African Americans still earn less than whites. African Americans purchase more homes at exorbitant interest rates. They are the most likely victims of predatory lending. Their children are more likely to be jobless, homeless and on welfare than other people. They more like to be incarcerated than and serve longer sentences than other groups in this nation.
Obama claims he will change. He promises new jobs brought about by a commitment to a better use of energy. He promises a better education to every American child. He believes that college education should be the right of every child not the chosen few. Obama promises unity, patriotism and a politics that includes all. He views each and every citizen as Americans... Americans first!
However, there is a pain growing in the Obama campaign. This pain is concern for the real interest of the working class. When Mr. Obama stated he would not end the blockade of Cuba. He did not show the world he was interested in change. He showed the world rigidity and an unwillingness to change. When he would not trade with a Communist country, he showed he was willing to turn his back on the toiling masses of this world. Change, we can believe in involves openness, the exchange of ideas as well as goods
It is hoped that he will change. The U.S. ailing economy could be aided from Cuban trade. The price of sugar could drop .Since sugar is in most food products a corresponding drop in the price of food might create more jobs here at home. The Democrats, especially, Mr. Obama, should reconsider his position. One need only look back on Nixon’s trip to China and see the good it did for the U.S. economy and the Republican Party
