President Barack Obama took time out of his busy schedule to read the Polar Express to children at the Boys and Girls Club of Washington on Monday (Dec. 21).
In an interview with April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks on Monday, the President responded to black critics who say he hasn’t done much for Black America:
“The only thing I cannot do is, by law, I cannot pass laws that say ‘I’m just helping black folks.’ I’m the president of the entire United States. What I can do is make sure that I am passing laws that help all people, particularly those who are most vulnerable and most in need. That in turn is going to help lift up the African-American community.”
The President said on Tuesday that his annual Hawaiian vacation will not begin this year until the Senate passes the health care bill:
“I will not leave until my friends in the Senate have completed their work. My attitude is that if they’re making these sacrifices to provide health care to all Americans then the least I can do is be around to provide them any encouragement and last-minute help where necessary. That’s the deal.”
Obama doesn’t care about black people. This puppet answers to Wall st
Finally black folks are waking up!!!!
Tell ‘em Mr. Prez.
#1, he actually criticized wall St. Let’s see how much McCain would’ve cared about black folks.
…Or anyone outside of his family tree or socioeconomic demographic.
What exactly is Obama suppose to be doing especially for Black folks?
Thank you for posting this because most people do not understand how hard it is to revive our economy out of this bullshit!
Of course everyone is going to come down hard on him because he is the first black president!
No one ever really agrees with the decisions that President’s makes. Think about it!
Black people are so ignorant.
He is right. He is the president of all people not just blacks. Some black people are straight niggas sometimes to me. First black president and we wanna make him look bad to our own. Its bad enough that white people have so much to say. It seems to me that alot of blacks just want things handed down to them or to make things easier. How will that help us as a people? Black folks we are strong, we dont need no help from nobody, think about it. I bet you mexican people wouldnt do their first mexican american president like that. Just blacks. Just sayin…
@ 7 .. I couldnt agree with you more.. (some)
These black critics need to shut up and find a real issue. Are they serious or just smoking crack and then coming up with this crap? The economic stimulus isn’t helping black people? The health care bill help black people? The work that Obama has done to help homeowners isn’t helping black people? As a black person, I’m disappointed, disgusted and offended. It’s really sad! There is so much black-on-black crimes and other serious issues in the black community that these so-called “leaders” can tackle and they sit idly by and attack a black president because he’s not doing things to help only 14% of the country. Come on Son! Arghhh! Yes, I’m that disgusted with these dudes.
@7 I was just going to say that! We are so ready to tear anyone down..it’s ridiculous and sad..
for once, i feel like the people before me might have said everything i need to say.
lookin’ at you, numbers 5 and 8. [i'd have worded it differently, but gotten to the same destination ultimately.]
You guys cant be serious about this non-sense Obama doesn’t care about black folks?? Get your asses educated!!!! We need to help ourselves, Obama has shown us what can be achieved, it’s time we stop expecting so much out of one man!! GTFOH
All I could think of is what Michael Jackson said at the end of “This Is It”. We always want someone to do something for us or help us. Why do we turn that mirror on ourselves and do it ourself, while these people are complaining about when he “should” be doing, what are we doing ourselves. If we want change, we need to make that 1st step..each person individually doing their part. Until that happens, change is not going to come. Black people are good at pointing the finger, but will be the last person to step up and make a difference. Come on!!! We gotta do better than this! we the golden opportunity of a LIFETIME right now having a black president, and we still got negative nancy’s complaining about what he is not doing! Go kill yo self! sheesh!
GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! THE IGNORANCE IS KILLING ME!!!!!
These lazy ass folks should not DROP OUT SCHOOL, get a JOB, stay OUT of JAIL, RAISE THEIR CHILD instead of waiting 4 assistance n BLAMING ON the President but I’m just saying….
“…I cannot pass laws that say ‘I’m just helping black folks.’ I’m the president of the entire United States…”
Well said.
Color me surprised because I didn’t know I was supposed to be expecting The President of the United States to do something for me, in particular, because I’m black lol.
Honestly, I don’t even know what he’s supposed to do for me to improve my world as I put the bulk of that responsibility on my shoulders because I consider myself a capable human being. And yes, I see a lot of problems within the black community, but I also put the bulk of the responsibility on changing that on Black America. The change must start at home and in the communities, no one else can do it.
P.S.
I expected Obama to get a lot of shit, but some black critics blaming him for not making their world better because they are black is some mighty fine bullshit lol.
I’m not even Obama’s biggest fan, more impartial towards him as I am to all politicians, but even I see the hypocrisy in this. Shame on those critics because they are only adding to the problems.
#7 – Black people are so ignorant.
Ain’t that the truth.
Now now, I wouldn’t call black people ignorant, especially when there are black people posting in this thread basically stating that those black critics complaining are ridiculous. It’s certain people, and there are always going to be those certain people that do and say stupid shit, but they don’t have to be a representation of the entire people. Be specific is all I’m saying lol.
Some black people….not all black people just like any other race/ethnicity has their fair share of IGNANT ass people!
@ #20- Amen girl.
The black people, like myself, who criticize Obama and believe
Obama Is a puppet are not only more educated than his
groupies, but probably more familiar with the work of
community organizing and eager to do the work that
will benefit black folks and all people than Obama on any
day. People, addressing inequities due to race is not
asking Obama to give black people a favor. It’s addressing
an area of politics no one gas ever gone. There is a reason
the recession is hurting blacks harder and it’s not
because we are lazier or less educated. We are disproportinately
laid off/fired and jailed. Our schools and neighborhood
are still inferior.
I ask you all who are black and believe critical inquiry is
“hating” to develop your minds and step outside of
the matrix. Stop smoking the ish they sell you.
The black people, like myself, who criticize Obama and believe
Obama Is a puppet are not only more educated than his
groupies, but probably more familiar with the work of
community organizing and eager to do the work that
will benefit black folks and all people than Obama on any
day. People, addressing inequities due to race is not
asking Obama to give black people a favor. It’s addressing
an area of politics no one gas ever gone. There is a reason
the recession is hurting blacks harder and it’s not
because we are lazier or less educated. We are disproportinately
laid off/fired and jailed. Our schools and neighborhood
are still inferior.
I ask you all who are black and believe critical inquiry is
“hating” to develop your minds and step outside of
the matrix. Stop smoking the ish they sell you.
I know that’s right Obama.
@24 I hear ya, but it’s gonna take more than a Black President to change the points you mentioned. That seems to be more on a racism level, no?
Black folk need to stop with that. That’s why brother/sisters dont have jobs now because they were bullied into hooking black folk up with special stuff from that guilt trip and that “you better help me or you aint right” crap. What is black folk doing to help themselves?!!!!!!!!! Instead of sitting around complaining.
These are the same left-wing Liberals whose failed policies for the last 50 years has done nothing but waste money and time telling black folks that the government will take care of you for the rest of your lives. These idiots have a vested interest in keeping large populations of black folks poor and ignorant and irresponsible to keep them dependent on them. They don’t speak for a growing number of intelligent black people who are waking up to that awful 10% of black people telling all the rest of us how we should think. there time is ovah!.
@23. I’m sorry but: There is a reason
the recession is hurting blacks harder and it’s not
because we are lazier or less educated. We are disproportinately
laid off/fired and jailed. Our schools and neighborhood
are still inferior.I ask you all who are black and believe critical inquiry is
“hating” to develop your minds and step outside of
the matrix. Stop smoking the ish they sell you.
Our schools get tore up because we simply tear it up. I lived in a brand new subdivision, and saw it go down to what looks like a ghetto in 2 to 3yrs. Being poor is no excuse because all poor people dont tear up and trash stuff and degrade property. Bet you can have a brand new school with new computers and fresh sod and in a matter or days, all the computers will be stolen and the sod wont be cut, and the lockers jacked up. Dont get mad at me, its true no matter how much you get offended. We in jail because alot folk really be stealing, raping, and murdering. Alot of that stuff aint made up. Boys walking around all hours of the night doing nothing but stealing and vandalizing all night long and skipping school during the day to break in your house while you go to work. This stuff aint all racism, its the dont want to do crapism.
SMH @ black folks sitting around looking for a damn handout and a hookup. How about hooking your ass up with a JOB….and a legal one at that! Ain’t nothing but a bunch of lazy ass bums who want the gov’ment to give them a food stamp card and about $200 a month and they satisfied. Damn shame.
@ 7 Julieisadime . That was a ignorant statement you made in itself .As crazy as it may sound to you ,all black people are not ignorant ( I guess you are ignorant as well , you look like a negro to me ). Intelligent “black” people do exsist . I guess you are not one of them .
What exactly do they want from him? Reparations? How about working hard for what you have instead of dwelling on shit? Did they think he was going to just start handing out shit to us because he is half black? When blacks stop thinking that they have to be so damn superior and consider themselves a human being in America then maybe we can get somewhere? I think so, I was raised to work as hard as possible, and when ppl are trying to put you down, you fight harder, prove yourself to be worthy of their respect. At the end of the day education, culture, and respect for yourself talks and bullshit walks.
So i guess him putting a black attorney general who can possible change all the bullshit within the justice system doesn’t mean anything. Putting a black surgeon general, when we have some of the highest rates of obesity, heart disease, blood pressure and diabetes. There was a time when Blacks ruled, just like every other race. Its History, in the past every culture has had been enslaved, and leave it to blacks to still dwell of things that they probably never experienced. You think you have endured serious racism? I think not, if your ass never seen a lynched body, been sprayed by some hoses, or drank out of colored water fountain then why are you crying wolf? Get that out of your heads, because America doesn’t own us anything. We are finally equal under the eyes of the law, and you have to work hard to get everything in this country, just like anywhere else.
Black people have to want better for themselves before anybody can give it to them. I live in Washington, and the mayor here, the douche that he is still believed that every part of DC should be nice, and he started moving the heathens out into MD, but the ones that were able to stay they tare things up as soon as they are put up. New nice bus stops, smashed, and you know why? ” they making shit nice for the white folks” uh I have yet to see a white person who isn’t “down” walking through my area. He is doing it for those who live in this area, and the kids, and parents don’t know how to do anything but deface it as soon as it’s put up. Like I said you can’t expect anything until you prove that you deserve it. These hoodlums running the streets robbing, killing, and acting up, they tear up everything, and the mothers let them do it because they don’t think that “lil rayray” is into anything, and he just hangs with those ppl for fun. Please we have a long way to go, and until we see ourselves as Americans we wont get anywhere.
my lil rant doesn’t include all black folks, i’m West Indian American born and raised with West Indian Values, and these are just some of the things i notice within my community, and with some of my peers. So i’m not grouping all of us together, but everything i said, it the truth around here.
OK to the black folks criticizing what do you want a handout? It dosent work like that if you want something you got to work for it damn
The black people that talk about how ignorant black people are when Obama is criticized are usually the dumbest and most ignorant type of negro. If the point of black people rooting, and campaigning, and cheering so hard last year for this pawn to sit in that chair was not to help the community he allegedly represented, than what was the point lol? Was it to have someone to point to on television and say, “Look he’s black!”. Certain blacks think that they’re dropping heavy science to be an Obama supporter and then subsquently say, “We have to help ourselves!”. Well to follow that line of reasoning to it’s ultimate conclusion; if who the president is doesn’t matter in regards to what the black community needs to do for itself, then not only does having a black president not matter, but voting doesn’t matter lol….but if you say that voting doesn’t matter, you’re “uneducated and ignorant” according to enlightened blacks smh. That proves that most black people are programmed and don’t know how to think, so they thusly don’t know what to think.
Obama, nor any president, is concerned about black people. America is a corporation, it is about money, and blacks only control 0.5% of the economy which is the least of any race. In business you NEVER cater to the lowest and most meager constituency. The word “president” literally means “to sit in”. The bankers that he allegedly criticizes are the ones that control him and the entire world through the Federal Reserve. Anytime you have an issue with an economy based on fiat money, the banks are behind it from beginning to end. It is all lip service from this clown, and black people fall for it because they want to hold hands with the white man. All the programs that simple-minded blacks think he is enacting to help people will create what is known as “hyper-inflation”, which means that the value of the paper money will go through the basement due to overprinting. This will lead to more job losses, the eradication of the paper money system, and the need to initiate more wars to do the bidding of the banks. This means the return of the draft, the AMERO, and eventually the RFID chip.
@CHELLBELLZ
Lmao, what are “West Indian” values? Drinking a Red Stripe with a beef patty? I agree that America doesn’t owe blacks anything, because for America to repay blacks, it would literally have to empty it’s vaults. What’s funny is that 60+ years later, the white jews (the richest race on the planet earth) still believe that entire countries and governments owe them for the “Holocaust”. The white jews will pursue said countries in the courts until they get everything they believe they’re owed, to the penny.
You’re whole spiel sounded like you were reading from a house n*gger manual. You know what kills me about alot of West Indians lmao (and I have family from the so-called “West Indies”)? You claim to work so damn hard, but your islands are ratholes. Why is that? Why don’t you take some of that money that you stacked from “working hard”, and build up those piece of sh*t islands that “West Indian” negroes come from? The white man has resorts on all those islands that the blacks from those islands cannot even enter into. They are strictly for tourists unless you’re a negro selling trinkets to those tourists. You have no idea how the world-wide economic system works and alot of simple blacks like yourself cause more problems than anything because you have a big mouth but you don’t have a ruling class mentality, you have a slave mentality.
The banking system owns America, Obama has to get their approval to fund this transition into Afgan. . No president is for the people, they are here to make us believe that they are in charge and trying to help. Look at this war, why are we still there?
The Jews are the ones to worry about, not “white america”. The jews are quiet but they run everything from entertainment, banking system, etc…
Well said Obama…
What I’d like to know is what are these ‘critics” doing to help their own community? Instead of waiting on Obama and the federal government are they starting job training programs in their neighborhoods? What about education resources/mentoring? How about just being VISIBLE in their neighborhood and showing they care?
Instead of worrying about what Obama ISN’T doing, we need to be asking the critics/haters what they ARE doing to resolve the problems? Obama is one man and whatever he wants to do will have to go through Congress, so it may or may not happen anyway, then who are they gonna blame?
@Judah
I could listen to your info all day….
My thing is just because someone looks like us doesnt mean they are on our side….
Judah, wrong as always.
I think he said that well. I know that as soon as he didn’t fix everything immediately he was goes to get criticism. For people to thikn that way is so unrealistic. Its took years and years for the economy to get this way. It’s going to take years for it to be fixed. He is not Jesus.
That goes for anyone who thought that since he was black he was going to fix all black people problems. He is not Black jesus. I think that is one thing about us I think with need to change, the idea of the automatic “hook up” hook your self up! I think he is doing things for everybody. Alot of our problems can only be solved by ourselves as a community. Stop looking the other way. Stop complaining and do something about it. We are quick to point and judge but also quick to look the other way. Half of the people complaining didn’t even vote…
Obama’s job description requires that he looks out for the welfare of the entire United States of America. That includes, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE. If he does not take care of the nation as a whole, how do you expect him to take care of a whole grow that is not in the majority. We African Americans make up less than 15% of the population in this country and if he did ignore the rest of this nation as some of you are suggesting, what makes you think this minority would be able to financially support a nation? How would you expect peace to be kept?
In order for ANYONE to make progress in this nation, EVERYONE has to get their stuff straight! Anyone in that position should be concentrating on just that regardless of the color of his or her skin. Wake Up! Its a new day and that means not only do we need to overcome the issues of our past, but we also need to not create new issues that are unnecessary.
Estella
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 /
The black people, like myself, who criticize Obama and believe
Obama Is a puppet are not only more educated than his
groupies, but probably more familiar with the work of
community organizing and eager to do the work that
will benefit black folks and all people than Obama on any
day. People, addressing inequities due to race is not
asking Obama to give black people a favor. It’s addressing
an area of politics no one gas ever gone. There is a reason
the recession is hurting blacks harder and it’s not
because we are lazier or less educated. We are disproportinately
laid off/fired and jailed. Our schools and neighborhood
are still inferior.
I ask you all who are black and believe critical inquiry is
“hating” to develop your minds and step outside of
the matrix. Stop smoking the ish they sell you.
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Please tell these people something! Now I like our president, but he has dropped the ball in so many ways. Some say black people are ignorant? Speak for yourself because if you are black, you must be in that number.
Many of the comments here not only show me how mentally challenged SOME black people are, but the self-hatred shown is an abomination! Every other group, i.e. Latinos (immigration), gays/lesbian (gay marriage), women (abortion rights) and others called special interest groups have made their demands and got them. Why? Because they are a cohesive group. They stick together. Let’s face it, the black community has a lot of issues, i.e. unemployment, black on black crime, single parent households, HIV/AIDS, and a myriad of things affecting our community. What do you mean, “What exactly is he supposed to do for us?” No other race or group asked that question. Yet here we go talking about, “He’s not the president of black America.” Who said he was? That doesn’t mean we should be ignored. Some black people need to started reading, get educated on the things of the world, and stop watching those d*mn reality shows worrying about what they are doing. Wake up!
Who in the h-e-double hockey sticks said anything about handout? I swear, some of you guys are so full of self-loathing, you ought to join hands with the Klan because you sound as ignorant as they. There is something called racism. I guess we live in a post racial society.
To all you Negros with your heads buried in the sand thinking blacks ain’t sh*t, I suggest you listen to a man named Tim Wise, a white man (many of you will be happy to hear that) that breaks down white supremacy and racism. Some of you are really pathetic and totally in the dark about real live. The white man has truly done a job with some of our minds. The sad part is that you don’t even realize it! Wake the “f” up!
Ms. RayRay
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 /
Obama’s job description requires that he looks out for the welfare of the entire United States of America. That includes, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE. If he does not take care of the nation as a whole, how do you expect him to take care of a whole grow that is not in the majority. We African Americans make up less than 15% of the population in this country and if he did ignore the rest of this nation as some of you are suggesting, what makes you think this minority would be able to financially support a nation? How would you expect peace to be kept?
In order for ANYONE to make progress in this nation, EVERYONE has to get their stuff straight! Anyone in that position should be concentrating on just that regardless of the color of his or her skin. Wake Up! Its a new day and that means not only do we need to overcome the issues of our past, but we also need to not create new issues that are unnecessary.
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Who said President Obama was to ignore everybody? The point some blind black people don’t see is that HE’S IGNORED US AND WE ARE TOO MORONIC TO SEE THAT.
For the first time, I totally agree with Judah. He broke it down perfectly, but as usually, people only want to see what they want to see; hear what they want to hear; believe what they want to believe. Who care if we don’t make up a large portion of the population. Does that mean we should sit down, shut up and not say a word.
Boy, our race has changed since the 60s. If black people believed the way some of you do back then, their wouldn’t be a Civil Rights movement. Blacks have severely dropped the ball and they don’t even know it. Pitiful!
I don’t think of him as being inept in helping black people in America, his ineptitude crosses all color barriers. Just another souless puppet.
It seems to me that the “real” issue here has been sorely overlooked by BOTH sides of this issue. It is now, or has it ever been the job of the president to lift up ANY one group of people. There are some very real, very serious issues in the black community. That is a fact that cannot be denied. Currently there is no one taking up our cause. That’s another fact. These are the issues but not the real problem. the real problem is our lack of leadership in our own community. Who is lobbying for our causes? Who is petitioning on own behalf? Certainly not Richard Steele. The mention of all of the so-called “special interest” groups was interesting in the fact that they all have one thing in common. They have a voice. They have people in Washington lobbying on their behalf. They have a face. In much the same way, the Pope is the face of a group of people, or Farrahkan is the face of a group of people or even Bin Laden, who is the face of Black America? Al Sharpton? or is it Oprah? The point here is the face of black america cannot be the President. He is the face of the nation. The whole nation. He has been in office for just about a year and people are upset that our national flag hasn’t changed to “the red, the black and the green”. We need leadership, we need direction. The 60′s was special because we had that then, where is it now?
I hate to say this but I’m part of a race that is lazy as I don’t know what!
“hand me” “give me” everything group of people….just a shame! Can’t do anything without someone holding their hands and babying them…
@#49 Mahogany – sadly, if you are black, you are too dumb to know who you are. You sound very pathetic and like a white supremist. You, along with many of the other dopes commenting, don’t even know who you are. Yes. I’m sorry, but if you don’t know what you are talking about. Black people have worked long and hard, and contrary to some of the ignorant comments (including yours) work very hard. There are people of all races who are lazy. You, my dear, are tragic. I’m sorry to say you are a part of my race (if you are black). Read a book, sweetie.
Forgive the typos, but you get the gist of what I’m saying.
WordtotheWise, don’t get it twisted the “white man” has done a nice job on your mind as well, and you clearly don’t recognize it either.
TJ
Thursday, December 24, 2009 /
WordtotheWise, don’t get it twisted the “white man” has done a nice job on your mind as well, and you clearly don’t recognize it either.
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Oh really? How is that? TJ, what I get very clearly is that many blacks are deaf, dumb and blind. They see, but don’t believe. Do you remember Jim Jones? You might be too young to remember the cult leader back in the 70′s who was the Messiah for so many blacks. Black people followed him to Gyana and he lead them to their deaths, along with their children. I’m not saying Obama is a cult leader, but many blacks are blindly following this man and asking for nothing in return. It’s quite pitiful and tragic. So again, how is the white man doing a job on my mind?
Note to TJ: I inadvertantly put in another screen name (WTTW), but my real screen name is SassyT. That’s why I responded to your post.
Did several people in this thread say they were following Obama? Or are you assuming people are following Obama just because they don’t think it’s his responsibility to improve the lives of black people in America? I mean, to say something you deem as positive about Obama mean a person is blindly following Obama?
So basically yall voted for him but don’t think yall have the right to expect him to work for YOU?! HA! I wish a white woman or a faggot WOULD spend sleepless nights and votes campaigning for a man they don’t even know, just for the satisfaction of getting to say, “We won!” Bump holding him accountable when he gets in office. Not at all—they’d be the first in line talking about, “YOU said YOU were going to do THIS!”—And they’d hold him to it.
*Sigh,* Black folks. Just when I thought we were getting somewhere….
No, TJ. That is not the point. They don’t have to say they are following him. Actions speak louder than words. My point is that black people are the only ones saying, “Obama isn’t the president of black America.” No one said he was. My point is that others are asking a lot more of him, yet they aren’t complaining about it. Trust and believe, the squeeky wheel gets the grease. No one else is worried about his being the president of their particular group, except black people. I guess Latinos doesn’t think it’s his responsibility to make sure their countrymen/women can come to the U.S. illegally. I guess women don’t think it’s his responsibility to make sure abortion rights stay legal. I guess gays don’t think it’s his responsibility to make sure that gays are treated equally, especially as it relates to gay marriage. Shall I continue? Black people are the only self-loathing, “black people are ignorant” group who ask for nothing. We voted for him, yet we are ignored by him. Why did we vote for him if we didn’t expect he wouldn’t leave us out the loop. We, as a community, need a lot of help.
SassyT, you’ve displayed a lot of disgust and disrespect toward black people that don’t agree with you on this issue while maintaining a stance of superiority to those you deem as idiotic. These feelings follow along with the separation and hate the “white man’s” abuse instilled in black people so long ago that is still very present in and influential on Black America’s general mentality.
You’re basically on the opposite end of the same spectrum as the people you basically described as an Uncle Tom that reads straight from the “white man’s” pamphlet, neither are a good place to be imo.
I don’t want to argue with you. I’m honestly trying to understand where you’re coming from because I see what you’re saying and understand how you can feel the way you feel, but you won’t do the same to a lot of the valid differing opinions in this thread. I bet if you read them again you would find that most want black people as a whole to get to a better more positive place, which is ultimately the most important thing imo.
First of all how do you know all these people on here that are making comments are black can you see them. Second Obama is not God. Third its all politics he’s doing what he can in the beat goes on. No one is asking Obama to part the red sea. IF PEOPLE CAN’T STAND THE HEAT GET THE f OUT THE KITCHEN.