FLASHBACK: Jesse Jackson Says “Obama Failed Black People”

I had to do a quick flashback post.

I remember when this happened in 2015, seeing Jesse Jackson actually say this.

It was shocking back then and just as shocking in 2019 when I saw it again from someone who had posted in my Facebook feed.

But as I was reading the article from Business Insider again one thing really jumped out at me.

In 2015, the article cites black unemployment as being 9.5%!

And in addition to that, the article says this was the first time in 7 years (so that’s entires full 2 terms in office) that the number had dipped below 10%!

Based on those numbers, Jackson was right:  Obama DID fail black people.

But of course we know how the story played out.  Fast forward to 2019 and the Trump economic policies kicking in and we all know what happened to black unemployment:  it hit RECORD lows.

According to CNBC, the rate is now 5.9%:

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The employment picture for black Americans is better than ever.

On Friday, the rate of unemployed Africans Americans in the United States fell 0.3 percent to 5.9 percent, a tying a new record low reached in May.

A better unemployment rate doesn’t tell the whole story though. The demographic still lags behind the national unemployment rate, which remained unchanged in November at 3.7 percent.

Don’t ya just love it?

Trump breaking his own records!

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