Abdullah the Butcher Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 http://m.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/10/what-if-black-america-were-a-country/380953/ Link to comment
Street Novelist Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Can you just put all these threads into one big one instead of continually creating new ones? It seems people keep making "Black America" threads every month. Why not have just one and leave it at that? Link to comment
Abdullah the Butcher Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Can you just put all these threads into one big one instead of continually creating new ones? It seems people keep making "Black America" threads every month. Why not have just one and leave it at that? Because it's a different article, and what does it hurt. Link to comment
Creighton Duke Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Can you just put all these threads into one big one instead of continually creating new ones? It seems people keep making "Black America" threads every month. Why not have just one and leave it at that?Because it's a different article, and what does it hurt. It hurts because it is an extremely similar topic to many that have been created combined with the fact that you do not make any comment on it to spark discussion. If you just want to post articles for people to review, why not do so in a status update. Otherwise, provide us with some prompting to discuss. Link to comment
Abdullah the Butcher Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Can you just put all these threads into one big one instead of continually creating new ones? It seems people keep making "Black America" threads every month. Why not have just one and leave it at that? Because it's a different article, and what does it hurt. It hurts because it is an extremely similar topic to many that have been created combined with the fact that you do not make any comment on it to spark discussion. If you just want to post articles for people to review, why not do so in a status update. Otherwise, provide us with some prompting to discuss. Don't read it then, it was just some interesting info, if people choose to discuss that info then more power to them. The graphics are pretty self explanatory, black America is in a sh**ty situation. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Has anything improved under Obama? Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Has anything improved under Obama? White people got richer Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 If I'm a black kid in America, why would I ever even dream of being successful? Link to comment
carlfense Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Has anything improved under Obama? Economy, unemployment, combat deaths, uninsured rate, environmental protection, reduction in medical inflation rates, financial regulation . . . just off the top of my head. 3 Link to comment
carlfense Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 . . . the deficit . . . don't know how I forgot about that one. 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hmmm....I could be wrong and TGHusker could correct me if I am. But, I took his comments as meaning in the area of improving life for black America. Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hmmm....I could be wrong and TGHusker could correct me if I am. But, I took his comments as meaning in the area of improving life for black America. I think that's what TGHusker meant as well Link to comment
Abdullah the Butcher Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Free iPhones Link to comment
carlfense Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hmmm....I could be wrong and TGHusker could correct me if I am. But, I took his comments as meaning in the area of improving life for black America. I think that's what TGHusker meant as well That's not what he said . . . but we can address those for "black America" if you'd like: 1. Economy - Not race specific. 2. Unemployment - Peaked relatively early in the recession and has since receded. 3. Combat deaths - I think that (2010 numbers) around 30% of active duty enlisted women and 16% of active duty enlisted men were black. Around ~12% of Americans are black so it's fair to say that they are disproportionally represented in our military. It's probably an improvement that they aren't dying as frequently, right? 4. Uninsured rate - The uninsured rate for black Americans dropped from 18.9% to 15.1% in the first year of the ACA. 5. Environmental protection - Not race specific. 6. Medical inflation rates - Not race specific. 7. Financial regulation - Not race specific. 8. Deficit - Not race specific. Either way . . . whether TG meant just black Americans or whether he meant all Americans . . . you'd have to have your head jammed pretty damn far up there to think that nothing has improved under Obama. Link to comment
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