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President Obama made a vital speech to the NAACP Thursday, the 16th July. He enthusiastically urged the members to get African American students moving forward when it comes to education. That usually means studying and learning school material.
Now, remember all of the flack that Bill Cosby took from the black community when he said much the same. He was roasted for pointing out that there were massive problems in the education of young African American children – high absentee rate, poor grades, high drop out rates.
Obama said that he wanted black children to start working toward becoming doctors, lawyers, engineers and teachers. What was most interesting to me about this speech was that Michelle Obama, not too long ago, was actually discouraging students from going into the professions. She urged them to take up service jobs and careers.
Why did she take that tact? Why were they going in two very different directions on education? What were their motives? Were they just shooting from the lip without thinking, or what ... the right jack
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