http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/blackpresident/ en-us Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:43:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014055/posts the last half-decade has proved far worse for black and Hispanic families than for white families when it comes to wealth — as measured by assets, like cash savings, homes and retirement accounts, minus debts, like mortgages and credit card balances — white families have far outpaced black and Hispanic ones. Before the recession, non-Hispanic white families, on average, were about four times as wealthy as nonwhite families, according to the Urban Institute’s analysis of Federal Reserve data. By 2010, whites were about six times as wealthy. The dollar value of that gap has grown, as well. By the most... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3014055/posts#comment Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:43:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006133/posts PITTSBURGH – Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Tuesday he is heartbroken over the persistent poverty and social troubles among many black communities but has no answers on how to solve these problems. Thomas spoke to an appreciative audience at Duquesne Law School in Pittsburgh. The crowd of about 1,200 people responded with both applause and laughter as he discussed politics, the makeup of the Supreme Court, race, and his own struggles to find his path in life. Thomas said he doesn’t bear any ill-will toward other people who hold views sharply different from his. “If I was going to... AP via Washington Observer-Reporter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3006133/posts#comment Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:07:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2998289/posts Famed surgeon and Obama critic Ben Carson fires up the Republican base gathered at CPAC.While Sarah Palin and her Big Gulp stunt generated the most laughs at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, the event made clear that she is no longer the GOP's rising star. Only five short years after she burst onto the national scene, Palin was overshadowed by those perceived as representing the GOP's best hope at reclaiming the White House. Among them was Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. But there was another rising star who emerged at this year's gathering. Only he's not a politician -- yet:... The Root http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2998289/posts#comment Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:52:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2991515/posts National Black Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Harry C. Alford told The Daily Caller that he ”ignored” President Obama’s “spread the wealth” comment in 2008 and “had hopes” for him “because he was black.” “I don’t really support him too well and he knows it and that’s a badge of honor. He’s bad. He’s bad and I supported him. I voted for him the first time around. I had hopes because he was black. Shame on me,” Alford told TheDC at the National Press Club after an anti-gun control news conference. “Then when he started doing all these executive... http://dailycaller.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2991515/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:44:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2989419/posts An increasing number of blacks appear to finally be getting angry with Obama. It’s just too bad it took four years and voting for Obama a second time for blacks to realize the president doesn’t care about their interests. Immigration and the president’s determination to get legislation passed granting amnesty to an estimated 11-20 million illegal aliens seems to be the straw that broke black liberals’ backs. Recently some Black Americans have been calling into black talk radio shows like “Keeping it Real with Al Sharpton, complaining immigration is not an important issue to them. This is despite Al Sharpton’s... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2989419/posts#comment Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:36:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987347/posts Can Whitey Bulger blame his own raging case of Obama Derangement Syndrome rather than a tabby cat for his 2011 capture? ThatÂ’s the suggestion in a bombshell new biography, “Whitey: The Life of AmericaÂ’s Most Notorious Mob Boss,” by veteran Boston reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard OÂ’Neill. When Whitey and moll Catherine Greig had been living in Santa Monica, Calif., as “Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gasko,” Greig became close to Icelandic model Anna Bjornsdottir, bonding over the care of a stray cat. Whitey often joined them outside their apartment building. But, Lehr and OÂ’Neill write, Bjornsdottir and Whitey never spoke... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987347/posts#comment Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:38:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984869/posts On the first day of Black history month, policy experts analyzed the current economic state of Black Americans during a summit at Howard University. One featured participant said President Obama, “does not deserve a pass anymore” regarding confronting Black issues head on and asked that the President “summon his courage” and “find his voice” on economic inequality in America. **SNIP** There has been discussion on what some refer to as a “cone of silence” over the Obama presidency regarding issues dealing with race and racial disparities in America. The Washington Monthly magazine featured Obama and race on their front cover... Politic365 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984869/posts#comment Sun, 3 Feb 2013 15:31:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984861/posts Dear Mr. Obama, This week Hadiya Pendleton was shot and murdered in Chicago just days after performing with high school marching band at your second inauguration. She was a majorette in addition to playing volleyball and being an honor student at King College Prep High School. My plea to you is you attend her funeral. My plea is that after the funeral you address the entire nation in prime time and discuss an epidemic that's eroding our nation and destroying millions of dreams. That is the real epidemic of violence in black communities There is no better example than your... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984861/posts#comment Sun, 3 Feb 2013 15:02:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983895/posts 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.... Clutch Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983895/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:14:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983258/posts NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous said Sunday, perhaps unwittingly, that black Americans “are doing far worse” than when President Obama first took office. “The country’s back to pretty much where it was when this president started,” Mr. Jealous told MSNBC host David Gregory on “Meet the Press.” “White people in this country are doing a bit better. Black people are doing far worse.” washington times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2983258/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:30:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2980219/posts President Barack Obama plans to use a Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he takes his oath of office on the holiday honoring the slain icon, marking what some say is an inextricable tie between the nation’s first black president and the civil rights movement. It’s only the second time Inauguration Day has coincided with the King holiday. Some say it’s only fitting the celebrations are intertwined. “It’s almost like fate and history coming together,” said U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who worked alongside King in the fight for civil rights during the 1950s and ‘60s... Washington Post/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2980219/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jan 2013 03:06:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2972912/posts Exclusive: Jesse Lee Peterson declares, 'It's time for whites to speak out' White Americans are under assault, and with the re-election of President Barack Obama, black racism is on the rise! There’s no better example of black racism than when actor Jamie Foxx hosted “Saturday Night Live” and joked about his new film, “Django Unchained”: “I get free. I save my wife and I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that?” He went on to say, “My president, President Obama, is back up in the White House for four more years. How black is that?”... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2972912/posts#comment Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:48:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2959055/posts (I apologize if this has already been posted. I can't get the search function to work.) During an interview last week with Democracy Now, author and activist Cornel West offered harsh criticism of President Barack Obama, calling him a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface” and not someone who is actually looking out for the best interests of the impoverished. The prominent social critic also lashed out at black MSNBC personalities, accusing them of “selling their souls” in support of a president who has been anything but progressive. “I think that it’s morally obscene and spiritually profane to spend $6 billion on... Mediate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2959055/posts#comment Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:02:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2958969/posts Despite some commentators’ giddy excitement about President Barack Obama’s reelection, Tavis Smiley and Cornel West took a different stand, calling out the president for some of the shortcomings of his administration and his reelection campaign on the issue of poverty. Of course, Smiley and West have their own critics, in part due to West’s occasional propensity to use highly charged language, such as his 2010 contention that Obama’s policies led to racist effects. Speaking on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! show, Smiley and West tore into the president. Calling Obama “a Rockefeller Republican in blackface,” West charged “that it’s morally obscene... Non Profit Quarterly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2958969/posts#comment Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:52:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2958474/posts The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Saturday said that President Obama’s reelection was “a great victory,” but that it would be incomplete with a reconstruction of urban America and an investment in the communities where the blacks who voted overwhelmingly for the president live. “We’re happy and full of pride,” in the president’s reelection, Jackson told the crowd at the Saturday morning forum at Rainbow/PUSH headquarters, 930 E. 50th St., “but our houses remain raggedy … our schools remain closed.” Despite attempts at voter suppression in states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida, Jackson said, blacks turned out en masse to... WBBM-AM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2958474/posts#comment Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:36:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2957480/posts The following is making rounds on Facebook and other social media outlets. While I have my own responses to much of its content, i would like to know the responses you would give. --------------- REPOST: A white man asked his black friend Are you going to vote for BARACK OBAMA just because he's black? The black man responded by saying "why not?" In this country men are pulled over by police because they are BLACK, passed over promotion just because they are BLACK; considered to be criminals just because they are BLACK; Thousands of white voters are not voting for... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2957480/posts#comment Fri, 9 Nov 2012 14:03:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2956972/posts Brandon, a 9-year-old black kid, attended a campaign rally hosted by Michelle Obama. A cameraman interviewed Brandon, who was there with his dad. "Why does (Obama) need to win?" he was asked. "Because if Mitt Romney wins," he replied, "we'll be going back to the crop fields. We'll be picking crops." Off-screen, his father could be heard laughing. From whom does a 9-year-old hear that Obama's opponent is a racist who, to quote the Democratic National Committee chairwoman, wants "to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws"? Brandon's father might alert his son to a recent... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2956972/posts#comment Thu, 8 Nov 2012 14:16:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2953656/posts Former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder, America's first elected black governor, has his own reservations about America's first black president, Barack Obama. Wilder, an emphatic Obama supporter in 2008, said his fellow Democrat should have focused more on creating jobs during his first term and faulted the president for failing to keep his campaign promise to bridge the partisan gap in Washington. "I think he's governed left of center and didn't focus on jobs and economic recovery," Wilder told The Washington Examiner. But will Wilder still vote for Obama on Tuesday in a battleground state Obama is desperate to win again?... The Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2953656/posts#comment Fri, 2 Nov 2012 10:14:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2952234/posts After his meteoric ascent to the top of the American political arena in the country’s history, we are now in the midst of witnessing one of the most stunning collapses of any man ever to hold the office of President of the United States. Over the past few weeks we have begun to see the ultimate unraveling of support for the president, with women and youth fleeing from his side. But what is even more surprising and perhaps unimaginable to the president and his faithful media cult is that he is now also losing members of his normally deemed “untouchable”... Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2952234/posts#comment Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:10:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2951706/posts Now, Powell wants us to believe that despite endorsing Obama twice, he is still a “moderate Republican”. Given the fact that even moderate Democrats have bailed on Obama; a former highly touted Obama cheerleader, former Rep. Artur Davis, has abandoned him; the mainstream media, once highly protective of their beloved one, have begun to turn on him; and the fact that the black community has fared even worse than others in this atrocious Obama economy, one would think that any rational person would realize that Obama must go. I will say right now exactly what I said in 2008... THE TEA PARTY NEWS NETWORK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2951706/posts#comment Mon, 29 Oct 2012 03:26:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2951400/posts WHEN African-Americans go to the polls next week, they are likely to support Barack Obama at a level approaching the 95 percent share of the black vote he received in 2008. As well they should, given the symbolic exceptionalism of his presidency and the modern Republican Party’s utter disregard for economic justice, civil rights and the social safety net. But for those who had seen in President Obama’s election the culmination of four centuries of black hopes and aspirations and the realization of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a “beloved community,” the last four years must... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2951400/posts#comment Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:13:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2951033/posts RICHMOND, Va. — Four years ago, there were doubts, then hope, then worry, work and elation. Today, as African American voters look at electing the first black president to a second term, there is support tinged with disappointment and defensiveness. There are worries about President Obama's support for gay marriage, worries about the economy and worries about life under a Mitt Romney administration. There are fewer thoughts about making historic strides and quieter worries about history slipping away. Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2951033/posts#comment Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:38:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2944547/posts <p>Surviving slavery, segregation and discrimination has forged a special pride in African-Americans. Now some are saying this hard-earned pride has become prejudice in the form of blind loyalty to President Barack Obama.</p> <p>Are black people supporting Obama mainly because he's black? If race is just one factor in blacks' support of Obama, does that make them racist? Can blacks' support for Obama be compared with white voters who may favor his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, because he's white?</p> The Indian Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2944547/posts#comment Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:28:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2942973/posts RALEIGH, N.C. — Dexter Hady, a black landscaper here, is exactly the kind of Obama supporter who could have slipped through the cracks this year. He recently moved and, not being as excited about the coming election as he was about the 2008 campaign, neglected to update his voter registration. By chance, a volunteer for the Obama campaign stopped Mr. Hady outside of the Wake County Courthouse here recently and asked him if he was prepared to vote. Mr. Hady said no, and went on to explain: “I can say I was definitely more excited to vote for Obama last... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2942973/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:23:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2942830/posts Remember that time Rep. Paul Ryan called Dionne Davenport to chat? Stacey Dash breaks the news to Alicia Silverstone that it’s Paul Ryan on the line.Stacey Dash, the actress best-known for playing Dionne in “Clueless,” announced her support for Mitt Romney in this utterly innocuous tweet last week. After that, her replies predictably and sadly erupted in abuse, with accusations that the black actress was betraying her race, was a “house negro,” “oreo,” and worse. You know, because tolerance. Dash, who most recently starred in the VH1 drama “Single Ladies,” said she was “shocked and saddened” by the response in... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2942830/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:46:20 GMT