Obama: Bush Ignoring ‘Quiet Riots’

It should not come as a great surprise that senator obama made these comments because it is the truth. minority people whether black,spanish,jewish, have been oppressed for hundred’s of years but because he said it it will be blown out of context it is known fact.just kept under the covers. president bush has been one of the worse presidents of modern time blacks suffer now and will continue to suffer in the future .name something that bush can say that help put out for blacks except tokens to keep us quiet.

Obama better watch his wording “quiet rioting” I know what he means but some folks might not. I know that the people with color are having big problems but let me tell him white people are as well.
Here I am in Florida and white but I can not get a job because I cannot speak Spanish at all and my age and nobody speaks for me and nobody cares at all. White people are slowly dying off because nobody cares what happens to us.
EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO EQUAL BUT I JUST DO NOT THINK THAT IS THE WAY IT IS.

This was a really bad move on his part!
I think that he needs somenew advisors!

I am a 54 y/o female that understood the “quiet riot” era… Detroit, Chicago, LA and many more localized “quiet riots”. America has become “indifferent” to it’s own “fabric structure”… The Family. A basic humanistic need to be a strong nation is for the people, all people to feel and believe that they “are part of something”. Feelings that you are part of something gives you hope, pride and the need to defend. Continued indifference by the powers to be will only lead to the deterioration of our nation as a whole.
How sad no one “gets it”
Blinded by greed and or prejudises.

Fox news has been saying for months that Obama’s Middle name is Hussein. They are trying to tie him to Saddam and terrorism and the radical muslim movements…etc. Did you know that
Pope Benedict XV1′s Real middle name is Alois. Adolf Hitler’s fathers name is Alois. Does that make the pope a Nazi?
NO, it does not, it’s just a name….
Same in the case of Obama.

It is not fair just to blame on administration. Do you see majority of blacks trying to be successful in life other than listening to rap, rob, vandalize etc? I think everyone has equal opportunity in this country. I see a foreign student coming to this country, paying ‘out-of-tuition’, working hard and finally becoming something. I dont see that motivation in lots of black.

Yes if I did not have coverage on my home and belongings, I would expect Bush to give me for free everything I lost. All work on roads, utilities and other city provided services should stop until I get what I got coming to me. Since Bush is satan, then this goverment owes me everything I want, and I should not have to work for it, or replace it if I lost it by an act of God.

hello…how is america doing?
These for sure quiet riots came out of the closet, when the bush admin. stole the election, that is when a lot of hope and desires were stolen from the american peeps. We, americans are loosing the campassion for each other in this great nation. It all started when the second bush was allowed to enter the white house…has anyone seen compassion from that house. PEACE

i think america is sadly witnessing it’s own decline. instead of focusing on what obama actually said people just love to piece things apart take away from the GENUINE mesasge that is being portrayed which is inequality in america..we don’t have to worry about another regime coming in and taking us over as we will SELF DESTRUCT all on our own..

wow T………wow. thats scary.
exactly the point.
your point about foreign students highlights one issue….they have money!!!!
please come to my classroom where I teach in New Orleans….all of my students passed the state test and yes, if you want to talk about color they are african american and all except one considered impoverished.
these children love learning, love succeeding, and have a huge desire to do so, but have been hurt by systems that the goverment turned their back to.
the problem is definitely not in the person (and definitely not based on race…its in the history of this country overlooking inequity that is embedded in the minds of the lucky and entirely systemic. These issues of money, greed, power in the hands of a certain type of people often limit those like my students who ARE busting their behinds to succeed.
stop assuming things based on how people look. Its ridiculous.

If Obama and the other Senators are so concerned about the poor, why are they supporting an immmigration reform bill that rewards the illegal imigrants that have grossly added to the victimization of poor Blacks, Hispanics and Anglos?
At a dollar an hour in suppressed wages, the illegal immigrants have cost those at the lower end of the wage scale $2,040 a year. If the amount in hourly suppressed wages is $5, the decline in meat packing wages since the last Amnesty of 1986 (also sponsored by Kennedy), the cost to American workers is $10,200 anually. This is only one small part of the cost of illegal immigrants impacting the American worker. Yet Bush and these Senators have decided that the welfare of the illegal immigrants is THE priority, not, for example the 45,000,000 Americans without health care, 9,000,000 of whom are children. Why is the welfare and comfort of illegal immigrants more important to Bush and these Senators than the many needs of Americans?
The sponsors of the reform legislation assert that this is an historic, once in a lifetime opportunity to address the immigration mess. That is simply nonsense. It is the job of our elected and appointed officical to addresss these important issues whenever they become apparent.
For starters, re: immigration, they can enforce current immigration law and appropriate funds to reimburse money owed the states for, for example the housing of criminal illgal immigrants. The bill for AZ is $300,000,000. Six years after 9/11, isn`t it time they got around to securing our borders? Now THAT is truely an historic necessity.

“more black men in prison than are in our colleges and universities.”
Whose fault is that? Not Bush’s. Ever heard of morals? Don’t let your children think it’s ok to steal and kill, then see if they end up in prison or college. And then Obama says this…
“You tell yourself, my school will always be second rate. You tell yourself, there will never be a good job waiting for me to excel at. You tell yourself, I will never be able to afford a place that I can be proud of and call my home. That despair quietly simmers and makes it impossible to build strong communities and neighborhoods. And then one afternoon a jury says, ‘Not guilty’ — or a hurricane hits New Orleans — and that despair is revealed for the world to see.”
So which is it? Are people being oppressed into poverty? Or are they digging themselves into their holes by giving up and never trying to be something? Maybe a little of both, but I believe if someone really cared enough, AND DIDN’T MIND WORKING HARD, they could escape poverty. Probably not becoming a millionaire, but living a good life. So it’s their own fault for not trying, not the Government. The government shouldn’t owe anybody. Other citizens don’t owe the lower class. But I believe in helping them, just not owing them anything, which is what Obama is hitting at.

Again some people are missing the point. I as an American of mexican decent am alarmed at the viciousness of how hispanics are being viewed in this country of mine. Pretty soon we who are Americans by birth and of Latino decent are going to be stopped by law enforcement and asked for our papers to see if we are legally here. Latinos have contributed much in this country, I agree that Ilegals from Mexico and other latin american countries should be stopped from entering our borders and I agree that they are lowering the economy. What I am seeing,hearing and reading is any one that is of latino decent is the enemy. Do you think someone like Bill Richardson who is running for President and is of mexican decent has a chance to win, a resounding NO!!! because anyone right now that is of latino decent is seen as an illegal. I love my country, my family has been here for many generations, but I am appalled at the devisivness of those who generalize and predisposed to think that all latinos are drug dealers and baby makers and are on welfare or gangs. Their are many latino families in this country that are very patriotic and family oriented. I am concerned that my children’s opportunities will be taken away simply because of their latino last name. I think Senator Obama is right about whats happening within this country, and I am tired of hearing from those who are judging others simply because they are of color, or they have their prejudices of what a certain race is all about. I really thank God that my children are light skinned and some of them are toeheads and hopefully they won’t suffer the prejudices of some people.

That comment applies to every politician for the past 60 yrs. Every President, Senator, and Congressman alike.
Mr. Obama can speak all he likes about the poor in America, but I dare say, he knows little about it.
For every poor black person in America, there are 2 poor white people, and 3 poor hispanic people (even though many of those aren’t legally here), and 2 poor Asian people.
The reality is, that most Americans are actually poor, or at best, blue collar workers.
Yet, most of our politicians are in the top 10% income bracket, and they have absolutely no idea of how an ordinary American lives, of any race.
Playing the race card, however, will backfire on Mr. Obama, if he doesn’t show he recognizes all of the poor people in America that are NOT black, as well as the black poor.

Iam not surprised to hear that really racism still exists in the USA up to this time in the 21 century,it’s really agreat shame on America and the blacks are most affected than any other race because i know right from the time of slave trade up to now the black race has been at most ‘threatened’and had it been that this community was not reproducing at highly,it would have been no more by now,but Mr obama is so ridht in what he is saying and i support him.Remeber we were all created in God’s image regardless of the colour differences,language differences,tribe,culture and other instances. I wonder when some people take them selves to be more superior than othere little do they know that we all weigh similar befor God,so this is really agreat challenge to government of united states of America and it’s people to eliminate this,as America is one of the countries in the world where racism is prominent and believe it or not the Bush Administration is doing badly via this matter and the immigration bill inclusive so i call upon the contribution of every American to fight this ‘cancer’because this has been aserious problem i to the people of USA mostly foreigners,it hink Mr obama is awise man to break the silence about this matter.

Why is being opposed to illegal immigration is being played as racist if one is still in favor of legal immigrants?
Illegals have no right to feel they can invade and make demands. They exploited themselves, illegally to US businesses. I believe that the businesses should be punished as badly as tort courts abuse businesses.
The illegals should be round up and and serve time building the wall before they are shipped back to their home lands to instigate the capitalistic and democratic reforms to their government they enjoy in the US. Don’t protest a foreign country for not providing what your homeland doesn’t.
That’s insulting, disingenuous, and offensive.