Originally Posted by Taichiliberal
you're an embarrassment. You keep parroting the SOS, yet when taken to task, your blather just doesn't stand up to the light of day. I've already addressed the willfully ignorant and insipidly stubborn mantras you've put forth here. Instead of wasting time being a parrot, just search this thread for my posts and read my responses. If you don't have the cojones or intellectual honesty to do so, then I'd say we're done here, and you may proudly squawk your frustrations to your hearts content without fearing a response from me. Carry on.
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...50#post3759150
OK let’s take a step back. Your points are not being ignored or avoided, you are enlightening me and I appreciate it.
Let’s go back to the early stages of our discussion. Has Trump made the country a better place for Black Americans?
Trump exaggerates his role in “improving the African-American community.” Fine he exaggerates it, he says he’s the “best President for African-Americans ever” – total nonsense, we agree. He says “Obama couldn’t get it done and I did” – not true as he states it.
But do you think he deserves any credit for improving things in the country for Black Americans? Even your article states:
“When we took a closer look, we found that Trump does have a point about some of the economic and policy details he mentioned. His campaign also pointed to a double-digit funding increase he sought and signed for historically black colleges and universities.”
And then in reference to Opportunity Zones and Criminal Justice reform:
“But while Trump gets credit for signing these bills, he doesn’t get sole credit.”
So I concur, not sole credit and he isn’t the most amazing President ever we all agree there. But does he deserve any credit? To combat the narrative that he is just a racist?
Or do you think he is just piggybacking off of Obama;s prior achievements and groundwork? Does he get any credit for continuing the trends, such as poverty rates and unemployment continuing to go down, or none at all?
And in terms of President Obama. Do you just think the idea that he revved up racial unrest is “right wing wonk?” No basis behind it at all?