Obama challenges NAACP, but not himself

"We have had an issue with him for refusing to send a delegation to the world conference on racism in South Africa,"

Dear friends,

Recently, President Barack Obama addressed the NAACP’s 100th anniversary convention. He spoke of his “standing on the shoulders of giants”, To be sure, we have heard this from him before, However, ay least to me, it is a disingenuous claim on his part, especially since, as the piece on the link below reveals, Mr. Obama spent so much time talking about African Americans taking “responsibility” as opposed to expecting help from the government, when he, apparently, has no plans himself to take responsibility by allowing other younger African Americans as well as those who have yet to come, to stand on “his shoulders”. In other words, he. in effect, is telling African Americans that, while he stood on the shoulders of giants, he prefers not to reciprocate. He more or less is saying: Sorry Black folks, I’ve reached the pinnacle. Now, you’re on you own.

Wow! Is this the man who African Americans thought would be our newest Jesus? After all, it seems that we are always looking for a Jesus, instead of using our own “divine” inner and outer powers and imitating the path of the historical Jesus, so that we can make our own way.

Finally, President Obama never even hinted about our need to build our communities. Instead, he totally placed the “responsibility” on parents to guide their children to be educated. Yet, what kind of education does he mean? After all, lawyers in America go to jail everyday, for a variety of crimes. Also, Obama called racism “discrimination”. Interesting. Nevertheless, on the link below, a “giant” himself. Philadelphia Daily News columnist Elmer Smith talks about Mr. Obama’s recent speech to the NAACP

Cheers!

G. Djata Bumpus
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/51004352.html