Black communities deteriorated economically during Obama’s presidency despite a black president
Evidence
Black unemployment remains high. Home foreclosures continue. The wealth gap between blacks and whites has grown wider. More young black families and children than ever are drowning in poverty. And police have been on what seems like a rampage—killing young black people at alarming rates. In short, black communities have been devastated. And Obama’s most publicized initiative in the face of all this, even as the spate of racial incidents pressured him to be more forthright about this issue, has been My Brother’s Keeper, a public-private partnership to address the crisis of young men and boys of color—a Band-Aid for a gunshot wound. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 20
Categorization
- XREF: This materially relevant to the reader’s goal of evaluating whether Glaude’s critique has aged well — the bald economy measures assessable against data now. — connects to: Obama’s election coincided with black families facing foreclosure, not racial progress.; Black economic conditions worsened during the Obama presidency — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 20; Racial inequality worsened during the first black presidency — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 396 (+7 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Obama’s election coincided with black families facing foreclosure, not racial progress.; Black economic conditions worsened during the Obama presidency — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 20; Racial inequality worsened during the first black presidency — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 396 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Black economic conditions worsened during the Obama presidency
#corroborates(1.00) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 20 - Racial inequality worsened during the first black presidency
#corroborates(0.92) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 396