Topic: My Brothers Keeper

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53: 2020 Vision
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53: 2020 Vision

Boyce Watkins on "My Brother's Keeper" and Economic Reality

Dr. Boyce Watkins critiques Obama's "My Brother's Keeper" initiative as "too little, too late." He notes that while Wall Street thrived, Black male unemployment remained at depression levels in cities like Chicago, and Obama's "rising tide lifts all boats" philosophy was essentially a racialized version of trickle-down economics.