A new USA/Gallup poll showed that 71% of the people surveyed don't believe that President Obama has been tough enough, when dealing with BP and the oil spill. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl2579
Of that 71 percent that responded, I'd like to know what percentage of this 71 percentage are White and what percentage are African-American People of Color and other minorities? The reason that I ask this is because it appears that this scenario is being played out by showing 95-99% of White families and businesses. It seems as if Black America is not part of the participants, which are involved with how this Gulf Oil Spill will affect their livelihoods.
In case anyone is wondering what Black Fishermen I'm talking about, I did check things out and found out that there are some Black Fishermen in the Gulf, but I had to do a search because they're not talked about, and neither are they shown. http://www.theroot.com/views/invisible-fishermen-oil-spill When I see what's going on, it reminds me of Hurricane Katrina. Does anyone remember what happened after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and New Orleans, if so, do you remember how Black families were separated as they were during slavery? Today the Black Fishermen and their livelihoods aren't talked about; it seems like these Black Fishermen have become almost invisible. America seems to be focusing on the White businesses and their livelihoods. Perhaps it's because of a double standard, which always seems to come between Black and White in this country. I speak of this double standard in several places in my book, "Born In The Wrong Country." At one point I speak of how White people were allowed to talk to their White supervisor in a certain tone and words, as opposed to Black people who were not allowed to talk to the same White supervisor in that same tone and words. The same words and tones from a Black employee could be cause for a reprimand or perhaps they could be fired....". "There has always been a double standard in this country, one for Whites and another for Blacks. Mind you, the higher standard was set for Blacks, making it harder for us to achieve the same mark as the Whites."
When it comes to who has more businesses of a higher monetary value, Whites surpass the Blacks by a landslide. The means for achieving these standards were off balance from the beginning; one must remember that the African-American People of Color were former slaves; they weren't allowed an education, or to be taught how to read, and they never received their 40 acres and a mule. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_couldn't_slaves_learn_how_to_read_and_write
This double standard is the kind of thing that is strangling what could be a stronger and greater nation, but the arrogant would rather weaken this country and continue with costly mistakes.
http://www.theroot.com/views/invisible-fishermen-oil-spill
It is said that BP used cheaper equipment and look what happened.
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1080069/pg1
They have a disaster in the Gulf coast spewing millions of gallons of oil. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/10/politics/washingtonpost/main6569705.shtml President Obama, the first Black President of the United States holds the reins of power and deals with BP as he should. Perhaps some people would like him to be like Moses, doing something miraculous as Moses did in parting the Red Sea and stop this ASAP; it doesn't work that way. President Obama had nothing to do with this oil spill; he is the commander and chief of this country, who is the chief negotiator for all the people of this country, and is doing his best to see that this is cleaned up and that people are compensated by BP.
There's always someone who wants to give their two cents, this time it is Mayor Bloomberg, who seems to be insinuating that if one starts blaming BP's CEO, perhaps they might slack off in doing their job. Is he insinuating that this is what he would do if he were the CEO of BP? A comment like this makes one wonder; why else would he or anyone else make such an arrogant statement? To be more precise, this is exactly what Mayor Bloomberg said. .. "If you want him to fix it and they're the only ones with the expertise, I think I might wait to assign blame till we get it fixed," http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/mayor-defends-bps-chief-executive/
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