Double standard – Noun: an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another; ethical code, ethic – a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct.
The Obama administration recently unveiled a 44-page report called “The President’s Agenda and the African American Community” that highlights policies that the White House says have benefited black people. It is, in some respects, an answer to critics who’ve argued that the president hasn’t done enough to address the harsh economic realities in black communities.
The Root’s Cynthia Gordy points out that last week’s report highlights many of the same policies in “Creating Pathways to Opportunity,” the report released last month that outlined how the administration has helped low-income Americans. According to the new report, the Recovery Act and its later expansions kept 1.3 million African Americans above the poverty line in 2010 alone, while this year the administration’s Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit has benefited 2.2 million black families and nearly half of all black children.
At a conference held last Wednesday for the report’s release, President Obama acknowledged unemployment for black Americans is “way too high.” Still, many say his administration could have acted sooner. An excerpt from Gordy’s story available on The Root is below:
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