BLACKS CHOSE A BLACK PRESIDENT BUT SEE THEIR CLOUT ERODED BY OBAMA'S FLOOD OF HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS

The law of unintended consequences.  The steady flow of Hispanic and other legal and illegal immigrants into the United States -  added to the loss of American jobs to Asian factories and tech enterprises  - continues to erode into the earnings and job security of those born in the country - whatever their race or education level. 

 

What is most striking is that as the Afro-American proportion of the US population shrinks, they may see their clout dissipate, while that of Latinos increases.  This will have long-term social and political repercussions as Blacks continue to need assistance with special social programs.  Will the funds required to pay for them continue to be available?

 

 

Race Gap: Blacks Fall Further Behind Under Obama

NEWSMAX - Black Americans have overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama in two presidential elections, but they have fallen further behind during his term in office, losing ground in measures of income, employment, and education.
 

And while the recession impacted all race and age groups' earnings, blacks fared the worst.

While blacks turned out in record numbers to support Obama in 2012, many are becoming more vocal about the lack of progress for African-Americans.

Photo above:  blighted row houses in Baltimore

"I don't know how much he has done or how much his policies are responsible for the current state of blacks in America. What I do know is that we are worse off than we were when he came into office," Harry Alford, president of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, told Newsmax.

At a conference at Howard University in early 2013, economist Dr. Bernard Anderson, who still supports Obama, expressed a sense of exasperation that has grown over the course of his presidency.

Anderson said: "He is not going to run again for anything. He does not deserve a pass anymore. Let him not only find his voice but summon his courage and use his political capital to address racial inequality. He owes that to the African-American community.”

Alford said the administration could help blacks by addressing the 20 percent decline in small business lending, investing more in programs that help prisoners transition into permanent jobs, and adopting education policies that support alternatives, including charter schools.
Alford cited the Keystone pipeline as one example where the president has rejected an issue that has support in Congress and could have a positive impact on African-American employment, particularly in the states through which the pipeline would run.

"There are lots of things he could do, but he has not done so," he said. "He could start with opening up the Keystone pipeline. He could stop his administration from trying to put the coal industry out of business and he could just let business be business."

Early in his first term, Obama rejected assertions that he was neglecting the black community as "simply factually not correct," claiming change could not come "overnight."

Speaking in April 2009 with American Urban Radio Network, Obama said: "I can't pass laws that say I'm just helping black folks. I'm the president of the entire United States. What I can do is make sure that I am passing laws that help all people, particularly those who are most vulnerable and most in need."

Especially disappointing is the lack of progress for blacks in education since Obama took office, after strides were made during the previous decade.

"Gains under the Obama administration by all students range between minimal and nonexistent, and the black-white gap on test scores threatens to widen after having narrowed steadily over the previous nine years," Paul E. Peterson, professor of government at Harvard University, wrote in The Wall Street Journal.

Nationally, only 52 percent of black males graduate from high school in four years, according to the Schott Foundation's 2012 report.

Despite the troubled state of education in black communities, the Obama administration has fought efforts to expand minority students' access to school choice.

The most recent example is the lawsuit filed by the Justice Department against Louisiana's tuition voucher program, which has produced record gains for blacks and Hispanics.

The basis of Justice's opposition to the program was that it endangered desegregation efforts in Louisiana, despite the fact that approximately 90 percent of the 6,700 children receiving vouchers are black.

Even the Washington Post editorial board criticized the decision, stating that it represented a bid "to trap poor, black children in ineffective schools."

The Obama administration's approach to education actually runs counter to the growing support for education alternatives among black parents. 

 A March 2012 multistate survey conducted by the Black Alliance for Educational Options found that almost 90 percent of respondents agreed that government should provide parents with as many choices as possible to ensure that their child receives a good education. Half of those surveyed — including seven in 10 in Mississippi — expressed support for charter schools.

Alford agrees that if Obama were white, it is likely he would receive more vocal criticism from the black community. Yet despite Obama's failure to deliver on his promise of jobs and better economic conditions, many African-Americans continue to show support, according to opinion polls.
 

Orlando Watson, Republican National Committee communications director for black media, says the dissatisfaction within the community presents an opportunity for Republican candidates.

After the 2012 election, the RNC began building a grass-roots network to connect with minority business and community leaders across the nation. Watson said they have organizations in 10 states so far, including Louisiana, Texas, Michigan, and Ohio, and plan to broaden the effort in the next year.

Watson told Newsmax: "For too long Democrats have taken their votes for granted, so what we are doing is working hard on the ground and in the community to show there is a choice and an alternative to the policies that have failed generations."

Link to full article

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-blacks-poverty-education/2014/01/08/id/545866/

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IT'S BEEN HARD FOR ALL NATIVE-BORN AMERICANS, AS IMMIGRANT WORK FORCE SLICE OF JOBS INCREASES

 

THE FREE BEACON:  Report shows American born workers struggle to compete with immigrants.  Native-born workers without a job increased by 17 million since 2000.

 

The number of U.S.-born workers has steadily decreased since 2000, causing the labor force participation rate to reach its lowest rate since records have been maintained, according to a new report.

 

The Center for Immigration Studies released a study to mark the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Senate Gang of Eight immigration bill on Friday, discrediting the notion that adding millions more workers through comprehensive immigration reform is necessary due to a coming labor shortage.

 

Analyzing statistics from the Census Bureau, the report found that native-born U.S. citizens have struggled to compete with both illegal and legal immigrants for more than a decade.

 

“All of the net increase in employment went to immigrants in the last 14 years partly because, even before the Great Recession, immigrants were gaining a disproportionate share of jobs relative to their share of population growth.  Among young natives 16 to 24 years old the share holding a job was 12.4 percentage points lower in 2014 than it was in 2000,” the report said.

 

8.7 million native college graduates, 17 million with some college, and 25.3 million with only a high school diploma are not working.

 
Read more
http://freebeacon.com/issues/report-american-born-workers-struggle-to-compete-with-immigrants/


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