If yuh black in America and have a job

[Muadib]

thank Barrack !

<While policymakers grapple over how to deal with the new realities of the workplace, and figure out solutions for lackluster wages, it’s worth focusing on the changes that have taken place in the overall employment picture for blacks since President Obama came to the White House.

“I really did a deep dive into the statistics on black unemployment — not just over the past year or 10 years, but over the past four decades,” says Money Coach and Author Lynnette Khalfani-Cox.

“Historically, the black jobless rate has almost always been about 2 to 3 times what the jobless rate is for whites. But here’s what’s most eye-opening…During President Obama’s 7-year tenure to date, from 2009 through 2015…The jobless rate for African Americans fell to a low of 8.3% in December 2015 after [it] hit a peak of 16.7% in August 2011,” she adds.>

Gwaaan Obama !

[Islandman]

This is what black people come to, being "thankful" to a politician for having an unemployment rate twice the national average?

So I guess we should thank Obama for this too?

[Don1]

It's a matter of their expectations for Black people being low. They become so accustomed to us being at the bottom at all times 'til dem cyaan imagine nutten else.

As far as employment is concerned...I won't even get too much into the fact that 100s of thousands (if not millions) of low skilled Black folks have stopped looking for jobs. Babylon doesn't count that cohort as "unemployed"...They're "out of the workforce"

That's their fuzzy maths....a HUGE UNDERCOUNT of the unemployed to fool people

But I guess nuff people don't know the game Babylon plays with numbers

[Don1]

This is what black people come to, being "thankful" to a politician for having an unemployment rate twice the national average?

So I guess we should thank Obama for this too?

It's not just whites we're falling behind...Hispanics ah beat di shiit outa wi. Nuff ah dem barely chat English!

While Ben dem celebrate...mi ah ring di alarm!

[Muadib]

No.. you can thank the recession for that (and probably congress and senate).. juss thank him that you actually have a job..

[Islandman]

It is quite sobering and depressing.

Still essentially living on the crumbs falling from Massas table and then wonder why he has no problem kicking us in the face from time to time.

[Muadib]

<As far as employment is concerned...I won't even get too much into the fact that 100s of thousands (if not millions) of low skilled Black folks have stopped looking for jobs. Babylon doesn't count that cohort as "unemployed"...That's their fuzzy maths....a HUGE UNDERCOUNT of the unemployed to fool people>

When that practice started ? Under Obama ?

lol ! woiee !! Dah Wolverine round house stun yuh into stupor !

[Islandman]

Be thankful for your job....how quaint.

Sounds very 1980s.

[Don1]

It is quite sobering and depressing.

Still essentially living on the crumbs falling from Massas table and then wonder why he has no problem kicking us in the face from time to time.

Yes....absolute calamity

Scary thing is .....the economy is recovered from the meltdown and supposedly "doing well"

Well based on the 7 year business cycle the next recession is imminent. What will our economic position be then....$5K average household wealth and 20% real unemployment? 😱

Ok let's spend time singing Obama's praises while we wait til the other shoe drops

[Muadib]

Gwaan Obama !

https://www.whitehouse.gov/africanamericans

Ungrateful set ah....

[Muadib]

Yes be thankful for his magnificent performance combating the financial collapse..

That's all that needs to come out of certain people mout when it come to Obama.. (unless yuh name Trump or some badmind crab-in-a-barrel negroes)

[Rudi]

You have to understand Ben's perspective. It emanates from the neurotic Jamaican complexion perspective. These guys are mixed up uto the nth. degree. It's kinda fascinating to observe. What one needs to understand is that it all a comes back to their status in Jamaica.

[Don1]

When the practice started is completely irrelevant. The sitting president is irrelevant

What is relevant here is the FACT that even the disastrous unemployment numbers reported are a HUGE undercount of reality. Meaning that our employment position is even worse than reported

Amazing that this has to be explained to you

[Don1]

You have to understand Ben's perspective. It emanates from the neurotic Jamaican complexion perspective. These guys are mixed up uto the nth. degree. It's kinda fascinating to observe. What one needs to understand is that it all a comes back to their status in Jamaica.

Plantation House Negroes wi call dem...Cyaan help demself except fi serve dem Backra

When wi start blow di abeng....ah dem fuss run guh call Babylon pon wi

[Muadib]

Obama was good for black people in America..

Amazing that this has to be explained to you..