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Would be interested to hear you expand on that.  President Obama shouldn't be disappointed in his own success or lack thereof, in providing African-Americans with a better outlook on life?  If you don't believe so, cool; would enjoy hearing more detail on that point.

In particular, my question goes to the issue of how a President handles his bully pulpit, and where the state of racial attitudes and dispositions are in America.  You believe he said the right things, and the deteriorating BLM-style attitudes are wholly due to Congress' actions?  I don't get it.  Was Congress doing better things in 2005 than it's doing now?

White America put an African-American President in office; you're not going to see Egypt put a Jewish man in office, for example.  They thought that African-Americans might appreciate that, but it seems that anger is much higher eight years on.

I'm not trying to be obtuse.  Many Americans are puzzled as to why many African-Americans seem to be much angrier than they used to be.

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