Obama’s stated views promised nothing resembling a racial justice agenda

Evidence

I believe in the free market, competition, and entrepreneurship, and think no small number of government programs don’t work as advertised. I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers. I think America has been more often a force for good than for ill in the world; I carry few illusions about our enemies, and revere the courage and competence of our military. I reject a politics that is based solely on racial identity, gender identity, sexual orientation, or victimhood generally. I think much of what ails the inner city involves a breakdown in culture that will not be cured by money alone, and that our values and spiritual life matter at least as much as our GDP. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 403

Categorization

• XREF: This is Obama’s quote from The Audacity of Hope, and functions as the factual premise beneath Glaude’s claim that Democrats’ loyalty was never reciprocated. — connects to: Obama’s first Zimmerman response omitted race entirely despite racial verdict dynamics — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 183; Obama consistently avoided a specific policy agenda for black Americans — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 179; Black civil-rights leaders gained nothing from Obama meetings and the trickle-down logic failed — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 479 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Obama’s first Zimmerman response omitted race entirely despite racial verdict dynamics — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 183; Obama consistently avoided a specific policy agenda for black Americans — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 179; Black civil-rights leaders gained nothing from Obama meetings and the trickle-down logic failed — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 479 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Obama consistently avoided a specific policy agenda for black Americans #expands (0.95) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 179
• Obama’s racial rhetoric recycled conservative narratives blaming black people for their condition #complicates (0.75) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 251