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In the time he has been president has Obama helped or hurt race relations.

In the time he has been president has Obama helped or hurt race relations.


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Neither. Minorities have no effect on the treatment that they receive from the white majority. There is no such thing as earning being the victim of racism, and certainly not having to earn an escape from racist treatment. It is completely up to us to stop treating people poorly. It is not up to them to somehow convince us to treat them with basic human decency.
 
Your thoughts please.

I think having a black President has made people act as if they have a freer reign to be passively-aggressively (or explicitly aggressive) toward blacks in public discourse. Beyond that, it is more a neither helped nor hurt race relations.
 
President Obama's blatant race-baiting pander to Hispanics has come at the expense of Black African Americans.

It was his choice to do so, which he did, more recently in his Obamnesty EO, for the sole sake of pandering to Hispanics in Florida in the hope of capturing Florida for the Democrat candidate for President in 2016 especially if Jeb Bush is the Republican candidate.

When more than 25% of all illegal aliens are NOT Hispanic, yet Obama only presents his Obamnesty details in a White House web page titled "President Obama and The Hispanic Community", he is clearly, blatantly, and egregiously race-baiting.

He knows that the jobs millions of illegal aliens take should they get Obamnesty will be significantly those jobs that Black African Americans have, undercutting them with plummeting wage scales.

But he does so anyway, pitting this race against that race, all for his political agenda.

This is simply the most recent example where Obama has pitted one race against another.

Obama singles out people by race and then gives them special treatment over other races.

That is simply wrong, and it has contributed to racial violence where poverty enclaves of Hispanics and Blacks overlap.
 
Neither. Minorities have no effect on the treatment that they receive from the white majority. There is no such thing as earning being the victim of racism, and certainly not having to earn an escape from racist treatment. It is completely up to us to stop treating people poorly. It is not up to them to somehow convince us to treat them with basic human decency.

But look at how he reacted with the Harvard Professor fiasco. He jumped into it, without knowing any facts, and sided with his African American friend. When someone who is suppose to be represent all Americans, does something so incredibly stupid (and I say that because he even admitted not knowing anything) you only inflame tensions. We all know his previous affiliations with that racist pastor. There's more I'm missing I know, but when you wade into these problems and immediately take a side, without knowing the facts, you only serve to in flame situations. You have to admit that he handled that poorly. And then there is all the comments about those who are against him and his polices is just because of race when that is such blatant race baiting, and only serves to piss off people more.

I will say he seems to of learned his lesson and took a more measured and neutral approach with Ferguson. Unless he seeks Federal Charges, in which case he would of done more damage than anyone I can think of to race relations in this country, due to the destroyed faith in the justice system from Blacks. At least that the moment Obama seems to, if not support, be going along with the decision.
 
Like others have said before me, he hasn't helped or hurt relations significantly. His presence has brought racial issues to the forefront of political issues, but it has had a clearly positive or negative effect.
 
I thought his election was going to help race relations. It hasn't.

And to answer the question as it specifically relates to Obama himself, IMO he has hurt race relations.
 
Its been worse but long ago. He has done much to hurt.
 
Oh that's a serious question (the op)...

Ya, the race baiter in chief and his media allies set racial harmony in the country back probably close to 40 years.
 
Your thoughts please.

It's difficult to say. I'd say that his blackness has been as much an aspect of his presidency as every president's whiteness before him wasn't an aspect of theirs, and that's pretty unfortunate. It was certainly historic when America got its first black president, and the issue of Obama's race at that point really should have stopped more or less right there, but in the public discourse, for those across the entire political spectrum, it never really did. I don't think anything Obama personally did hurt or helped race relations, but by being the first black president he certainly held a mirror up to the rest of the country.

Anyway, we won't know the long term effects for a good ten years at least.

Poll needed "other."
 
Americans talking about race is like having Lindsay Lohan as a guidance counselor.
 
IMO, BO has hurt race relations.

We can also take a look overseas and with his own policies and how it has affected different races that are our allies and those whom are not.

Which has only taken his First term to validate this out.

So there wont be waiting any Ten years.....with what had already taken place.
 
Americans talking about race is like having Lindsay Lohan as a guidance counselor.

Looking at the poll options it was always pretty much guaranteed that the only votes were going to go to "hurt."
 
Neither. Minorities have no effect on the treatment that they receive from the white majority. There is no such thing as earning being the victim of racism, and certainly not having to earn an escape from racist treatment. It is completely up to us to stop treating people poorly. It is not up to them to somehow convince us to treat them with basic human decency.

Nonsense. Your behaviour absolutely reflects on how I view you. In short, behaviour such as that exhibited in Ferguson, or by the race baiters in general does not help your cause. You want my respect, act respectful.
 
I thought his election was going to help race relations. It hasn't.

And to answer the question as it specifically relates to Obama himself, IMO he has hurt race relations.

Pretty much this.
 
Pretty much this.

Mornin' CPW. :2wave: Good thing Republicans aren't classified as a race......huh?
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It's difficult to say. I'd say that his blackness has been as much an aspect of his presidency as every president's whiteness before him wasn't an aspect of theirs, and that's pretty unfortunate. It was certainly historic when America got its first black president, and the issue of Obama's race at that point really should have stopped more or less right there, but in the public discourse, for those across the entire political spectrum, it never really did. I don't think anything Obama personally did hurt or helped race relations, but by being the first black president he certainly held a mirror up to the rest of the country.

The man lent the credibility of his office to the agitators. I'm not sure that doesn't count as 'Nothing he does personally".
 
The man lent the credibility of his office to the agitators. I'm not sure that doesn't count as 'Nothing he does personally".

Elaborate.
 
Elaborate.

:shrug: The Police Acted Stupidly. Two White House representatives at the funeral in Ferguson. If the ideologies were broadly reversed, I'd be hollerin about "dog whistles" and whatnot.
 
I think having a black President has made people act as if they have a freer reign to be passively-aggressively (or explicitly aggressive) toward blacks in public discourse. Beyond that, it is more a neither helped nor hurt race relations.

"He could have been my son!"

The first and only president to break the solid tradition of heads of state never commenting on a verdict of one's peers was an egregious wrong that only fostered on-going bitterness toward the system/establishment and whites in general.

But then we know his "stupid voter" supporters will ignore that and keep insisting, like all his other failures, that it isn't so.
 
I think having a black President has made people act as if they have a freer reign to be passively-aggressively (or explicitly aggressive) toward blacks in public discourse. Beyond that, it is more a neither helped nor hurt race relations.

I would say the opposite, Obama has given sanction to open and blatant racism against whites.

The New democrats, now hating white people.

I really don't see it as an improvement.
 
Hurt - through no fault of his own though. The republican base has really shown their true colors, as much as they are willing to admit, when it comes to him. I think every honest person in the country has been awakened to the fact that we are a lot farther off than we thought when it came to racism in this country. There are still a large number of people who harbor it.

So yes, by him being black and president, it has hurt race relations because racism has reared its ugly head more in the last 6 years. Who would have thought there would have been so many telling our president to "go back to Africa"? I wouldn't have thought it.
 
Hurt - through no fault of his own though. The republican base has really shown their true colors, as much as they are willing to admit, when it comes to him. I think every honest person in the country has been awakened to the fact that we are a lot farther off than we thought when it came to racism in this country. There are still a large number of people who harbor it.

So yes, by him being black and president, it has hurt race relations because racism has reared its ugly head more in the last 6 years. Who would have thought there would have been so many telling our president to "go back to Africa"? I wouldn't have thought it.

You just can't admit that the problems with Obama have nothing whatsoever to do with the color of his skin. We elected an inexperienced community organizer to the WH, a fellow with absolutely no governing experience, thinking he would grow into the job.

I'm sure Bush is a bit thankful, he no longer holds the crown for worst modern president.
 
Hurt - through no fault of his own though. The republican base has really shown their true colors, as much as they are willing to admit, when it comes to him. I think every honest person in the country has been awakened to the fact that we are a lot farther off than we thought when it came to racism in this country. There are still a large number of people who harbor it.

So yes, by him being black and president, it has hurt race relations because racism has reared its ugly head more in the last 6 years. Who would have thought there would have been so many telling our president to "go back to Africa"? I wouldn't have thought it.

I think when he was elected..maybe the black people thought he may do something to help them..he hasn't..

It was the same aspirations we had with Margaret Thatcher..doing something for women..she didn't either..
 
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