MAxine Waters to Obama aide: Say ‘black’

Two ways you could take this. The first, which most seem to get from this, is that Waters is tying Obama;s failure to the black community. The second way to take this is that Waters is advocating saying 'black' rather than 'African American.' If the latter, I actually agree with Waters on this one. I never liked hyphenating any American because it has the appearance, at least to me, of implying that people are less than fully American. I am for instance not a Euro-American, but just an American. Likewise, black people are not African Americans, but just Americans - same as me. In any case, you decide. From The Politico via memeorandum: Waters to Obama aide: Say ‘black’

Don Graves, the executive director of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, said at a nighttime forum at a black church in Miami that the president is “focused on every community across the country,” The Miami Herald reported.

But when he added that “certain communities have been hit harder than other communities,” Waters pushed him. “Let me hear you say ‘black,’” the California Democrat said.

As the crowd cheered, The Washington Post said in its report on the Congressional Black Caucus-sponsored event, Graves quietly said: “black, African-American, Latino — we’re going to focus on getting people back to work.”

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