DOBBS: Here's Phillip Jackson of the Black Star Project, the Chicago-based educational reform organization, who isn't too happy with Mr. Obama.

JACKSON [audio clip]: They have asked us to be vigilant, diligent, and persistent when it comes to the education and social welfare of our children. Again I say: Here we are. They have told us time and time again that we are responsible for our children and that we are the ones responsible for the current situation and for the violence. They have told us that. If that is so, why are we here and they are somewhere else?

DOBBS: Wrong, Mr. Jackson. No, that's -- you got the wrong questions, partner. Why in the world are you failing your children? Why in the world aren't the people of Chicago up in arms to stop this? Why isn't the black community in South Chicago stopping this? Why aren't you stopping the culture that would prevent young men and women going to high school scared to death because they live in a culture that says you do not, you do not tell the police who is harming their friends, their neighbors, their family?

What are you doing, Mr. Jackson? And who are you to give us a speech on, “Why are you there and we're here?” Mr. Jackson, you are part of the problem. Now you've got to decide if you're going to be part of the solution and quit whining about where Arne Duncan and Eric Holder are, because, partner, they're going to leave town. They live in Washington now. And you better understand that's your town, it's your community, it's your people. You better take care of them. And it's time to quit looking for excuses and start doing something.

You know, I've had a belly full of Eric Holder, the attorney general. He says, you know, that we are essentially a nation of cowards when it comes to race. Well, let me tell you, he's essentially a coward when it comes to confronting reality and dealing with the issue. If he had any guts, he'd stand up and say, instead of that, “This is not a black problem, this isn't a Chicago problem” -- Holder, partner, you're the attorney general. You're in Chicago because that's where the problem is. It is a Chicago problem. It is a black community problem. And part of the problem is the black community is not being responsible, and I mean turning heaven and earth to protect our children. Our children. They're our future. And we have just witnessed a 16-year-old honor student be beaten to death in the streets of Chicago.

I don't want to hear your excuses. I don't want to hear your lame nonsense about how much money you need to save the next life. You have it in your power -- the black churches, the black school leaders, the black community leaders, the black community organizers, the black parents of that community. Fix the problem. Quit whining, quit looking to someone else for the solution, and by God, let's move ahead.

And yes, you deserve the help of Eric Holder, the attorney general, and Arne Duncan. Arne Duncan, the education secretary who was your head of education in Chicago. This is his failure as well. But if you don't stand up, no one else will.

I've got a lot to say to Mr. Jackson. You are certainly part of the problem. You're not part of the solution, and until you, as a community activist, understand that this has happened on your watch without seemingly protest or result, you are the problem. It is time for you to become part of the solution, and quit whining about President Obama, for God's sake.