Obama Says He'll Continue To Work On Racial Equality After He Leaves Office
May 4 (Reuters) - Following a week of racially charged protests in Baltimore, U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday said obstacles facing minority men from birth put them in a position of having "the odds stacked against them."
Obama said black and Latino men feel that disadvantage, and he credited their sense of frustration about their lives and opportunities for the intensity of recent protests around the country.
He spoke at Lehman College in the Bronx to announce the launch of My Brother's Keeper Alliance, a nonprofit organization that is a spinoff of a White House initiative to increase opportunities for young minority men.
"That sense of unfairness, powerlessness, people not hearing their voices, that's helped fuel some of the protests that we've seen in places like Baltimore, Ferguson and right here in New York," Obama said, referring to demonstrations that followed the deaths of unarmed black men after interactions with police.
Obama said he would continue to work on the issue after his presidency, a possible foreshadowing of his future involvement with My Brother's Keeper Alliance.
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I knew this is what he would be doing!
Bravo!
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I think he and Holder will team up on this.
wasted potential with Bill Clinton's Presidency - too much DLC influence, kowtowing to the RW & self-indulgence with relationships. But frankly NAFTA, if managed, implemented and enforced properly by his successor, could have been much less of a disaster than it has been for both the US and Mexico.
Unfortunately, his successor-in-fact was Cheney rather than Bush II (although feckless dim son was no better than Cheney, if not as consciously and deliberately evil perhaps) and eight years of disastrous GOP economic policies exacerbated all of NAFTA's many flaws. This is just one of many reasons why abominations such as the TPP in its current form should not pass - we cannot trust who will be around to implement provisions. If it is any GOPer, it will be an unmitigated disaster for all but the One Percent - nothing less.
As for Clinton's becoming rich after his Presidency, there is certainly nothing wrong per se in that. In fact, there is nothing wrong in anyone's becoming rich, if their wealth is obtained honestly rather than by exploiting the vulnerable. And when those who are wealthy recognize that they have responsibilities towards the vulnerable and use their wealth and influence to help those who are vulnerable become less so in any way, then I certainly applaud that. They SHOULD do that. They should also realize, however, that private sector charity is simply not enough - that government policies should also be geared towards improving the lot of the vulnerable and disadvantaged. I believe that Clinton and others do realize that.
I believe that we agree about a lot more than we disagree about. But I do challenge you to explain to me exactly how Bill Clinton's becoming wealthy after his Presidency exploited anyone vulnerable. And I also return to my first comment: considering what he has done with that wealth, how can you honestly conflate him with Reagan in any way at all?
Now that is a DUzy, yallerdawg. 
And we will still have the BOG~
Did I ever mention to you, how proud I am of this President?
Thanks~
And he is the perfect role model for those who have been frustrated and demoralized yet dismissed the idea of running for public office in their own localities to effect the change that could positively impact them. I.e., we saw places like Ferguson where the black population is 67%, yet very few were actually in elective office.
I know that a career in politics is the purview of the few and hardy. But some who might have been moved to activism, might also be corralled to go the next step to find pragmatic ways to channel the frustration into beneficial legislation.
