Sunday, July 28, 2013

Incredible to believe First Lady Michelle was correct in calling out the Democrats in 2008.

I think she said, "If he doesn't get this nomination he won't be back." Something like that. Does the First Couple deeply understand the African American reality? Yes, they do.

It is incredible to realize this is 2013 and the USA still needs lectures on race.

by Frank James

The days are few and far between (click here) when President Obama has intentionally reminded us that he is the first African-American president.

Friday was one.

The president did something no other holder of his office has ever had the life experience to do: He used the bully pulpit to, as an African-American, explain black America to white America in the wake of last week's acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.
Appearing unannounced before surprised reporters who were expecting the White House press secretary, it was Obama — "the bridge" as New Yorker editor David Remnick has called him — trying to span a divide. It was Obama trying to help white Americans comprehend black America's reaction to the Martin-Zimmerman tragedy....
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