With poverty at an all-time high, daunting black unemployment levels and Obamacare threatening black babies, black support for Barack Obama remains surprisingly strong.

Why?

Blacks are not uniformly as radical as Obama. So why do 91 percent of blacks still support him1 when only 79 percent of his Democrat constituency2 does?

It's a black thang.

Again, why?

Some say Obama's support comes from "black solidarity" — that birds of a feather flock together. That is racist in itself. After all, imagine if white voters similarly lined up in "racial solidarity." This is compounded by the facts.

Under George W. Bush, black unemployment was actually lower than during the Clinton years3 and much lower than the 16.3 percent it is today.4 Under Obama, black unemployment rose from 12.6 percent to 16.3 percent as of August 1, 2010.5

Despite promoting black upward mobility, Bush only enjoyed a black approval rating in the low 30s at a similar time in his presidency.6 Bush also made historic cabinet-level appointments of blacks and dramatically increased funding to fight AIDS in Africa. Much to Kanye West's chagrin, President Bush did care about black people.

Furthermore, after nearly two years of Obama's reckless spending, 43.6 million Americans (one in seven) live in poverty — a 51-year high.7 Blacks, who account for only 13 percent of the population, make up 22.6 percent of those now receiving food stamp benefits.8

And, after a promise there would be no federal abortion funding in Obamacare, tax dollars for abortions may be provided through high-risk insurance programs in Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Maryland.9

Polling shows blacks are overwhelmingly pro-life.10 We undoubtedly want jobs and freedom from poverty. So why the blind loyalty to someone who hasn't delivered?

When a constituency clearly provides loyal support, as blacks are to progressives, it begs to be taken for granted.

So is it any wonder that, after 50 years of conceding support to liberals and letting Uncle Sam be their "baby daddy," we are mired in an anti-empowerment culture of dependency?

Liberals can argue racism causes black stagnation, but is a 70 percent illegitimacy rate among blacks (90 percent in some inner cities) due to racism or a lack of accountability and personal responsibility? It's also a painful truth that blacks kill more blacks (by gun, unhealthy lifestyle and abortion) than racists could ever accomplish.

So-called "civil rights leaders," pseudo-intellectuals and liberal lawmakers must know this, yet they insist on pretending racism is more responsible for sluggish black advancement than behavior they foster.

It's time for a frank discussion about the folly of black Americans' monolithic support of liberalism. When 91 percent of any racial group votes one way, it's either out of racism or blind groupthink. Neither is good for America.

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Jerome Hudson is a member of the national advisory council of the Project 21 black leadership network. His work has also appeared in Human Events. Comments may be sent to Project21@nationalcenter.org.

http://www.nationalcenter.org/P21NVHudsonBlackSupport91010.html

interesting opinion piece,,,

Thanks...loaded with facts too....

figures lie and liars figure, a lot of out of context 'facts' to make deceptive points

1st. Unemployment doesn't develop in a vacuum. Bush, Clinton , and OBama have 8 year terms , each year recording an unemployment rate
,,,,we can just look at history and figure that the black unemployment rate is consistently about TWICE that of the average/white rate

and looking at the average rates during the term we can see the real 'facts' in context

,,,Clinton took office in 1993 with an unemployment rate ALREADY at 6.9 percent,, when Bush took office in 2001 it was DOWN to 4.7

when Obama took office in 2009 , it was up once again to 9.3


http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104719.html

and currently( Obama leaves office in another two years yet) , it is at 5.7. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

So people using LOGIC and not emotionalism,, whatever their race, might see that Under DEM Clinton,, unemployment goes down, Under REP Bush, unemployment goes UP, and under Dem Obama unemployment goes down again

,,that might be a reason to support that is separate from race(OBama and Clinton aren't the same race)



2nd. At this time In Bushes presidency , KATRINA had happened,, his approval SUNK amongst blacks because of the appearance that he didn't give much of a damn and the statement that praised how it was being handled. This is nothing specifically a 'black' thing either, as OBamas ratings have dipped as well right after some national spotlight issue that people didn't agree with him on


3rd, blacks recognize their 'poverty' has been ingrained into the system long before OBama came and don't hold him responsible for singlehandedly changing that trend,,,

4th, those like me have no expectation that because a black man takes the office he will suddenly or brazenly turn things around that have taken hundreds of years to build up,,,lol,, so yeah 'freedom 'from poverty is a nice ideal but not any more an expectation from this president than it was any before him. but bringing unemployment down and adding jobs is a nice refresher,,,

5th, although 'illegitimacy' is the popular go to to explain the economic situation of blacks, it is nothing provable and doesn't explain the 'stagnation' that has been present even when those rates were much lower,, or higher in a time where more black women are choosing not to have more kids( which leads to the higher 'illegitimate' rate when many of those women are married, )


6th, there really isn't much relevance in the discussion about blacks killing blacks, as the same is true any every group,,,,

and is a separate issue from the most recent concern about INSTITUTIONAL Racism amongst police forces and the justice system



,,,,ya see, these things come from a different perspective, and I don't mandate or expect everyone to have it,, but it is rather insulting for all of that to be dismissed as simple 'black loyalty'

figures lie and liars figure, a lot of out of context 'facts' to make deceptive points

1st. Unemployment doesn't develop in a vacuum. Bush, Clinton , and OBama have 8 year terms , each year recording an unemployment rate
,,,,we can just look at history and figure that the black unemployment rate is consistently about TWICE that of the average/white rate

and looking at the average rates during the term we can see the real 'facts' in context

,,,Clinton took office in 1993 with an unemployment rate ALREADY at 6.9 percent,, when Bush took office in 2001 it was DOWN to 4.7

when Obama took office in 2009 , it was up once again to 9.3


http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104719.html

and currently( Obama leaves office in another two years yet) , it is at 5.7. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

So people using LOGIC and not emotionalism,, whatever their race, might see that Under DEM Clinton,, unemployment goes down, Under REP Bush, unemployment goes UP, and under Dem Obama unemployment goes down again

,,that might be a reason to support that is separate from race(OBama and Clinton aren't the same race)



2nd. At this time In Bushes presidency , KATRINA had happened,, his approval SUNK amongst blacks because of the appearance that he didn't give much of a damn and the statement that praised how it was being handled. This is nothing specifically a 'black' thing either, as OBamas ratings have dipped as well right after some national spotlight issue that people didn't agree with him on


3rd, blacks recognize their 'poverty' has been ingrained into the system long before OBama came and don't hold him responsible for singlehandedly changing that trend,,,

4th, those like me have no expectation that because a black man takes the office he will suddenly or brazenly turn things around that have taken hundreds of years to build up,,,lol,, so yeah 'freedom 'from poverty is a nice ideal but not any more an expectation from this president than it was any before him. but bringing unemployment down and adding jobs is a nice refresher,,,

5th, although 'illegitimacy' is the popular go to to explain the economic situation of blacks, it is nothing provable and doesn't explain the 'stagnation' that has been present even when those rates were much lower,, or higher in a time where more black women are choosing not to have more kids( which leads to the higher 'illegitimate' rate when many of those women are married, )


6th, there really isn't much relevance in the discussion about blacks killing blacks, as the same is true any every group,,,,

and is a separate issue from the most recent concern about INSTITUTIONAL Racism amongst police forces and the justice system



,,,,ya see, these things come from a different perspective, and I don't mandate or expect everyone to have it,, but it is rather insulting for all of that to be dismissed as simple 'black loyalty'

Perhaps the U.S. unemployment rate will get down to where it was before President Obama moved into the White House.

Im positive everyone posting in this thread knows how unemployment 'develops'...They also know what exacerbates the problem...This statement, "blacks recognize their poverty has been ingrained into the system" that you 'borrowed' from the late Stokely Carmichael not only tell me where your head is, it tells me you have no real understanding of where the president stands on eliminating institutional racism...Obama, like all powermongers, is part of the problem...IMO, the rest of your post is denial, bias and spin...

I stole nothing from anyone,, everything here is my own opinion, although I dont discount that I am not the only one to ever have it,,,


you already know where my head is

I have as much 'understanding' as anyone here,, there is no way to 'eliminate' institutional racism in one or two presidential terms,

particularly if you are a BLACK president facing the congressional obstructionism of people who for the most part cant relate to the reality of it or the need for anything to change,,,

and people, who for the most part, are a large part of who voted you in (and not to see you address institutional racism since MOST of them dont believe it exists and can explain it away by attacking the character of blacks instead,, you can bet)

IN my opinion, your posts are nothing but persona opinion wrapped in ego that causes a belief that they are the only 'right' ones,,,

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2014/01/24/after-five-years-of-obamanomics-a-record-100-million-americans-not-working/

After Five Years Of Obamanomics, A Record 100 Million Americans Not Working

Im positive everyone posting in this thread knows how unemployment 'develops'...They also know what exacerbates the problem...This statement, "blacks recognize their poverty has been ingrained into the system" that you 'borrowed' from the late Stokely Carmichael not only tell me where your head is, it tells me you have no real understanding of where the president stands on eliminating institutional racism...Obama, like all powermongers, is part of the problem...IMO, the rest of your post is denial, bias and spin...