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November 5, 2012

"Having a black man in the Oval Office is less important for black advancement than having one in the home?"

The election of Barack Obama four years ago gave blacks bragging rights, but bragging rights can't close

the black-white achievement gap in education or increase black labor-force participation or reduce black incarceration rates. A civil-rights leadership that encourages blacks to look to politicians to solve these problems is doing a disservice to the people they claim to represent. -- Jason Riley: For Blacks, the Pyrrhic Victory of the Obama Era - WSJ.com

Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 5, 2012 8:49 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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