Comments on: More Evidence of Ole Obama’s Hostility Toward HBCU’s.

By: James Davis

James Davis — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 23:31:39 +0000

It is a shame before God and man that this is happening, as you have stated it!

For more years than I can count in good and bad times, HBCU’s stayed at the task of continually turning out highly educated young black men and women who became the thorns in sides of racists. The HBCU’s provided the first wave of black college graduates to businesses when affirmative action was the first initiative in an attempt to rectify decades of racial discrimination. Many whites were “taken back” by the intelligence and demeanor of black college graduates. It was HBCU’s who continued to bridge the gap as public schools desegregated and racist teachers did a poor job of educating blacks. We in the black community who are wise know that this is not a colorless society, and we will continue to need HBCU’s. We will need them to stay at the tasks of building and providing within the sphere of education that which is uniquely needed by the black community. You see, we have yet to cross the desert of business creation in competitive numbers. HBCU’s will no doubt be needed to play a major role in the transformation of blacks from a consumer society to owners of production in their own right. Blacks people will call upon these institutions because of their unique relationship with them to provide what educational tools they will need to compete in the endeavor of becoming power brokers at the table of life.

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By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:13:20 +0000

This article is much ado about nothing. The President should be just as critical about the HBCU’s as he’s been about many state-funded schools that deny their need for affirmative action programs as well as private trade universities that prey on poor people and minorities. Like Marque-Anthony said we cannot have it both ways. President Obama is not Moses nor is he our pastor. He’s the President of the United States of America of which we are a part of. That he’s upholding HBCU’s to an equitable standard is not a slap in the face, it’s having the guts to be honest.

By: Marque-Anthony

Marque-Anthony — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 06:51:21 +0000

You guys need to quit. Our people are saying President Obama is hostile towards HBCUs, but the fact is that critical analysis that needs to be said is not hostility. Placing something under a microscope that needs to be examined, dissected and evaluated is not hostility. I think many people are expecting the President to be all gung ho about whatever supports “blacks”. But his job requires that he represent ALL people, not just us. And yes I am an African-American man critical of President Obama but fair in my assessment.

The Republicans like Hannity are slamming the President for not starting wars, bullying other countries and using discretion instead of offending entire religions. Then here come our people critical of the President when he does not ignore everybody else and push the African-American agenda.

All of you need to grow up and let that man do his job. He has done things both good and bad. He is a man, not a king. And I get the impression that many of you wanted a savior who would support all your causes. That’s not the way it works and as a writer and professional public speaker, I am always having to remind African-Americans and Caucasians of just that.

I think many of you are never satisfied and you expect things of the President that a President cannot do, cannot say or cannot promote. Interesting fact: Morris Brown was the only 1 of the 4 HBCUs started by us for us in the Atlanta University Center and OUR PEOPLE RAN IT IN THE GROUND. OUR PEOPLE. Maybe Morris Brown should have been more under the microscope.

We need to be harder on our own, like it or not. The President is not an African-American genie, a black Santa Claus or a magical, mystical Warlock. PRESIDENT OBAMA DOES NOT JUST WORK FOR YOU SO GROW UP GUYS.