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The President Addresses African-American Unemployment?
Published by Pamela Gentry on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 11:59 pm.By Pamela Gentry, Senior Political Analyst
April 30, 2009 — President Barack Obama was asked more than a dozen questions Wednesday night during his third live news conference marking his 100th 
day in office. BET correspondent Andre Showell was called upon by the president and asked the president about the growing concern of high unemployment in the nations Black community.
Andre Showell, BET Correspondent asked: As the entire nation tries to climb out of this deep recession, in communities of color, the circumstances are far worse. The black unemployment rate, as you know, is in the double digits. And in New York City, for example, the black unemployment rate for men is near 50 percent.
My question to you tonight is given this unique and desperate circumstance, what specific policies can you point to that will target these communities and what’s the timetable for us to see tangible results?
President Obama responded: Well, keep in mind that every step we’re taking is designed to help all people. But, folks who are most vulnerable are most likely to be helped because they need the most help.
So when we passed the Recovery Act, for example, and we put in place provisions that would extend unemployment insurance or allow you to keep your health insurance even if you’ve lost your job, that probably disproportionately impacted those communities that had lost their jobs. And unfortunately, the African-American community and the Latino community are probably overrepresented in those ranks.
When we put in place additional dollars for community health centers to ensure that people are still getting the help that they need, or we expand health insurance to millions more children through the Children’s Health Insurance Program, again, those probably disproportionately impact African-American and Latino families simply because they’re the ones who are most vulnerable. They have got higher rates of uninsured in their communities.
So my general approach is that if the economy is strong, that will lift all boats as long as it is also supported by, for example, strategies around college affordability and job training, tax cuts for working families as opposed to the wealthiest that level the playing field and ensure bottom-up economic growth.
And I’m confident that that will help the African-American community live out the American dream at the same time that it’s helping communities all across the country.
Do you think the president is on the right track?
i want to go off subject for a moment and say Obama is a p.u.s.s.y because he thinks pouring water on a terrorist face is TORTURE.
…that goes for all ya’ll liberal punks how take the terrorist side over the safety of america.
I am really done with BET. How did you even fix your mouth to ask such an ignorant question like that, and tried to put President Barrack on the spot like that. Did you ever ask BUSH how was he going to help black america. And your coorrespondent “Andre” had the ordasty to smile as if he accomplished something big….He is no better that FOX news. Personally I think BET and Andre owes the President a public apology, and you have not heard the last of me.
ALL people need to get up off their buttocks and do there part to help themselves and try to help each other. As a matter of fact why don’t you help your BLACK community. You can start by giving the 50% of black men in NY a job…….How about that.
ATTENTION ALL FOX HATERS –
FOX News ran the presidential press conference, FOX Entertainment did NOT. They are two different entities so do your research and wise up before you post otherwise.
I wish he would have also asked him what be was going to do to help facilitate black capitalism in the black community so we could create and sustain more of our own jobs. Apparently whitey is only going to hire most of us for the jobs that he doesn’t want to do. No amount of education or stimulus in the majority population will change that but we can definitely use some help with our own businesses right now in this recession and beyond. Rather than focusing on job creation in the general population for blacks and disregarding black men who are the back bones of the black community it would help everyone, all races, as he so likes to say if he would invest in black businesses in the black community to create small business and jobs where there aren’t any. Just another excuse to support the white mans agenda by keeping is on the bottom and not assisting us to build for ourselves. I guess that since we are a minority it really doesn’t matter. The white man would never allow his businesses and major corporations to fall apart. Look at all the bailout money they recieved as proof. But when it comes to the black man and his community all the votes Obama got from us doesn’t seem to matter.
Weak black men. Where did you come from. Black Man……
Unbelievable. Parents please start now. Tell them why they are wonderful!
I hope president obama do not go the pope for spiritual guidiance or for any advice on how the country should be run i hope he stay with his spiritual upbringing. because God in revelation 17 has nothing to do with that church and the united states was founded so we could have freedon of religion.and with the new world order our freedom will be taken away because with one world order who do you think will be in charge not the president but the pope himself. and rome has not change remember when she put the chiristian in the arena and let the lions in. ok what make you thing she is going to be any different now. she has put herself up as god on this earth when God has not put any man in his place. and no man can forgive another man of his sin except God and God also told us not to bow down to any graven images but what and who do they bow and worship all kinds of images.
@ Ric,
Okay! So what they aired the Presidential News Conference…That still doesn’t change the fact that FOX NEWS is still and will ALWAYS be a HATED news network towards the Black community. Your point was a waste of time!!!
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