*Although he admits that President Barack Obama has faced an “unfair” amount of opposition from the GOP, the Rev. Jesse Jackson believes the Obama administration should have been more direct in dealing with issues affecting black people, such as unemployment.
Jackson’s disappointment with Obama’s record as it pertains to empowering black people was expressed in a new interview with the International Business Times. In his eyes, the president has fallen short.
“[Pres. Obama] has the view that racial injustice is something that requires a vote [in Congress],” Jackson told IBT. “Blacks are without a targeted plan. Without one, we’ll never have an even playing field.”
Especially troubling for Jackson are figures highlighting the overall growth of the economy, while noting that that African-American growth is the slowest since the recession in 2009.
“It’s time not for a national police summit in places like Baltimore, but for an urban reconstruction summit, where all the agencies are used in that reconstruction,” the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition president explained to the IBT. “There is an opportunity to pull together government agencies — [housing, education, transportation departments] — and make something work.”
For more of Jackson’s interview, click here.
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