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(i couldnt resist)

Say it!

Since Regun, jobs in the U.S. have been disappearing via: right-sizing, downsizing, outsourcing, HB1-visas, business illegal immigration. etc. In addition, jobs that once required a HS diploma now demands a bachelor degree. Was there actually a change in skill requirements for many of these jobs that now demands degrees? Many say no. Jobs that POC will not be hire for in the private sector they perform exceedingly well w/o a college degree while they are in prison. Go figure.

The jobless rate for POC have consistently been twice that of non-POC and again, it is NOT because of education. As rikyrah indicated below, a white felon will get a job faster than a POC with no criminal record and a degree. This reality is acknowledged and documented.

What must be “tackled” is institutional disparities in hiring practices.

And you use words such as “allowed” and “running to get away from it”. Running to get away from WHAT?

Blacks are RESPONSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES, just like every other HUMAN BEING. I have asked Blacks to “rise above” as you state (or as I say, show' em instead of telling 'em,) for over 50 years and will continue. I believe in doing, not “trying to.

Also, why do you think that our President should speak to “whiteness” and what should he say? Don't you think that all of us, including those who are “white” know the score? I do. In addition, our President has to “play the middle”; the “middle” is what elected him. Your vote, [IF you voted for President Obama] like mine, was only counted ONCE, so he needed more than our TWO votes to win the election.

Again as noted, and unfortunately for many others like you, it is “always someone else's fault”. Take responsibility, as much as in YOUR POWER, for yourself.

Finally, I sense that a lot Black people are disappointed because they feel that our President has not listened to them. I disagree with that assessment. He has also listened to others, too.