Does Hillary owe the African Americans an apoligy for implying they are uneducated?

Question

For anyone to assert that race is not a problem in America is to deny the reality in front of our very eyes. Hillary Clinton
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070629/pl_afp/usvote2008democratsrace_070629044527

Have African Americans remained idle, have they not made any noteable advances that would limit such a statement today.
How can we accept that African Americans are not educated, and unproductive, we can not nor can we excuse Hillary for impling that if Afican Americans were educated and prouductive, Americans can no longer reflect prejudice upon them. Hillary needs to say sorry now.

Racism is a belief or doctrine that differences in physical appearance between people (such as those upon which the concept of race is based) determine cultural or individual achievement, and usually involve the idea that one's own 'race' is superior.

Answer 1

Instead of solutions, she's up to her usual pandering. Let's continue to throw more money into a system that doesn't work and won't work, instead of fixing it.

Answer 2

Some blacks *are* uneducated and unproductive. Of course, some white people are, too. So are some Hispanics. So are some Asians. In fact, there are members of *every* group who are uneducated and unproductive.

Some people will continue to dislike others who do not look like them because of their own emotional disturbances.

Eventually, there is one color that will balance out every other color: green. Racial inequalities can be overruled by economic equality.

Answer 3

Did you even watch this debate? Yeah, I didn't think so. This was focused almost entirely on black issues. They asked her a question about the FACT the black children statistically receive poorer education than whites - in which all candidates responded.... So I'm not really sure how Hillary just said all black people are uneducated... In fact, Hillary received a standing ovation from the mostly black audience. These are FACTS, not "perceived racism" as someone said above.

Answer 4

Any blacks who still engage in the defeatism of real or perceived racism will never succeed. The formula for black success is quite simply no different than any other race: education and hard work. I'm sick of all the nonsensical political pandering in the quest for the mothers' milk of votes from the defeatist block.

Answer 5

There are more Afro-Americans in prison than in college; and 50% of those in college do not graduate.

Afro-Americans comprise 13% of the U.S. population, yet they cause 55% of the crime.

It is a fact that the Afro-American is academically challenged and THEY, and not society, need to correct that fact.

Answer 6

That's simply amazing. Nowhere in her comments is there anything that a reasonable person would take as saying what you said. How do you do it? At long last, have you no shame?

Answer 7

Hillary needs to say she is sorry for being hillary

Answer 8

Nope. Because a lof of my people love that foolish woman. Hillary is only saying to them what they want to hear, and that makes me angry.

Answer 9

no she does not.... the african american community does not have the same oppurtunity as the white community does and Hilary knows this... by trying to cover this fact is ignorant and will hurt the african american community much more than it would help

Answer 10

Hillary is using her usual democratic tactic, feed them mindless drivel to believe they are going no where. Well, i guess I purchased my degrees at Walgreens.

charlienoble- source? don't make up statstistics? it makes you look dumb (and you are)