President Obama: Should he create a specific job recovery plan for African Americans?

The Examiner ^ | December 14, 2009 | Richard Shabazz

[kcvl]

Minority contractor forging bonds with private donors. (Shabazz Construction Co.)

Atlanta Business Chronicle | March 5, 1990

Minority contractor forging bonds with private donors

Richard Shabazz is tired of hearing excuses as to why small and minority contractors experience difficulty in obtaining surety bonds.

Instead, he wants minority contractors to put their money where their livelihood is - in the Atlanta Minority Business Development Center’s surety bond program. Several weeks ago, after funds for the program were eliminated due to federal cutbacks, Shabazz began a drive to raise money for the program, which aids small contractors trying to obtain bonding.

[ought-six]

It’s funny, but the race pimps only bitch about the 400,000 Africans who were brought to North America, and they wax indignant about that; yet, they are strangely silent about the millions who were brought to South America (especially Brazil). The slave trade to North America was a drop in the bucket when compared to the slave trade to the Caribbean and to South America.

[autumnraine]

“This should be an option. We should be given the opportunity to rebuild our communities since we know crack cocaine was put into the Black community by the government”

Ok, this has gone from ‘man being concerned about his community’ to ‘man has lost his mind.’

[Fred Nerks]

IN other words its likely that the joker is a racist and has more a of revolution in mind than anything else. Now the question remains is he the son of “x” only DNA from both will tell.

[jessduntno]

It’s funny, but the race pimps only bitch about the 400,000 Africans who were brought to North America, and they wax indignant about that; yet, they are strangely silent about the millions who were brought to South America

Even Wikipedia agrees:

Twelve million Africans were shipped to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th centuries.[4][5] Of these, an estimated 645,000 were brought to what is now the United States.

Yeah, weird...not enough money in the other countries, maybe...Al Sharpton and Jessuh Jaccksunnnnnnnn should try their hands down there for a while? Race hustling ain't what it used to be...

[Brown Deer]

Our President is indeed 50% black.

Indeed? Show us your proof!

[OafOfOffice]

First, it ends prison overcrowding.

Interesting huh? Take the drug dealers out of prison and put the law abiding hard working class in because they refuse to buy health insurance.

And second, he’d put them in charge of the youth homeland brigade.

Obama, Michelle,Rahm,Clintons, boot camps.Public allies. Michelle became involved in public allies the same year she lost her license to practice law.

[rodguy911]

I gotta have a bunch of tee shirts like that,just too good!

[Warrior Nurse]

PING

[Shade2]

How can you “still” be someplace or “return” to someplace you have never been?

[TLI]

Trust me, if there is a revolution and we throw the Kenyan out of office, the blacks will burn every city to the ground.

Ok.

Historically, when they riot they burn their own neighborhoods. Weird but true.

Non-black working class neighborhoods for the most part would not have a thing to worry about. Think, closets of a slightly redneckish middle class neighborhoods are likely to contain...

As far as "unrest" occurring if Ø gets booted out? HA! They might as well start getting used to that now. That little communist is totally known to the conservatives, well known to the Republicans, has pizzed off the independents AND has managed to pizz off both ends of the spectrum of the democrats! He knows damn good and well he is a one term looser and that is why he is pushing the rest of the communists-that-call-themselves-democrats into suicide mode by promising them if they loose their respective elections they will be taken care of.

Yea, right. Only communists-that-call-themselves-democrats could be so dumb as to believe that crap. Even the other democrats would laugh them out of the room if they tried to come back into politics after being THAT stupid.

[Clemenza]

The proof is that his father is a Luo, a black African tribe. Anyone who doubts this is a retard who sniffed too much glue and should be prevented from leaving the trailer park.

[nclaurel]

The comment was referencing those who claim their ancestors were brought here as slaves-—I was not clear apparently. If indeed their ancestors had remained there they would have faced that life. If it sounds so good to them I think they should return to the homeland of the ancestor. Although I doubt many have any idea of where they originated so they are welcome by me to just move anywhere since this country isn’t where they have allegiance.

[The Toll]

I think stupid racist black guys like this are fun! Lazy yes, but still fun.

[Brown Deer]

I didn’t think that you would be able to provide any sort of proof. You are only showing your ignorance by typing meaningless insults.

[Shade2]

Well, this is my perspective. For one, if their ancestors had not been brought here, they would not have been faced with that life. They would not exist. The fact that 645,000 grew to nearly 40 million does not mean that if those 645,000 had not become slaves, Africa would have nearly 40 million more black people there. Africa’s population would probably be practically the same as it is today. Its like when you break off a branch of a bush and plant it, the branch will eventually spread into a full bush while the original bush will not have changed much at all.

Second of all, from my view, those slaves by default became American citizens the moment their feet hit the land never to return to where they came from. This is the modern view since all of those slaves are viewed officially today as having been American citizens from the time of arrival despite not being given such status back then. Thus we are speaking of a group of American citizens who were not given the rights and freedoms afforded to other American citizens. How their lives compared to blacks in Africa or how the lives of their descendants compare to the lives of blacks living in Africa currently is a moot point because they and their descendants were and are American citizens and thus should judge and be judged by AMERICAN STANDARDS, not African standards.

So consider how today’s black Americans would be if those first black Americans were given complete rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness other Americans had the moment they set foot on the land and this lasted until today. One can speculate that you have a far more fully assimilated and patriotic group.

Let me ask you this. If a black person complained intensely about American liberalism and liberal politicians, the liberal media, the current President, etc., would a liberal be justified in telling that black person that this socialized liberalized America is far better than Africa? Why must black people in America constantly have to judge their lives based on African standards as opposed to American standards?

You see, folks who harp over slavery don’t so much do so because of a group being taken from their lands (though I’m sure that all slaves would have preferred to live in freedom in Africa), but rather the fact that when they came to this land, they were relegated to being slaves as opposed to individuals with the freedom to pursue the American dream.

[nclaurel]

They, by calling themselves African first and then American, in my opinion create the Africa/America contrast. The Irish were not treated well nor were the Chinese. Jewish person were not permitted in hotels in Miami as late as the late 1950’s/early 1960’s. What they would or would not have done if their ancestors came here as free persons is not going to change. They need to accept that and accept that they are American today. In light of the fact that so many of our military honorably serving are black, I do not question the overall patriotism of blacks. I am tried of whining about the past as much as listening to criminals complain because of their childhood. Many in the same situations both racially and with lousy childhoods are great Americans...so it is a personal choice. And my perspective is still if they aren’t happy here move on. I don’t have either the wealth or poverty of my ancestors. I earn my own wealth or debt and so can blacks.