After the Republicans won control of the House of Representatives in 2010, the president spent significant time and political effort negotiating, for the most part unsuccessfully, with congressional Republicans about taxes, budgets, and the deficit. In foreign affairs, the United States still had troops deployed in difficult conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.ĭuring the first two years of his first term, President Obama was able to work with the Democratic-controlled Congress to improve the economy, pass health-care reform legislation, and withdraw most US troops from Iraq. Bush had begun to implement a controversial "bail-out" package to try to help struggling financial institutions. The economy was officially in a recession, and the outgoing administration of George W. When President Obama took office, he faced very significant challenges. After winning a closely fought contest against New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination, Obama handily defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican nominee for president, in the general election. In 2004, he was elected by a record majority to the US Senate from Illinois and, in February 2007, announced his candidacy for president. Obama was elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996 and served there for eight years. Their two daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha (Sasha), were born in 19, respectively. Obama worked as a community organizer in Chicago, where he met and married Michelle LaVaughn Robinson in 1992. Leaving the state to attend college, he earned degrees from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. The son of a white American mother and a black Kenyan father, Obama grew up in Hawaii. Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States-becoming the first African American to serve in that office-on January 20, 2009. For more info about his creative consulting services, contact him at. Check out his educational program, Global Awareness Through Hip Hop Culture and blog, SebIsHipHop.wordpress. Sebastien Elkouby is a Hip Hop Culture historian, writer, creative consultant, and award-winning educator. Just another day in post-racial America, right? Who knows, they may buckle under the pressure… if enough people care to even create pressure in the first place. Today, this has become such an accepted idea that a racist, sexually objectifying picture of America’s first Black “First Lady” isn’t even considered hateful in the eyes of a billion-dollar company like Facebook.įor what it’s worth, feel free to report the picture again. But that’s another story…or is it?įor years, the music industry has exploited and glorified misogyny and the hypersexualization of Black women. I’m assuming Facebook considers this picture “humorous speech” and ignores its own rules in regards to race and gender, the same way the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seems to ignore its own laws regarding obscene, indecent, and profane broadcast offensive to Black audiences. While we encourage you to challenge ideas, institutions, events, and practices, we do not permit individuals or groups to attack others based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability or medical condition.” “Facebook does not permit hate speech, but distinguishes between serious and humorous speech. How is this possible when Facebook’s very own Community Standards for “Hate Speech” state the following: I reported the picture to Facebook for containing “hate speech or symbols” and received the following message about an hour later.Īccording to Facebook, the picture in question isn’t a violation and cannot be removed. No matter your personal politics, this picture reveals the deep-seated racial psychosis so many people are afflicted with. I noticed the high number of “likes” and read some of the comments, some in favor of the caption, others as outraged as I was. Predictably, I was brought to some super patriotic, tea party-type page filled with similar pictures and posts.
While checking Facebook, as I often do before jumping out of bed every morning, I came across the following picture someone had shared.ĭisgusted, but not surprised, I clicked on the page this image originated from. Facebook Co-Signs Racist Attack Against Michelle Obama
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