Barbara Boxer couldn't be reached for comment.
Posted on 07/18/2009 10:26:01 AM PDT by Steelfish
July 18, 2009
Aim higher than rap or basketball, Obama urges young blacks
The 45-minute address was Mr Obama?s first big speech on race since he was forced to tackle the issue head on during his presidential campaign last year
James Bone.
In his first big speech on race since winning the White House, President Obama has exhorted young blacks to aspire to be more than basketballers and rap music stars.
In a historic address, America’s first black president told the country’s oldest civil rights group, celebrating its 100th anniversary, that it was time for “a new mindset” that did not internalise a sense of limitation.
He told a rapturous audience of 5,000 members of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) that the “pain of discrimination” was still felt in America but that black parents should teach their children that there were “no excuses” for underachieving.
“I believe that overall there probably has never been less discrimination in America than there is today,” he said.
Adopting the impassioned style of a black preacher, Mr Obama urged black children to embrace role models other than the basketball star LeBron James or the rapper Lil Wayne.
“They might think they’ve got a pretty good jump shot or a pretty good flow, but our kids can’t all aspire to be LeBron or Lil Wayne,” he said to applause. “I want them aspiring to be scientists and engineers, doctors and teachers — not just ballers and rappers. I want them aspiring to be a Supreme Court Justice. I want them aspiring to be the President of the United States of America.”
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I remember when there was an outcry because of what Bill Cosby said. All I hear after this speech from Obama is crickets.
What......not "landmark"? or milestone? or even "major" speech?
Hussein truly is slipping in the eyes of the slobbering media.
Yes. Aim higher. Join ACORN. Become part of the angry and completely clueless mob.
What about midnight basketball?
Tain’t nothing higher than rap or basketball.
“Be a thinker, not a stinker.” - Apollo Creed
LOL!
I think the fact that there is a black president proves that there is nothing holding anyone back, from achieving what ever they want to achieve.
The fact that we have a black president also shows that there are not critical masses of voters who would never vote for a minority president.
The affirmative action crowd keeps telling us that blacks and other minorities continue to be hobbled by the vestiges of past discrimination.
The affirmative action crowd also tells us that America is a racist, bigoted society, which has never really moved past the discrimination of the past.
Well, we now see that there are no barriers to minorities achievement in the political world. That glass ceiling is shattered.
We see that there are no barriers to minority achievement in the business world. Or in the educational world, or any level of government service.
Do the NAACP and other organizations think it is still 1950? Some of the organizations most resistent to change are those who have promoted change. The NAACP has seen numerous favorable changes come about. Yet they still seem stuck in a mindset that, whatever has happened, whether living conditions are better for black people in the year 2009 than ever before, that it isn’t enough.
Government has always been the problem Obama. Your commie cohorts have sold you down the river. None of us are free to aim higher now because of you.
Aim to be a lying Marxist thief....
Discrimination is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Once you’ve made up your mind to be a victim, eventually victimhood will find you, one way or another. To say that “we’re still victims of discrimination” is to ensure that the same pathetic cycles play out for generations to come. Stop the madness!
Of course, both professions offer multi-million dollar salaries, so Obama is opposed to them.
How about trying fatherhood.
How about trying fatherhood.
“Tain’t nothing higher than rap or basketball.”
or community organizing
Too many are hooked on dependency, things aren’t going to change.
What he said sounds a little racist, imagine if a white President had said the same thing? But hey, “only Nixon could go to China”..
What’s the matter with Rap (which I hate) or Basketball, the people who make it are stinking rich. What higher calling is he talking about?
No, no. The article did call it an “historic” speech. Anything this idiot does is deemed “historic”.
Aim higher = “public service” = govt bureaucrat = parasite
"each time he speaks I seem to admire him a little bit more. With his chipless shoulder, and his can-do philosophy, he is an authentic voice of hope and inspiration for the US and the wider world"
Some people apparently have not noticed the enormous chip on Zero's shoulder.
They are too enthralled with "The One's" celebrity to see beyond the words and photo op's.
Barbara Boxer couldn't be reached for comment.
Tru dat!
* an “historic” speech*
Actually it was called “a historic address.” No “n”, which for some reason, bugs me!
That’s too simple of a solution. It’s also asking folks to act with a little morals and decency.
Some things never change, especially Marxist politicians and Black race hustlers using Black victimhood and White guilt to blame others for Black failures; a 70% illegitimacy rate, very high high school drop-out rate, disproportionate prison incarceration rate, etc. while pretending to encourage young Black citizens.
Bill Cosby said it much better - and without the caveats and built-in excuses. Cos emphasized that Black people are going to have to stop blaming 'Whitey' for their failures and start taking on personal responsibility. I seriously doubt this is what Alinsky disciple Barack Hussein Obama really wants.
” ..... but our kids can’t all aspire to be LeBron or Lil Wayne,”
Does OUR KIDS include white kids too? Isn’t he supposed to be president for WHITE kids too?
No, no. The article did call it an “historic” speech. Anything this idiot does is deemed “historic”.
I wonder if the media goes into the bathroom and reports an historic dump by the president. Of course they’d tell us that it doesn’t stink.
Yeah, like aim to become a totalitarian Marxist who bankrupts his own country.
I would love to get paid doing rap or playing basketball.
I just don't have any talent. And I hate rap.
Not just for black kids however. There are plenty of kids of all colors, who sit around and think they will be big time rappers or professional athletes.
An is used when the h is silent: an honor. Historic sounds the h: a historic.
““I believe that overall there probably has never been less discrimination in America than there is today,” he said. “
And also he actually said the above. Al Sharpton, Jesse, and Rev Wright will not be happy.
If Obama can be President without anyone seeing his Birth Certificate, seeing his grades or seeing his College transcripts, you can do it too.
In fact, you can do Cocaine just like Obama said he did, but stay away from that Crack. If you're a drug dealer like Obama was, be sure you only spend the money you make on more drugs or your Tuition. Don't be going out there and buying a gun.
Nope, Jessie will not be happy.
Obama is “talkin down” to his peoples again.
Jus gotta wonder what guilt tripping white liberals will think.
“Gasp” Is Obamma a racist for being critical of a black person?
Or start your own street gang, get arrested for murder. Rehab your reputation, write a childrens book and win a Peace prize.
Or Murder a cop, go to deathrow, get your own radio show, become a celebrity to all the Hollywood libs and give a taped commencement speech to a Ivory league college.
Druglord?
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