White House Touts Achievements in African-American Community
EmailPresident Obama hosted African-American leaders from across the country at the White House today to tout his administration’s achievements in the community and to urge his black supporters to be “persistent” through these tough economic times.
“We know tough times. And what we also know, though, is that if we are persistent, if we are unified, and we remain hopeful, then we’ll get through these tough times and better days lie ahead,” Obama said in a surprise appearance at the African-American Policy in Action Leadership Conference at the White House.
“If you maintain that spirit, then I’m confident that not only will the American, the African-American community emerge from these difficult economic times stronger than we were before, but this entire nation is going to come out more unified, better equipped to deal with the challenges of the 21st century than we were before.”
The president stressed that the 15.1 percent unemployment rate among African-Americans is “way too high,” adding that some of the challenges facing the black community before the economic crisis have worsened. “We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Obama said.
To coincide with the conference, the White House today released a report outlining how the president’s policies have impacted the African-American community.
“The report … is a compilation of everything we’ve done over the last three years that has not only lessened the severity of the crisis for millions of people, kept millions of folks out of poverty, made sure that millions of folks still had unemployment benefits, health care, et cetera, but also talks about the foundations that we are laying so that as the economy recovers, the African-American community and communities all across the country of every stripe are going to have an opportunity to finally begin to rebuild,” the president said.
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Posted by: newcountryman | November 9, 2011, 4:15 pm 4:15 pm
If the African American community is doing as well as Obama says than good for them. I’m glad to see someone is better off under this president, but forgive me if I’m just a tiny bit skeptical.
Posted by: ray | November 9, 2011, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm
Here we go America here we go with the race card.
Posted by: Jim Rod | November 9, 2011, 5:03 pm 5:03 pm
He really did a number on their employment rate! 0bama’s a historic president for sure.
Posted by: TexBork | November 9, 2011, 5:17 pm 5:17 pm
Oh yeah………he did soooooo much to help them. Right.
That’s why their unemployment rate is sooooooo high………he didn’t have any ideas for creating jobs, so he just ignored jobs, and did health care……..such a great benefit for the unemployed.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | November 9, 2011, 5:41 pm 5:41 pm
………he didn’t have any ideas for creating jobs, so he just ignored jobs, and did health care……..
POSTED BY: RICK MCDANIEL | NOVEMBER 9, 2011, 5:41 PM 5:41 PM
Rick you’ve posted this nonsense before. The first thing the Obama administration did upon taking office was the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Almost every legitimate economic entity in the country credits that move with saving or creating real jobs for real people, not the fantasy world you apparently live in.
CBO: Between 1.3 million and 3.6 million jobs saved or created.
IHS/Global Insight: 2.45 million jobs saved or created.
Macroeconomic Advisers: 2.3 million jobs saved or created.
Moody’s Economy.com: 2.5 million jobs saved or created
Posted by: Dave | November 9, 2011, 7:15 pm 7:15 pm
Posted by: Dave | November 9, 2011, 7:15 pm 7:15 pm
If the job market improved so much under Obama, why aren’t you employed?
Depending on which estimates you use from Obama’s own Council of Economic Advisors (CEA), the “stimulus” cost taxpayers anywhere between $185,000 and $278,000 per job. It’s proof that the government is extremely inefficient and costly to taxpayers.
The stimulus wasn’t a stimulus at all. It was a slush fund primarily designed to reward union employees so that their union dues would continue to flow to Democrats. Many of those jobs were only temporarily sustained.
It would have been much more effective and cheaper for federal income taxes to be suspended from all paychecks for six months. That would have been a true stimulus across the board, across all job types. But that wouldn’t have rewarded just Democratic constituencies, right? Instead, hundreds of billions of dollars were wasted, our economy is getting worse, our labor force has shrunk, and we’re in MUCH deeper debt now.
Posted by: Chuck | November 9, 2011, 8:36 pm 8:36 pm
According to Pew Research and the National Urban League, African-Americans and Hispanics have lost 30 YEARS of economic gains under Obama. The African-American middle class has been decimated under Obama. African-Americans are currently experiencing record poverty and unemployment levels exceeding those experienced during the Great Depression.
Posted by: Chuck | November 9, 2011, 8:42 pm 8:42 pm
According to Pew Research and the National Urban League, African-Americans and Hispanics have lost 30 YEARS of economic gains under Obama.
POSTED BY: CHUCK | NOVEMBER 9, 2011, 8:42 PM 8:42 PM
Couldn’t imagine this has anything to do with the massive economic collapse on Bush’s shift . . . right Chuck. Nothing to do with the 8 million jobs lost? Man are you dense or what?
Posted by: Dave | November 9, 2011, 9:49 pm 9:49 pm
Posted by: Dave | November 9, 2011, 10:42 pm 10:42 pm
Blah, blah, blah.
If Obama’s policies worked, our civilian labor force would be larger now than it was when he became president. It’s smaller. If Obama’s policies worked, our national poverty rate would have reversed, not accelerated. If Obama’s policies worked, our national debt wouldn’t have increased to $15 trillion on his watch. The numbers don’t lie. Obama is an epic failure. Your constant lame spam defending Obama under a hundred different names won’t change that fact. Instead of sitting tethered to your PC all day, you need to do something more productive to help our economy, like working and paying taxes.
Posted by: Chuck | November 9, 2011, 10:58 pm 10:58 pm
If Obama’s policies worked, our civilian labor force would be larger now than it was when he became president.
POSTED BY: CHUCK | NOVEMBER 9, 2011, 10:58 PM 10:58 PM
Again Chuck, there was a major economic collapse took place on Bush’s watch and it was hitting its peak as Obama took the oath of office. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were being lost every month, month after month, and the momentum of this free-fall collapse extending months into Obama’s presidency until his policies began to take effect.
Your lack of understanding of what this massive economic collapse under Bush did to the ongoing deficits and debt of the United States is laughable.
Posted by: Dave | November 9, 2011, 11:03 pm 11:03 pm
Posted by: Dave | November 9, 2011, 11:03 pm 11:03 pm
Blah, blah, blah. We’ve read it a hundred times. As usual, you failed to debunk anything I posted.
IT’S BEEN THREE YEARS. If Obama’s policies worked, our civilian labor force would be larger now than it was when he became president. It’s smaller. If Obama’s policies worked, our national poverty rate would have reversed, not accelerated. If Obama’s policies worked, our national debt wouldn’t have increased to $15 trillion on his watch. The numbers don’t lie.
Only a fool believes that a broke person should increase their debt by 50% to resolve their debt problems. That’s why I don’t take financial advice from broke people.
Obama is an epic failure. His die-hard sycophants and propagandists are the laughingstocks of the internet. Nobody believes their lies anymore, regardless of how many times they post them.
Posted by: Chuck | November 9, 2011, 11:15 pm 11:15 pm
POSTED BY: CHUCK | NOVEMBER 9, 2011, 11:15 PM 11:15 PM
Sorry Chuck, when you’re unable to understand very simple things because of your biases, it is you who are the sychophant to your own ignorance.
There was a major economic collapse took place on Bush’s watch and it was hitting its peak as Obama took the oath of office. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were being lost every month, month after month, and the momentum of this free-fall collapse extending months into Obama’s presidency until his policies began to take effect.
Your lack of understanding of what this massive economic collapse under Bush did to the ongoing deficits and debt of the United States is laughable.
Perhaps when you have some sensible thoughts you could contribute again.
Posted by: Dave | November 9, 2011, 11:22 pm 11:22 pm
Posted by: Chuck | November 9, 2011, 11:15 pm 11:15 pm
Hey, didn’t Obummer promise the stimulus would create over 3 million new green jobs back in 2009? Whatever happened to those jobs? They would have pushed us in the black on the labor force numbers. Maybe his plan was to create millions of new jobs for the Chinese because that’s where the green jobs are going. I heard a few jobs were lost at Solyndra.
Posted by: Don | November 9, 2011, 11:27 pm 11:27 pm
“Perhaps when you have some sensible thoughts you could contribute again.”
Posted by: Dave | November 9, 2011, 11:22 pm 11:22 pm
My sensible thoughts have made me very successful. Where have yours gotten you?
Posted by: Chuck | November 9, 2011, 11:32 pm 11:32 pm
POSTED BY: DON | NOVEMBER 9, 2011, 11:27 PM 11:27 PM
Yeah, we by far prefer the hundreds of thousands of jobs being LOST every month, month after month under Bush to the hundreds of thousands being added by Obama. Not!
Posted by: Dave | November 9, 2011, 11:32 pm 11:32 pm
My sensible thoughts have made me very successful. Where have yours gotten you?
POSTED BY: CHUCK | NOVEMBER 9, 2011, 11:32 PM 11:32 PM
You’re ducking the issues under discussion again Chuck, with your phony crowing about your ‘success’. This is the internet pal, and you’ve proven yourself a liar. Stick to what’s under discussion.
Sad to see you resort to this every time you’re losing the discussion. Some ‘success’.
Posted by: Dave | November 9, 2011, 11:38 pm 11:38 pm
DAVE…….if you make silly statements, you will always get silly answers.
Posted by: justj joey | November 10, 2011, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm
You cannot grow tomatoes in sand. And you cannot make any achievement in the black community as they do not want to achieve anything; unless, of course, it is handed to them from some other person’s earnings. Why do you think inner cities are half illiterate?
Posted by: Roberto | November 10, 2011, 3:59 pm 3:59 pm