Minority Achievement Gap -- YouTube Interview with President Obama

President Obama answers a question from three students at a charter school in San Lorenzo, California about how he plans to close the minority achievement gap in America. This clip is from President Obama's first post-State of the Union interview, a citizen-powered interview streamed live on YouTube on Thursday January 27th.

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[hectorsalina]

America needs to focus on America. It's time to stop forcing change onto other nations who don't want it to begin with, while creating more enemies. Instead of more wars, let's focus on spending U.S. tax dollars to heal our weak economy and repair our crumbling infrastructure. Most Americans would agree.

[hectorsalina]

As a Latino, I feel that minority rights is a good cause, but it is also used as a distraction to keep us from confronting or questioning other important issues.

[mocalsa]

...IT GOES ON AND ON. Instead, he answered questions like: Who was your favorite mathameticion. ?? and, what was your favorite college class.....???? R U SHIKKING ME??? WHAT A WASTE OF TIME.....LISTENING TO L I E S ... !!!!!

[mocalsa]

Why didn't 'obuma' answer the questions asked by 'ADULTS', such as: Why did he sell out to the banks and insurance co's(allowed 30% interest/alllowed AIG to rip us off );why were Fannie MAY and FREDDIE MAC allowed to bankrupt the the Real Estate industry; why did the Govrnmnt refuse to allow the ;COLA' increase(lied by saying there was 'NO INFLATION--WHERE THE HELL DO 'they' SHOP);why is SOCIAL SECURITY money being used for 'OTHER' govnmnt costs; what about politicians HEALTH PLANS ...AND

[hardcorenyc]

I love how blacks & Hispanics always separate them selves! Isn't that racist? Oh i forgot only white people are racist!

[Cinj216]

@PitViperJr I'm well aware of what he said. Thanks for assuming I'm too stupid to absorb the "wisdom" of the President anyway.

[pakapolus]

i am not american am a nabour and i am proud to have us looking over the world safety investing in other countries to inprove our life and world peace keeping terrorist at bay to prevent past agression many celebrities are over seas doing wonderfull work using there own money to help the needy to have a better life stop the hate move on suport human endevords to mane a better life to those who are suffering

[PitViperJr]

@Cinj216 on a note about " kids not wanting to learn " that plays into part with the President saying " the parents have to do their job " you should listen more instead of going on a rant

[envanje]

Nothing replaces parents on the education of children.

Agree though todays life costs have risen upon a level that requires a job for both parents, so that automatically leads to less attention for their children.

And school cannot replace them.

[Cinj216]

Let me also also add that Obama is throwing out the same old tired rhetoric that's been used when discussing education for years. It's never worked before and it's not gonna work now. With every President we get yet another program that supposedly is gonna save education, and yet we never see any big increase in spending towards the one place the money should be going: the schools. It's typical of politicians to talk about change while unwilling to do something different. Just talk is all it is.

[Cinj216]

Why can't it just be important to improve education all across the board rather than trying to make it a race issue? Race has nothing to do with it, it's a class issue. You can be poor and/or live in a poor community and be white, black, hispanic, or whatever. Furthermore, the kids have to want to learn; you can throw all the money you like a school, but if the kids are unwilling, it's moot. To suggest that the inability or unwillingness to learn is a matter of race is racist in itself.