Blacks gripe about lack of money, parity -- not the president

yahoo contributor network buried this story all the way in the back of some blog and called it "old news" in the web address. i guess if it has nothing to do with the majority it is of little interest to them. whatever.

Amplify’d from old.news.yahoo.com

COMMENTARY | The Congressional Black Caucus awards dinner address by President Barack Obama last weekend has been a long time coming. President Obama told us all throughout the 2008 presidential campaign election that he was tough but many didn't understand how tough. We don't have any guidance on the issue of what can happen during the term of the nation's first black president.


As an Obama supporter, I had grand ideas and definitions to frame the first black presidency. However, I was just glad I did not have to explain to my then-9-year-old son why a black man had never been president.


Internationally, people realized Obama is the American president and our needs in this country are his first priority. Some did not like that. Blacks privately thought we would come up a notch or two --at least in how the world views us -- but no, it is pretty much the same -- just more vocal.

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