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The post office and working as firefighters or police officers, we didn't necessarily have to be college educated or have a graduate school education. now it's a necessity. no longer a luxury because when the white folks get cut from the corporate jobs, we have long before been cut from the positions. >> it is the thing making me most nuts about the unemployment numbers because we see the private sector slowly, maybe meekly, growing. but the public sector -- it just feels like our response is cut taxes. the public sector has fewer resources to hire people. >> we are throwing these african-amer...

>> juan: there is no denying the fact that governor romney laid out the issues facing the black community in much starker terms than mr. biden. so, why do african-americans still overwhelmingly support president obama? joining us now from washington, bishop harry jackson, the senior pastor it of hope christian church and here in studio, reverend conrad tiller, the senior minister at the nazarene congressional united church of christ. reverend, let me start with you and say 14.4% when we talks about the young people it's just obscene. so, if that's the case, how do you explain, except for racia...

For what they did in the 50s and 60s for the cause of civil rights in this country. that being said, today the naacp has lost its relevance and it is looking for relevance in all of the wrong places. there used to be a war and we won the war on civil rights. there will also be a battle but i believe their new focus should be economic empowerment. they have lost their relevancy. >> peter: in terms of economic empowerment that governor romney was saying 14.4% unemployment rate in african-american community that we haven't heard from white house officials and he was vilified for it. why is the do...

30th. you know why it's hard to create jobs? because he was down to 4 1/2%. you can't create jobs when there are not people looking for jobs. this president has us stuck at 8.2%. this president isn't smart enough to go back and say, what are we doing wrong? >> sean: let me ask you both-- the president's decided not to go to the naacp connection. he sent joe biden. we'll talk about this in the next segment. 14.4% unemployment in the black community. 50% youth unemployment in the black community. we have discussed this privately. 11% in the hispanic community. how does he make the case to his ba...

You know why it's hard to create jobs? because he was down to 4 1/2%. you can't create jobs when there are not people looking for jobs. this president has us stuck at 8.2%. this president isn't smart enough to go back and say, what are we doing wrong? >> sean: let me ask you both-- the president's decided not to go to the naacp connection. he sent joe biden. we'll talk about this in the next segment. 14.4% unemployment in the black community. 50% youth unemployment in the black community. we have discussed this privately. 11% in the hispanic community. how does he make the case to his base tha...