Not even a Beer Summit this time.
Posted on 08/17/2014 1:31:39 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Violence continues in Ferguson, Missouri. It began on August 9 with the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager cut down by a white cop’s bullets. Peaceful demonstrations turned into looting, the local police went in with rubber bullets and tear gas, all hell broke loose and, eventually, Missouri’s governor pulled out the local police and sent in state officers instead. But the rioting only paused; it didn’t cease. And it may continue. That’s probably because it’s driven by a deep, deep anger that will take a long time to calm.
Observers might ask, “How can this be happening in an America that has elected a black president?” How can black kids still get killed by white cops and how can towns still burn in race riots?
Part of the explanation is that the recession has been especially tough on African-Americans – reinforcing historical disparities of wealth between the races. Before the credit crunch, the median net worth of a black household was $12,124, compared with $134,992 in white households. After the crunch, the black net worth fell to just $5,677, compared with $113,149 among whites. Black home equity fell by an average of 28 per cent and retirement savings by 35 per cent. In May 2014, the black unemployment rate stood at 11.5 per cent – more than double the white jobless rate of 5.4 per cent.
To make matters worse, blacks face additional challenges at home and in the streets. There is a crisis in black fatherhood: while just 29 per cent of whites are born out of wedlock, the figure is 72 per cent for blacks. One result is a racial imbalance in welfare dependency: African-Americans make up about 13 per cent of the population yet 39.8 per cent of those on welfare rolls....
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He coulda flown The Beast in,, but No.
He’s on vacay.
Priorities , Yaknow.
You don’t put out fires by pouring gasoline on them. You don’t improve race relations by lying in order to inflame the situation which is what the media consistently does.
I sure hope our next “first black president” is better than this one. Maybe being an American and a conservative would help. These “moderates” are just too radical and extreme for normal people.
Stop hell, he made sure every federal race baiting agency was on the ground within hours to incite it.
I think the Brits are the last who should be speaking about people being on the dole and out of wedlock births, they should put their own house in order first. But then once the muslins finish their takeover and sharia is the law of the land they may be singing a different tune.
That’t because it’s Bush’s fault.
the [Obama Recession] has been especially tough on African-Americans – reinforcing historical disparities of wealth between the races. Before the credit crunch, the median net worth of a black household was $12,124, compared with $134,992 in white households. After the crunch, the black net worth fell to just $5,677, compared with $113,149 among whites. Black home equity fell by an average of 28 per cent and retirement savings by 35 per cent. In May 2014, the black unemployment rate stood at 11.5 per cent – more than double the white jobless rate of 5.4 per cent. To make matters worse, blacks face additional challenges at home and in the streets. There is a crisis in black fatherhood: while just 29 per cent of whites are born out of wedlock, the figure is 72 per cent for blacks. One result is a racial imbalance in welfare dependency: African-Americans make up about 13 per cent of the population yet 39.8 per cent of those on welfare rolls...
He doesn’t want to stop the riots, he wants them to spread.
All part of the plan.
Of course the current president is only partially black. maybe a ‘pure black’ one could succeed.
Lets just blame the failure on the ‘white’ pollutants in his DNA.
Chairman Obama has been working to increase racial tension for political gain ever since he took office.
This president intentionally fans the flames because he wants a civil war.
If he gets his civil war, I don’t think he’ll like the outcome.
contrary to his promises to them, he let his people down. And that was not the first time he broke that promise to them and others.
What a spineless POS POTUS
:More like an AA thug in training who is eligible to vote.
Not even a Beer Summit this time.
Weren’t the British the first ones to bring black slaves to The Colonies?
I have an idea...
Don’t forget the frustration with the first black President who wants to let in millions of LATINOS to take the jobs of the 11.5 percent already unemployed African Americans!
I guess that is whitest fault too.
Hey African Americans the unemployment rate of African Americans was half the rate it is under Bush than it is under the African American President,and it is going to get worse when you have to compete against all those LATINOS.
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