Tavis Smiley, a black liberal commentator and TV talk show host on PBS says blacks have lost ground in all economic categories during Obama's presidency.
"We’ve been at the back of the bus. Every other constituency have spoken their truth and made demands of this president. Right now the Hispanic community, for obvious reasons, is livid with him for pushing back once again something he should’ve done, I think, a long time ago,” he said.
“But the data is going to indicate -- I said this before and I’m not happy about this, I don’t celebrate this. I don’t say it as a way of demonizing the president or casting an aspersion on him – but the data is going to indicate that black people lost ground in every single leading economic category during the Obama years.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12/tavis-smiley-black-americans-obama_n_5812020.html
He goes on to say that blacks have been satisfied with having a black man as Presidents but they haven't made any demands, haven't asked for anything. Was symbolism enough?
"We’ve been at the back of the bus. Every other constituency have spoken their truth and made demands of this president. Right now the Hispanic community, for obvious reasons, is livid with him for pushing back once again something he should’ve done, I think, a long time ago,” he said.
“But the data is going to indicate -- I said this before and I’m not happy about this, I don’t celebrate this. I don’t say it as a way of demonizing the president or casting an aspersion on him – but the data is going to indicate that black people lost ground in every single leading economic category during the Obama years.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12/tavis-smiley-black-americans-obama_n_5812020.html
He goes on to say that blacks have been satisfied with having a black man as Presidents but they haven't made any demands, haven't asked for anything. Was symbolism enough?
