By
Debbie
Schlussel
You can just hear Cain Obama asking G-d, “Am I my White Brother’s Keeper?”
And like the original Cain, he’d be asking that in denial.
Where’s White Waldo? . . .
Do you shop at Sam’s Club or eat at McDonald’s? Do you pay with an American
Express Card? Do you
watch the NBA
on TV? Do you click on Bloomberg.com? Do you use Deloitte for accounting, taxes,
or other business help? Do you drink coffee at any of Magic Johnson’s Starbucks
franchises? Will you shop at Johnson’s retail development soon to go up on the
former Michigan State Fair grounds? If you do any of these, you’re helping to
fund Barack Obama’s racist
program
to give Black and Hispanic boys a leg up, while White males need not apply.
Johnson, the NBA, and the Bloomberg
Foundation are among those helping and/or funding Obama’s “My
Brother’s Keeper” initiative. The full list is later in this
post.
Incredibly, the Obama Administration has the chutzpah to call this
initiative, which excludes Whites, “
Opportunity for All.” Really?
Normally, an initiative like this would be illegal and against the law . . .
if it were paid for by the federal government (
programs like this must be “narrowly tailored” to right
specific wrongs, etc.). So, Obama got around that by getting several
foundations to chip in $200 million to
help Blacks and Hispanic boys and not White males. And that is in addition to
the $150 million these groups have already spent toward this goal. Under the
initiative, businesses and
foundations will make
investments and support
programs to help Black and Hispanic males
go to college and graduate school, keep
them out of poverty, and help them get jobs. But if you are a White male, stay
in your parents’ basement because Obama and his business cronies aren’t in your
corner.
Oh, and by the way, Obama’s son Trayvon Martin’s parents were in the audience
at Friday’s announcement, as if race had anything to do with why Martin–before
he died–was a constant disciplinary problem at school, attacked a bus driver,
and was involved with drugs. And if race had something to do with it, it wasn’t
because of “racism” but because, unfortunately, many Black parents–and now White
parents, too–take their kid’s side against authority no matter how bad their kid
is. I suppose that’s cause for reward and booty from America’s wealthiest
foundations and corporations.
According to the Obama White House, the following
foundations are funding the racist, bigoted
inititiative:
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Atlantic
Philanthropies, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The California Endowment, The Ford
Foundation, The John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation, The Open Society
Foundations, The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, The W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, and The Kapor Center for Social Impact.
Many of the foundations are members of the Executives’
Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys and Men of Color – a coalition of
philanthropic institutions committed to leveraging philanthropy’s role in
improving life outcomes for boys and men of color.
In addition to the leadership from the philanthropic community, the My
Brother’s Keeper initiative will leverage participation from the business
community and elected officials to support this cross-sector effort. As part of
today’s announcement, President Obama will meet with a number of business
leaders – including Joe Echevarria of Deloitte, Magic Johnson of Magic Johnson
Enterprises, Glenn Hutchins of Silver Lake Partners, Adam Silver of the National
Basketball Association and
Thomas Tull of Legendary Entertainment – to discuss ways in which they and their
companies can work with the Initiative to improve the life outcomes of boys and
young men of color.
The President will also be joined today by public sector leaders including
General Colin Powell, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Honorable Michael Bloomberg.
Additionally, several other prominent members of the business
community—including Rosalind Brewer of Sam’s Club, Ken Chenault of American
Express, and Don Thompson of McDonald’s—have already expressed their support for
this effort, and the White House expects additional commitments in the coming
days and months.
Hmmm . . . if you eat Big Macs and oppose racism, maybe it’s time to start
your diet. And American Express? Time to leave home without it.
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