‘Barack, I Didn’t Do It for This’: An Homage to Andrew Goodman
I thought it was a brilliant speech.
Unfortunately, he only briefly mentioned past discrimination against any group other than African slaves and their descendants. Discrimination against Chinese and Japanese wasn’t pretty either. What about discrimination against Irish, Jews, and Indians?
I thought the part about welfare policies hurting blacks was interesting.
Obama said (sorry not a direct quote), aside from the many blacks that clawed and scratched their way to get a piece of the American Dream, many didn’t make it; ultimately defeated in one way or another by discrimination. Were there no other factors for this defeat, like accepting welfare with its bad effects or and poor life choices?
I watched the speech on MSNBCTV. Did anyone else see the Oreo ad directly below the screen?
Has anyone else noticed that most “black leaders” don’t look very African?
