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Two ways you could take this. The first, which most seem to get from this,
is that Waters is tying Obama;s failure to the black community. The second
way to take this is that Waters is advocating saying 'black' rather than '
African American.' If the latter, I actually agree with Waters on this one.
I never liked hyphenating any American because it has the appearance, at
least to me, of implying that people are less than fully American. I am for
instance not a Euro-American, but just an American. Likewise, black people
are not African Americans, but just Americans - same as me. In any case, you
decide. From The Politico via memeorandum: Waters to Obama aide: Say ‘
black’
Don Graves, the executive director of the President’s Council on Jobs
and Competitiveness, said at a nighttime forum at a black church in Miami
that the president is “focused on every community across the country,” The
Miami Herald reported.
But when he added that “certain communities have been hit harder than
other communities,” Waters pushed him. “Let me hear you say ‘black,’”
the California Democrat said.
As the crowd cheered, The Washington Post said in its report on the
Congressional Black Caucus-sponsored event, Graves quietly said: “black,
African-American, Latino — we’re going to focus on getting people back to
work.”
There's a third possibility - it could be a combination of both. |
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