“That's just like America. It's made up of lots of different people. We're all different colors, different ages, we do different jobs -- but it takes all of us black people, white people, brown people, men and women, young and old, working in the factories, working in the fields, working in offices, working in stores -- it takes a lot of different kinds of people to get the job done for America.” PeopleMenKindMadeDifferentDoneAgeJobsAmericaYoungBlackWhiteFieldsColorOfficeMen And WomenStoresBrownBlack PeopleFactoriesDifferent KindsDifferent PeoplesYoung And OldGet The Job DoneDifferent ColorsDifferent JobsDifferent Ages Author:Jesse Jackson
“Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.” TogetherJobsPoliticalPoliticsSidesLeadershipBusinessLeaderHarderLeadership DevelopmentWorld LeaderBeing A LeaderEffective LeadershipSales LeadershipAmerican LeadershipChoosing SidesLeadership Style Author:Jesse Jackson
“If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.” PeopleIfsThinkingShowsProblemJobsMotivationBlackWatchesThousandBlack People Author:Jesse Jackson
“We’ve been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are.” WayGovernmentAbleJobsOpportunityWealthFocusFairsDemocraticBehavePrivate Sector Author:Jesse Jackson
“The Black public sector middle class teachers, policeman, firemen, and post office workers, those jobs have been on the decline but there hasn't been a corresponding increase in the private sector. What is especially painful is government policy bailed out the banks without making them make reinvestments for rebuilding. The result is 53-million Americans are food insecure, 50-million Americans are in poverty, 44 million are on food stamps, 26 million are looking for a job.” Has BeensGovernmentJobsBlackResultsClassPovertyMillionsTeacherMiddlePolicyOfficeIncreaseWorkersPainfulPostsMiddle ClassDeclineInsecureStampsPolicemenPrivate SectorCorrespondingRebuildingFiremanPost OfficePublic SectorFood StampsGovernment PolicyLooking For A Job Author:Jesse Jackson
“You really need a renewed commitment for the direct investment of jobs at the bottom.” NeedsJobsCommitmentDirectInvestmentBottom Author:Jesse Jackson
“There was a direct jobs program from the Rooselvelt administration in the 1930s. The Justice Department has set up a task force to investigate the banks and the mortgage crisis but that's a little too late. Whenever they report they will report the obvious. It will be too late to impact the people who need the help the most.” PeopleNeedsLittlesHelpingJobsForceJusticeLateProgramTasksDirectCrisisImpactObviousAdministrationDepartmentReportsToo LateMortgage1930sTask ForcesMortgage Crisis Author:Jesse Jackson
“has done a great job walking a thin line between revenge and remedy.” DoneJobsLinesWalkingRevengeRemedyGreat Job Author:Jesse Jackson
“Racism as a form of skin worship, and as a sickness and a pathological anxiety for America, is so great, until the poor whites -- rather than fighting for jobs or education -- fight to remain pink and fight to remain white. And therefore they cannot see an alliance with people that they feel to be inherently inferior.” PeopleFeelsJobsAmericaFormFightingWhitePoorAnxietyWorshipRacismSkinsSicknessInferiorsAlliancesRacism In AmericaBlack RacismWhite Racism Author:Jesse Jackson
