With the backdrop of the 8.28 percent national unemployment rate and a decline in May in the number of jobs added, African Americans remain the hardest hit by the nation’s troubled economy. Blacks aretwice as likely as whites to be unemployed, and the black unemployment rate is significantly higher than the national percentage — reaching record highs in many metropolitan cities. Yet the president, aside from his well-received statement that “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon [Martin],” continues to deemphasize race.
With the very serious threat of voter apathy and voter suppression, Obama needs to take black voters more seriously than he has in times past. The infatuation with a young man holding on to “dreams from [his] father” has worn off for many of us and we’re looking to be actively courted – just like everyone else. Obama must remember that anything worth having is worth fighting for.
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