President Obama says he won’t put focus on blacks’ troubles

President Obama said Thursday that it would be wrong for him to narrowly focus on the troubles blacks face in the recession, rejecting criticism from the Congressional Black Caucus that the government is ignoring the economic plight of minorities.

“The most important thing I can do for the African-American community is the same thing I can do for the American community, period, and that is get the economy going again and get people hiring again,” Obama told USA TODAY and the Detroit Free Press. Both newspapers are owned by Gannett.

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 Pictured: US President Barack Obama (R) speaks as Vice President Joe Biden looks on during the opening session of the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)