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What Do I Tell My Black Child If Obama Loses?

Arley2 Wrote: Nov 01, 2012 11:15 AM
Larry you should, and I'll bet you do, thank the Lord for the wisdom of your parents and for the requirements they held for you that you do your best ALL THE TIME. I liked your observations about Frank Robinson in the article. I often think sports ought to be a model for organizations and for how government should operate because in sport it's MERIT that counts. Black guys dominate the NBA player numbers because they're better basketball players. That doesn't mean ALL black guys are great BB players of course, but each player (Black, White, or other) has earned his spot on his team BECAUSE OF MERIT.

What do I tell my black child if Barack Obama, America's first black president, loses his bid for re-election? This is a question many parents are asking themselves -- especially those who would blame the loss on racism.

Jubilant black parents on the front pages of newspapers, the day after Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, said things like, "for the first time" they could "sincerely" say to their children that a black person could realistically aspire to become president of the United States.

The New York Times wrote: "That a new day had dawned was immediately...

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