“Illegal alien women and children given a free pass into America; African-Americans hardest hit.”
You will not see this headline in any mainstream media newspaper or online feed, but it is a reflection of the truth.
Despite the hope of some African-Americans that the first black president would usher a new era for the black community, it has been anything but. Save for knee-jerk reactions over Henry Louis Gates’ altercation with a Cambridge policeman and during the George Zimmerman trial, the president has mostly lectured and talked down to the black community, while doing nothing concrete to address the problems that plague it.
How is this different from the Tea Party and right-wing protests, complaints, and commentary against this president? African-Americans are a staunchly loyal base of the Democrat party. In 2008, 95 percent of African-Americans voted for Barack Obama to become president, and this number held fairly steady in 2012 to reelect him. The president has made sweeping executive orders to benefit gays, Hispanics, and women, but beyond speechifying, has done little for blacks. Those who were relying on the first black president to bring “change” have been sorely disappointed.
Talk-show host and commentator Tavis Smiley, and author and academic Dr. Cornel West have become fierce critics of the president; they are critical of his poor response to the black community and race relations during his five years in the White House. Smiley tweeted in July, 2013 that the president’s remarks on race following the George Zimmerman verdict were “as weak as pre-sweetened Kool-Aid.” But Smiley and West have only come under fire for their criticism as African-Americans in media and other communities continue to staunchly support the president.
Source: Communities Digital News | Jennifer Oliver OConnell
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