THE BIG STORY: PRES. OBAMA PLAYS PEACEMAKER
Fight! Fight! Fight! That was the chant from the modern ‘rumble in the jungle’ that has recently taken place between Professor Gates and Cambridge policeman James Crowley. If you missed any of the fight, here’s a quick recap:
Round 1: Professor Gates was arrested in his own home by Cambridge policeman James Crowley
Round 2: Crowley refuses to apologize
Round 3: President Obama steps in and states ‘police acted stupidly’
Round 4: The media takes over for a brief intermission with racial profiling headlines
Round 5: President Obama steps in and calls for a truce meeting over beer
Round 6: What needs to happen next?
When Pres. Obama stood up and addressed the racial profiling issue that has been plaguing Black Americans for decades, people everywhere stood proud that the issue was being addressed. However, President Obama caught heat from the policeman across America, White Americans and the media. He in turn, stated that both Gates and Cambridge ‘overreacted.’
Its great that the President can call a truce between the two men, its great that he’s trying to show us how to talk out our issues rather than fight BUT as a Black person, should we feel some type of way about him giving-in to the issue.
Should Pres. Obama have stood by Gates, stayed out of the situation all-together or handled it the way he did? What do you think?Video courtesy of youtube.com
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Pres.Obama is the Commander and Chief of Our “Nation” (United States Of America) and what goes on in our country Concerns Him.
In America, there is no pedigree we all come from different places and multi-cultural backgrounds and if we want to deal with the World problems we must deal with ourself first.
Pres. Obama taking the initative to settle these Men hater towards each other it must be down by any good necessary action.
We don’t want to study war no more.
good post Karen C
I love you Pres. Obama!!!!
With record high unemployment, a war, the recession and Healthcare reform going on why is President Obama concerning himself with this?
personally I question why the media asked his oppinion in the first place? Would we ask the same question of The Bushes or Clinton? I understand Obama said what he said so people got upset. Someone on the presidents staff should have call the Cambridge Police chief and told them to fix this.
Obama being a lawyer who fought against racial profiling understandably is concerned about the issue. He must keep his eyes on the prize. Turn this country aaround and not stop for minor stuff like this that. Gates and Crowley do not need for the President himself to mediate a fight between two grown ass adults.
I have to agree with I.B Blackman, with so many social issues in the world today, President Obama should of stood neutral in this matter and had no comment one way or the other. I can understand what he was trying to do, but we all know this type of situation goes on everyday and he can’t address every last one and we also know the motivation behind him addressing this or commenting on the matter was because Gates is a long time freind. I applaud his attempt to bring these two men together to try to address the race profiling issue and resolve what took place, but President Obama must not lose focus and keep his eyes and mind on turn this country around and try to resolve some of the social issues that we all are be affected by.
the media asked about this so prez obama did not need to talk about health bill because i beleve his intention is good but i do not beleve he knows what is in this bill. hopefully he and al the senate and congress will read this bill becuase we need to do something but not go in to it blindly