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NAACP President Ben Jealous: Black People 'Are Doing Far Worse' Under Obama

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Post 30 January 2013
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In an interview with David Gregory on Meet The Press, NAACP President Ben Jealous said that Black Americans “are doing far worse” under the Obama Administration than when the president first took office.

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In an interview with David Gregory on Meet The Press, NAACP President Ben Jealous said that Black Americans “are doing far worse” under the Obama Administration than when the president first took office, reports The Washington Times.

“The country’s back to pretty much where it was when this president started,”  said Jealous.“White people in this country are doing a bit better. Black people are doing far worse.”

The black unemployment rate was 12.7 percent when Mr. Obama took office. While the unemployment rate in the U.S. as a whole is below 8 percent, the Labor Department reported the black jobless rate was up from 12.9 percent to 14 percent for December.

The worst during Mr Obama’s first term was in September 2011, with 16.7 percent unemployment for blacks — the highest since 1983, the Department of Labor reports. The black teen jobless rate hit a staggering 39.3 percent in July 2012.

While vocal Obama critics, Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West, have often been accused of being egtoistical, attention seekers who “hate on” the POTUS when they insist that Black voters put pressure on him, Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Urban League are now following their lead,  pushing for President Obama to present an urban jobs plan at his State of the Union address on Feb. 12.

Read more at the Washington Times.

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+1 #1 P Skrine 2013-01-30 10:34
The problem is not that the president is not helping our community. The problem is these young black people are and have been dropping out of school not getting an education. They have no father in the homes because some of the men don't have a high school diploma or GED so not they can not get the jobs. Thos that have finished high school won't go get furthur education to learn the required training to land the jobs. So instead of fighting the president you need to start helping the male black community learn that instead of selling drugs and women, try getting the proper education they need. Stop being gang bangers and learn to do something positive with yourself.
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