Race relations and the Obama admin
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Do you feel Race Relations in the USA have improved or worsened during the Obama admin's tenure?
They have not changed....you should have included that.
MrMike
Bless you all
I actually think that we are on a trajectory in which race relations do improve, but nothing the president does has much of an impact. I think the very fact that the current president is not white did have a positive impact on the attitude of non-white citizens, in that it shows anything is possible, even for the child of a black man.
The sad fact is that we are taking so long for race to become a non-issue. The real problem that noone has attempted to address is that African Americans so quickly jump to the assumption that the death of Michael Brown was not the fault of Michael Brown.
They didn't even wait for the evidence before they made that conclusion. Then there are the thugs who used the excuse of Brown's death as a reason to loot liquor stores...they do damage to any credibility that any group calling for a look at police procedures. Those big mouths who immediately get press time by hollering about how Brown, the poor lovable lug, was murdered by Wilson....are simply getting ego strokes but destroy the possibility of discussion.
If a black leader were to say "wait a minute....Michael Brown broke the law....he bullied a smaller man to steal from that man. He felt he was above the law and we should think hard about how he was raised so that he thought it would be acceptable to attack a police officer"....he'd be vilified as an uncle Tom, but in the end the conversation could proceed about those instances where a policeman actually did act against another with no real reason to have done so...sometimes resulting in their deaths...such as the 12 year old kid in Chicago.
Colorforms
Senator
Do you feel Race Relations in the USA have improved or worsened during the Obama admin's tenure?
35% more people belive that that race relations is only getting worse under Barry's tenure. People are tired of being attacked for everything they say, and blacks are segregating themselves more than ever before.
as seen on tv
Senator
i dont think they're any worse. of course, my perspective is as a white woman living on the fringe of a black majority city (baltimore). i'm not being subjected to a greater number of demeaning/sexist comments since obama was elected, and breakins/carjackings have not increased.
however, drudge is fronting a story staying that the (perpetually democrat party) governance of baltimore has created an environment where kids are worse off than nigeria or iraq.
obama's presidency began with a shameless accusation of "racial profiling" when a team of black and white officers accosted a black professor trying to break into his own house. that resulted in a quick "walk back" when officers around the nation bombarded the president with affirmation that this was handled by the book. the endgame was "beergate" where the president served "red stripe" (a non american beer brewed by jamaicans) to the aggrieved parties.
we are now bookending the obama administration with another claim of racial profiling.
but for that charge to hold up, you'd have to believe that an officer wouldn't shoot a 300 pound white thug who was trying to take his weapon.
again, wilson's response was "by the book".
obama's response should have been "don't rob the quickie mart. don't deliberately block traffic. don't try and take police officers' service revolvers". instead he's hosting a confab at the white house al sharpton (who still asserts tawana brawley was telling the truth) is the guest of honor.
however, drudge is fronting a story staying that the (perpetually democrat party) governance of baltimore has created an environment where kids are worse off than nigeria or iraq.
obama's presidency began with a shameless accusation of "racial profiling" when a team of black and white officers accosted a black professor trying to break into his own house. that resulted in a quick "walk back" when officers around the nation bombarded the president with affirmation that this was handled by the book. the endgame was "beergate" where the president served "red stripe" (a non american beer brewed by jamaicans) to the aggrieved parties.
we are now bookending the obama administration with another claim of racial profiling.
but for that charge to hold up, you'd have to believe that an officer wouldn't shoot a 300 pound white thug who was trying to take his weapon.
again, wilson's response was "by the book".
obama's response should have been "don't rob the quickie mart. don't deliberately block traffic. don't try and take police officers' service revolvers". instead he's hosting a confab at the white house al sharpton (who still asserts tawana brawley was telling the truth) is the guest of honor.
Drumcollie
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I think the President has not improved relations....I do think that for the majority race relations are the same if not better...but for the fringe lefty who needs his racism and needs Republicans to be racists it has made things worse on that level.
