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In reply to the discussion: White progressives’ racial myopia: Why their colorblindness fails minorities — and the left [View all]Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)about Obama on the issue, there is no reference to all by her..or maybe I missed something
but that was not my impression.
**Ironically, our first black president has exhausted the patience of many African Americans with promises that a rising economic justice tide will lift their boats. President Obama himself has rejected race-specific solutions to the problems of black poverty, arguing that policies like universal preschool, a higher minimum wage, stronger family supports and infrastructure investment, along with the Affordable Care Act, all disproportionately help black people, since black people are disproportionately poor.
At the Progressive Agenda event last month, I heard activists complain that theyd been told the same thing: the agenda will disproportionately benefit black people, because theyre disproportionately disadvantaged, even if it didnt specifically address the core issue of criminal justice reform. (De Blasio later promised the agenda would include that issue.) But six years of hearing that from a black president has exhausted peoples patience, and white progressives arent going to be able to get away with it anymore.**
I appreciate your links, and I can't speak for the author, but I imagine she recognizes
Obama's efforts/accomplishments too. However, she is suggesting, and why I asked,
there is a degree, a consensus among the black community that Obama has a similar
reliance..based on her accounts from activists. Is there more to do, of course, who,
is best placed to do that going forward, she is saying Sanders needs to convey a
message that speaks directly to the injustice and not in a general way to the black
community. That is my take on the OP.