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Obama Plan Aims to Improve Odds for Minority Boys
NBC Washington ^
| Thursday, February 27, 2014
| Josh Lederman
Posted on 02/27/2014 9:48:57 AM PST by Olog-hai
Long before he arrived at the White House, Barack Obama was the son of a single mother, challenged and tempted by the same societal ills that disproportionately keep African-Americans impoverished and behind bars. Now the nation’s first black president is unveiling a new initiative aimed at breaking down those obstacles, and pledging to continue the fight long after his presidency ends.
Joined at the White House by young men of color, Obama on Thursday was calling on America’s businesses, philanthropists and government leaders to join forces to put more boys on a path toward successful lives. Foundations were to announce pledges to spend at least $200 million over five years to promote that goal as Obama launches his “My Brother's Keeper” initiative. …
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TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: markofcain; minorityboys; mybrotherskeeper
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Anything but the traditional family.
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posted on
02/27/2014 9:48:57 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Traditional family? we don’t need no steeenkin’ traditional family...when we have the Collective.
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posted on
02/27/2014 9:50:37 AM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Olog-hai
the most disadvantaged kids in the country today are white teenage and 20 something men....no college for them...no grants...no free passes for crime....no nothing....
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posted on
02/27/2014 9:51:38 AM PST
by
cherry
To: Olog-hai
Barack Obama was the son of a single mother,Does that mean he now longer is?
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posted on
02/27/2014 9:53:16 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Olog-hai
“Minority Boys”??!?
Thas’ rassis’ right there, WaPo.
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posted on
02/27/2014 9:54:06 AM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
To: Olog-hai
Obama Plan Aims to Improve Odds for Minority Boys I thought that was what his gun confiscation plans were all about in the first place.
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posted on
02/27/2014 9:54:58 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
To: Olog-hai
In his mind the traditional family is Crips,Bloods,MS13....
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posted on
02/27/2014 9:55:26 AM PST
by
Vaduz
To: b4its2late
>> Does that mean he now longer is?
Yeah; since 2008 he’s gone from being the son of a single mother to being just your run-of-the-mill ruthless son of a
eh, nevermind.
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posted on
02/27/2014 9:56:11 AM PST
by
Nervous Tick
(Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
To: b4its2late
“Barack Obama was the son of a single mother,”
And raised by a muslim cross-dressing transvestite in indonesia of all places, so what’s the point?
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posted on
02/27/2014 9:57:10 AM PST
by
max americana
(fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
To: Olog-hai
Young men of color are failing faster now than before Obama. They see him and his cronies breaking the law and they figure it is no big deal. And Holder isn’t much prosecuting minorities. He wants them out of prison faster and voting.
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posted on
02/27/2014 9:58:51 AM PST
by
originalbuckeye
("A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue;)
To: Nervous Tick
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posted on
02/27/2014 10:04:47 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Olog-hai
Your freedom for the Children, and when those children grow up they'll have
none to appreciated either. Americans, Stop Being Stupid and electing these jerks.
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posted on
02/27/2014 10:05:03 AM PST
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: max americana
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posted on
02/27/2014 10:05:06 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: Olog-hai
prime candidates, for pResident 0'Muslim's
"male dating" site..(federally funded).
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posted on
02/27/2014 10:06:45 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: max americana
And raised by a muslim cross-dressing transvestite in indonesia of all places, so what’s the point?Family dinners must have been so ... interesting...
To: Olog-hai
What if your “brother” is now your “sister”?
Are you your brothers keeper or your sisters keeper?
More bullying tactics by the white house to “encourage” these organizations to waste their money.
Community organizing at it’s worst.
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posted on
02/27/2014 10:15:43 AM PST
by
FreedomGuru
(Time for torches and pitchforks.)
To: Olog-hai
Before I click to read the article, how big a barf bag will I need?
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posted on
02/27/2014 10:18:10 AM PST
by
defconw
(Well now what?)
To: Olog-hai
The liberal media is drooling over their “god”.
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posted on
02/27/2014 10:20:20 AM PST
by
VerySadAmerican
(".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
To: defconw
Before I click to read the article, how big a barf bag will I need? Big. Real big. Suitable for an elephant. A large elephant.
For example:
"Valerie Jarrett, a senior White House adviser, said Thursday marks the start of an effort that the president and first lady Michelle Obama plan to undertake "for the rest of their lives."
"That's a moral, social responsibility that they feel will transcend the time that he's president," Jarrett said."
To: Olog-hai
aka: It takes a village...
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posted on
02/27/2014 10:27:18 AM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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