July 31: Even at a time with the first African-American president and a Hispanic Supreme Court nominee, many minorities are without jobs, homes and health care. Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, discusses how to fix this situation.
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You may recall the day after President Obama called the Cambridge police “stupid” in arresting Henry Louis Gates, Alex Castellanos went on CNN and called his actions “reckless”.
On Sunday, Castellanos stood by that statement and told John King: “There’s a story here about recklessness,” and that this could be used against Obama come reelection time.
But National Urban League CEO Marc Morial immediately jumps in and responds, “Reckless is a spin word.”
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‘Young Obama’ speaking to members of the Urban League before the first Obama-McCain debate.
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Why would information about the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights Compliance and Investigative Unit being at the Minneapolis Urban League not be a “public” information event? Who is running the joint? What does the train-wreck continue to happen.
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The National Urban League says, despite the hope generated by the election of the first black U.S. president, African Americans are faring worse in an economy in which the gap between the “American dream” and reality is widening. The Urban League says it will be pushing to ensure blacks benefit from the jobs and money Congress and President Obama made available in the economic stimulus plan.
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