Posted on 01/22/2008 6:42:21 AM PST by shrinkermd
Even as Mr. Obama is promising to bring America together, his candidacy is casting new light on the mounting class divide in the black community -- and the debate among blacks about how to get ahead. The expanding black middle class -- accounting for about 40% of the black population -- see in Mr. Obama a validation of the choices they have made: attending largely white colleges, working in predominantly white companies and government offices, climbing up the ladder of American success.
For African-Americans living in the inner city -- where most children are being raised by single mothers, male unemployment in some cities tops 50% and 40% of young black men are either in jail, awaiting trial or on probation -- the view of Mr. Obama is much more skeptical. Black teenagers mock Mr. Obama as a "Halfrican" and a "50-percenter" for his biracial background; his mother is white, his Kenyan-born father was black. A recent special on Mr. Obama on Black Entertainment Television, the most popular station among inner-city blacks, was titled, "Obama: What's in It for Us?"
A poll this fall by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a black think tank, shows the wide disparity of support for Mr. Obama among blacks. While 75% of blacks who went to college had a favorable or very favorable view of the candidate -- rising to 88% among blacks who went to graduate or professional school -- support dipped to 62% among those with just a high-school degree and to 42% among blacks who haven't finished high school. A similar pattern shows up as income levels fall among blacks. And while 83% of blacks employed full time had a favorable view of Mr. Obama, just 55% of unemployed blacks did.
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When Hillary wins, I wonder if this split will result in some blacks moving to the Republican party.
The crabs in a barrel forces are truly tied to animalistic instincts.
“What’s In It for Us”
Says it all. Looks like Hillary and Obama split the black vote.
no wonder the urbans don’t get anywhere in life, as the 2nd paragraph demonstrates.
“For African-Americans living in the inner city — where most children are being raised by single mothers, male unemployment in some cities tops 50% and 40% of young black men are either in jail, awaiting trial or on probation — the view of Mr. Obama is much more skeptical.”
I can say it in fewer words: “Self destructive losers support Hillary.”
I truly believe that folks who receive funds from the government should not be allowed to vote. All they want to do is vote themselves more funds from the government.
“What’s in it for Us” Courtesy LBJ and the Great Society.
yeah,
and the ones i meet are always angry
but they never want to go to college and get good jobs
like others.
Obama should take the gloves off on Bill Clinton and say just how much his Presidency did for Blacks by doing a cricket impersonation.
Given that virtually nobody in this demographic actually votes, Obama comes out on the upside of this divide.
He is a loose cannon, and a closet black-nationalist Pol with ties in the Islamofascist world he has worked very hard to maintain.
And anyone who speaks that truth is reviled as racist?
What a laugh.The Dem Party is bankrupt, what with Shrillery, and the Swoon Maker. I believe the Swoon Maker is a dangerous man to freedom in America and around the world.Hillery is just incompetent.
The Obama File Don't Leave Home Without It
Is Bill Cosby the only one that will tell the truth?
“”When Hillary wins, I wonder if this split will result in some blacks moving to the Republican party.””
I don’t think that would happen immediately. However, over time I think that you will see younger blacks become more independant of the Democratic party. Unforunately, most blacks over the age of 40 will continue to vote Democratic until the day they die.
Answer: A resounding absolutely...NO!! They are slaves to the DNC to the bitter end!...Unfortunately!
The reason there is a black/white divide in educational achievement has nothing to do with money and everything to do with parental influence and societal norms in the ghetto. As for jobs--there are few decent jobs available for the barely literate. Bill Cosby is absolutely right--the change must be attitudinal, from the bottom up. Cosby is one of the few who realizes that the four decades of the government fighting the "War On Poverty" has been a complete and utter failure.
I guess a 50% black candidate is not as good as a 0% black candidate.
I certainly agree with you. That people who receive government money should not be allowed to vote is not stated often enough.
For those who disagree, I make the analogy of our country to a family. In a family, the children, the ones dependent, do not have the final say or power concerning anything. This is because they have not demonstrated maturity or capable rational behavior by becoming self sufficient. The same attitude towards citizens would serve us well. Those who have not shown maturity and rational behavior by completely supporting themselves should not have the vote.
Obama said this last night in the debate. He said the black community thinks of themselves first.
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