Eugene Robinson - President Obama and Black America's New Reality - washingtonpost.com

Eugene Robinson - President Obama and Black America's New Reality - washingtonpost.com: President Obama's speech Thursday marking the 100th anniversary of the NAACP's founding was widely reported as a 'tough love' message directed at black America. 'I've noticed that when I talk about personal responsibility in the African American community, that gets highlighted,' Obama said in an interview Friday. 'But then the whole other half of the speech, where I talked about government's responsibility . . . that somehow doesn't make news.'