Letters to the Editor
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@shawnwm: you'll have to do better than that.
"First and most importantly, black poverty and unemployment fell: dramatically. Even big gains in the highest unemployed sector in the country: black females."
Please provide a credible reference or cite an article supporting your claim. I have my own anecdotal evidence which is that under the Clinton's black urban unemployment, black incarceration rates and black school drop out rates dramatically increased. In fact Clinton's long time allies the Wright-Edelman's quit her administration in disgust at how they butchered welfare reform and the dramatic consequences that it has had on poor black women and working families.
"Second, black first time home buyers went up almost 100%: and this was real progress; not the stuff you saw in the Bush Administration where predatory subprime lenders preyed on poor minorities selling them stuff they couldn't afford."
Again, any evidence would be nice.
"Third, blacks were appointed for the first time in BIG numbers in the Clinton Administration: Maybe you don't remember Alex Hermann (Secretary of Labor), Vernan Jordan, Jocelyn Elders and Betty Curie: Clinton's own Presidential Secretary, just to name a few. Condoleeza Rice was NOT the first black woman ever on a presidential cabinet, y'know."
Really? Condi wasn't first? Just because black people are appointed to positions does not mean that progress for the entire race was made. Clarence Thomas is not held up as an example of black progress because he was the first black man on the supreme court. Vernon Jordan, Clinton's enabler and golfing buddy is not an example of progress. Jocelyn Elders and Lani Guinier were black women who were THROWN TO THE WOLVES by the Clintons when they spoke honestly but became political liabilities.
"Now as for Obama, really? How did he help South Chicago, a predominantly black and very impoverished area one bit? How has Oprah, for another example, helped American blacks? For Godsakes when she had the chance to open a big expensive school to create "black female leaders" she opened it in a foreign country, while insulting American blacks , remember? Don't get me wrong; Oprah is an admirable woman in many ways. However it's an illustration of how sometimes the people who are going to fight for you the hardest just happen to lie outside your own preoccupation with race."
You are kidding right? First of all, what does Oprah have to do with anything? Yes Obama and Oprah are both black, but you are showing your own ignorance and racism if you believe that because Oprah started a school in Africa, Obama is responsible for doing nothing for blacks in Chicago.
C'mon. I'm all for intelligent political discussion, but this, or any of your other posts, just don't cut it.