” many white Americans regard Obama as the president only of black people”
Many black people think so too — even though the economic situation of black people has gotten significantly worse under Obama. The Democrats are the ones who want to keep the blacks as an underclass voting for them. Republicans want to lift them out of their welfare mindset and make them economic successes.
As Reagan said — someone recently quoted him — “The best welfare program is a JOB.”
“Many black people think so too — even though the economic situation of black people has gotten significantly worse under Obama.”
I work with blacks that are furious with him; they probably voted for him twice because of his color, but they remember the middle class lifestyle they had just achieved under Bush before the bottom fell out. These are middle-aged blacks whose children have grown so they’re paying higher income taxes than they ever had before; they went from going on cruises annually to looking for second jobs in a short period of time.