community During the Obama Administration


Key Accomplishments

Labor Market, Income and Poverty

• The unemployment rate for African Americans peaked at 16.8 percent in March 2010, after experiencing a larger percentage-point increase from its pre-recession average to its peak than the overall unemployment rate did. Since then, the African-American unemployment rate has seen a larger percentage-point decline in the recovery, falling much faster than the overall unemployment rate over the last year.
  
  
• The real median income of black households increased by 4.1 percent between 2014 and 2015.
  
  
• The President enacted permanent expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, which together now provide about 2 million African-American working families with an average tax cut of about $1,000 each.
  
  
• A recent report from the Census Bureau shows the remarkable progress that American families have made as the recovery continues to strengthen. Real median household income grew 5.2 percent from 2014 to 2015, the fastest annual growth on record. Income grew for households across the income distribution, with the fastest growth among lower- and middle-income households. The number of people in poverty fell by 3.5 million, leading the poverty rate to fall from 14.8 percent to 13.5 percent, the largest one-year drop since 1968, with even larger improvements including for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and children.
  
  
• The poverty rate for African Americans fell faster in 2015 than in any year since 1999.While the poverty rate fell for across all racial and ethnic groups this year, it fell 2.1 percentage points (p.p.) for African Americans, resulting in 700,000 fewer African Americans in poverty.
  
  
• African American children also made large gains in 2015, with the poverty rate falling 4.2 percentage points and 400,000 fewer children in poverty.

Health

• Since the start of Affordable Care Act's first open enrollment period at the end of 2013, the uninsured rate among non-elderly African Americans has declined by more than half.Over that period, about 3 million uninsured nonelderly, African-American adults gained health coverage.
  
  
• Teen pregnancy among African-American women is at an historic low. The birth rate per 1,000 African-American teen females has fallen from 60.4 in 2008, before President Obama entered office, to 34.9 in 2014.
  
  
• Life expectancy at birth is the highest it’s ever been for African Americans. In 2014, life expectancy at birth was 72.5 years for African-American males and 78.4 for African-American females, the highest point in the historical series for both genders.

Education

• The high school graduation rate for African-American students is at its highest point in history. In the 2013-2014 academic year, 72.5 percent of African-American public high school students graduated within four years.
  
  
• Since the President took office, over one million more black and Hispanic students enrolled in college.
  
  
• Among African-Americans and Hispanic students 25 and older, high school completion is higher than ever before. Among African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian students 25 and older, Bachelor’s degree attainment is higher than ever before. As of 2015, 88 percent of the African-American population 25 and older had at least a high school degree and 23percent had at least a Bachelor’s degree.

Support for HBCUs

• The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is responsible for funding more than $4 billion for HBCUs each year.
  
  
• Pell Grant funding for HBCU students increased significantly between 2007 and 2014, growing from $523 million to $824 million.
  
  
• The President’s FY 2017 budget request proposes a new, $30 million competitive grant program, called the HBCU and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) Innovation for Completion Fund, designed to support innovative and evidence-based, student-centered strategies and interventions to increase the number of low-income students completing degree programs at HBCUs and MSIs.
  
  
• The First in the World (FITW) program provided unique opportunities for HBCUs to compete for grants focused on innovation to drive student success.
  
  
• In 2014, Hampton University received a grant award of $3.5 million.
  
  
• In FY 2015, three FITW awards were made to HBCUs, including Jackson State University ($2.9 million), Delaware State University ($2.6 million) and Spelman College ($2.7 million).
  
  
• While Congress did not fund the program in fiscal year 2016, the President’s 2017 budget request includes $100 million for the First in the World program, with up to $30 million set aside for HBCUs and MSIs.

Criminal Justice

• The incarceration rates for African-American men and women fell during each year of the Obama Administration and are at their lowest points in over two decades. The imprisonment rates for African-American men and women were at their lowest points since the early 1990s and late 1980s, respectively, of 2014, the latest year for which Bureau of Justice Statistics data are available.
  
  
• The number of juveniles in secure detention has been reduced dramatically over the last decade. The number of juveniles committed or detained, a disproportionate number of whom are African American, fell more than 30% between 2007 and 2013.
  
  
• The President has ordered the Justice Department to ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles held in federal custody. There are presently no more juveniles being held in restrictive housing federally.

My Brother’s Keeper

• President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper initiative on February 27, 2014 to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color and ensure that all young people can reach their full potential.
  
  
• Nearly 250 communities in all 50 states, 19 Tribal Nations, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico have accepted the President’s My Brother’s Keeper Community Challenge to dedicate resources and execute their own strategic plans to ensure all young people can reach their full potential.
  
  
• Inspired by the President’s call to action, philanthropic and other private organizations have committed to provide more than $600 million in grants and in-kind resources and $1 billion in low-interest financing to expand opportunity for young people – more than tripling the initial private sector investment since 2014.
  
  
• In May 2014, the MBK Task Force gave President Obama nearly 80 recommendations to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by young people, including boys and young men of color. Agencies have been working individually and collectively since to respond to recommendations with federal policy initiatives, grant programs, and guidance. Today, more than 80% of MBK Task Force Recommendations are complete or on track.

Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color

• In 2014, the Council on Women and Girls (CWG) launched a specific work stream called “Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color” to ensure that policies and programs across the federal government appropriately take into account the unique obstacles that women and girls of color can face. In fall 2015, CWG released a report that identified five data-driven issue areas where interventions can promote opportunities for success at school, work, and in the community.
  
  
• This work has also inspired independent commitments to advance equity, including a $100 million, 5-year-funding initiative by Prosperity Together—a coalition of women’s foundations—to improve economic prosperity for low-income women and women and girls of color and a $75 million funding commitment by the Collaborative to Advance Equity through Research—an affiliation of American colleges, universities, research organizations, publishers and public interest institutions led by Wake Forest University—to support existing and new research efforts about women and girls of color.
  
  
• At the United State of Women Summit in June 2016, eight organizations launched “Young Women’s Initiatives,” place-based, data-driven programs that will focus in on the local needs of young women of color. Those organizations include the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, the Women’s Foundation of California, the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis, the Washington Area Women’s Foundation, the Dallas Women’s Foundation, the Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham, the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, and the New York Women’s Foundation.

Small Business

• There are 8 million minority-owned firms in the U.S.—a 38% increase since 2007.
  
  
• In early 2015, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched the MBK Millennial Entrepreneurs Initiative, which seeks to address the challenges faced by underserved millennials, including boys and young men of color, through self-employment and entrepreneurship. A major component of this effort included the six-part video series, titled “Biz My Way,” which encourages millennials to follow their passion in business.
  
  
• In fiscal year 2015, underserved markets received 32,563 loans totaling $13 billion, compared with 25,799 loans and $10.47 billion in fiscal year 2014, an increase of 26 percent in number of loans and 24 percent in dollar amount.
  
  
• Last year, the SBA issued a new rule that makes most individuals currently on probation or parole eligible for a SBA microloan—a loan of up to $50,000 that helps small businesses start up. And in August 2016, SBA together with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Justine Petersen, launched the Aspire Entrepreneurship Initiative, a $2.1 Million pilot initiative to provide entrepreneurship education and microloans to returning citizens in Detroit, Chicago, Louisville and St. Louis.

Civil Rights Division

• The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division continued to enforce federal law.Over the last eight years, the Division has vigorously protected the civil rights of individuals in housing, lending, employment, voting, education, and disability rights and through hate crimes and law enforcement misconduct prosecutions and law enforcement pattern and practice cases.

African-American Judicial Appointees

• President Obama has made 62 lifetime appointments of African Americans to serve on the federal bench.
  
  
• This includes 9 African-American circuit court judges.
  
  
• It also includes the appointment of 53 African American district court judges—including 26 African-American women appointed to the federal court, which is more African-American women appointed by any President in history.
  
  
• In total, 19% of the President’s confirmed judges have been African American, compared to 16% under President Bill Clinton and 7% under President George W. Bush.
  
  
• Five states now have their first African-American circuit judge; 10 states now have their first African-American female lifetime-appointed federal judge; and 3 districts now have their first African-American district judge.
  
  
• Also, the President appointed the first Haitian-American lifetime-appointed federal judge, the first Afro-Caribbean-born district judge, the first African-American female circuit judge in the Sixth Circuit, and the first African-American circuit judge on the First Circuit (who was also the first African-American female lifetime-appointed federal judge to serve anywhere in the First Circuit).
  
  
• The President is committed to continuing to ensure diversity on the federal bench. This year, the President nominated Myra Selby of Indiana to the Seventh Circuit, Abdul Kallon of Alabama to the Eleventh Circuit, and Rebecca Haywood of Pennsylvania to the Third Circuit. If confirmed, each of these would be a judicial first—Myra Selby would be the first African-American circuit judge from Indiana, Abdul Kallon would be the first African-American circuit judge from Alabama, and Rebecca Haywood would be the first African-American woman on the Third Circuit.In addition, two of the President’s district court nominees—Stephanie Finely and Patricia Timmons-Goodson—would be the first African-American lifetime-appointed federal judges in each of their respective districts, if confirmed.

Obama fukked up a lot of black people.

The Mortgage crisis -- remember that.

I knew so many people who got messed up by that interest only loans that targeted Black America.

New Report Looks at How Obama’s Housing Policies Destroyed Black Wealth

https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Foreclosed.pdf

And more debt due to those high ass Obama care deductibles and monthly payments.

 

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Democrats won't make any real change and black comfortability levels will still be at all time highs of 96%.
Theres nothing the white man can say or do that will make AA's and foreign blacks look to move away out their comfort zone.
Instead you run to the white man and his ways like a moth to a flame smh.
Your plan should be to get out of here,warn other black nations of what you know about white supremacy,forcing out colonizers in places where black and brown people haven't been almost entirely assimilated unlike we have in the U.S.
But you would rather stay in the U.S in hopes for some blood money from the european,that like Obama already told you ain't coming

I don't agree.

We don't run to the White men. We also are not in a comfort zone -- most of us are in so much mess -- we have given up. So, this is the TIME for change -- that is why the ADOS movement is really making noise. OFFLINE and online.

I am not getting out of here - I am staying. This is my home -- and this is where my family owns land, fought in every war, were enslaved, and are buried -- as well where many structures that were built and preserved with love and care.

How about you fight? -- do something -- letters, speaking out, volunteering, or just educating yourself and others. Put out positivity -- and do not let others pull you into the "you can't - "we can't" talk.

 

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Obama fukked up a lot of black people.

The Mortgage crisis -- remember that.

I knew so many people who got messed up by that interest only loans that targeted Black America.

New Report Looks at How Obama’s Housing Policies Destroyed Black Wealth

https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Foreclosed.pdf

And more debt due to those high ass Obama care deductibles and monthly payments.

The mortgage crisis was started by policies created far before Obama.

Obamacare slowed the rate of growth of the price of health insurance, so attributing that to him is also not a fair assessment.

 

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Where this DOS stuff come from
AA seemed just fine to me

Black American or AA was fine to me -- but the issue is Black immigrants/ or 1st/2nd/+ gen -- are calling themselves "African-Americans" -- basically anyone who has Black skin is an African-American.

And we have to have our own ethnic name. It explains our lineage -- not our skincolor/race.

 

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The mortgage crisis was started by policies created far before Obama.

Obamacare slowed the rate of growth of the price of health insurance, so attributing that to him is also not a fair assessment.

Well, he made it worse -- and didn't stop it. Read the report -- and stop trying to take up for him. He knew we were being targeted -- and allowed it to happen. We lost Black wealth. We lost a lot.

 

[HarlemHottie]

Jesus, @Dj-method-x, at least spoiler all that shyt. You clogging up the flow.

 

[I Really Mean It]

Democrats won't make any real change and black comfortability levels will still be at all time highs of 96%.
Theres nothing the white man can say or do that will make AA's and foreign blacks look to move away out their comfort zone.
Instead you run to the white man and his ways like a moth to a flame smh.
Your plan should be to get out of here,warn other black nations of what you know about white supremacy,forcing out colonizers in places where black and brown people haven't been almost entirely assimilated unlike we have in the U.S.
But you would rather stay in the U.S in hopes for some blood money from the european,that like Obama already told you ain't coming

Black people in America haven't been assimilated. At least, AADOS - the group comprising the majority of black America - haven't. That's why they're accelerating their agenda to assimilate us and subsume black culture within white society.

 

[HarlemHottie]

Your plan should be to get out of here,warn other black nations of what you know about white supremacy

They ain't trynna hear that shyt. They trynna get over here and secure the bag, they dgaf about fighting white supremacy. They trynna get down with the winning team (on our backs).

 

[dj-method-x]

Well, he made it worse -- and didn't stop it. Read the report -- and stop trying to take up for him. He knew we were being targeted -- and allowed it to happen. We lost Black wealth. We lost a lot.

My stance on Obama is not that he was perfect, it's that he did what he could mostly and the assertion that he did nothing is false.

 

[Benefited]

I don't agree.

We don't run to the White men. We also are not in a comfort zone -- most of us are in so much mess -- we have given up. So, this is the TIME for change -- that is why the ADOS movement is really making noise. OFFLINE and online.

I am not getting out of here - I am staying. This is my home -- and this is where my family owns land, fought in every war, were enslaved, and are buried -- as well where many structures that were built and preserved with love and care.

How about you fight? -- do something -- letters, speaking out, volunteering, or just educating yourself and others. Put out positivity -- and do not let others pull you into the "you can't - "we can't" talk.

You can be comfortable in your uncomfortability if thats all you know. Your ancestors have built great things,fought wars,created sciences and understanding on every continent on earth. You don't cling to those contributions they've made in other places or see those as your home too. Why? Because you see America as more advanced than everyone else,Why? because the white man told you it was,and because you have been assimilated and europeanized and suffer from Stockholme syndrome. I'm not saying we "we can't",but there should be black people willing to tell you that you shouldn't.
Im not sure.Not sure what history you see that shows you can coexist with the white man and attempt to compete and play his game,that will lead to black prosperity.
"AADOS" aren't ready for real change,just seeking to be a little less uncomfortable:respect:

 

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You can be comfortable in your uncomfortability if thats all you know. Your ancestors have built great things,fought wars,created sciences and understanding on every continent on earth. You don't cling to those contributions they've made in other places or see those as your home too. Why? Because you see America as more advanced than everyone else,Because you have been assimilated and europeanized and suffer from Stockholme syndrome. I'm not saying we "we can't",but there should be black people willing to tell you that you shouldn't.
Im not sure.Not sure what history you see that shows you can coexist with the white man and attempt to compete and play his game,that will lead to black prosperity.
"AADOS" aren't ready for real change,just seeking to be a little less uncomfortable

thx.