No More Excuses For Black Underachievement

Will all those leftists who call America a racist nation apologize now that Americans have elected Barack Obama president? I doubt it.

From the WSJ:

Barack Obama’s election as the first black U.S. president promises to usher in a new era of race relations. But it is likely to be a complex evolution, marked by new issues and tensions.

As election night unfolded on television screens in the predominantly white, blue-collar suburbs of Mahoning County, Ohio, which went heavily for Mr. Obama, some viewers had a pointed interpretation: Black people in America, you have no more excuses.

“They have head football coaches, they…have a president, they can’t say society is holding them back anymore,” said Mike Kluchar, a white 43-year-old assembly-line worker who voted for Mr. Obama.

…“What you are hearing today—good Lord, it is like Obama is the savior,” said Shelby Steele, a black writer who is a fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover institution. “Blacks still have a 70% illegitimacy rate; 50% of those incarcerated are still black. Obama will govern politically. He will address health care and have a tax plan. To look at him culturally is going to lead to expectations that will be disappointed.”

…Electing a black president “strips us as African-Americans of every excuse, every ‘ism,’ every schism we’ve tried to hide behind,” said Kenneth Stepney Jr., 25, a student at Richmond’s Virginia Union University. “He can do his part but we have to do ours as well. We can’t hold the government responsible for our failings.”

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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