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What Do I Tell My Black Child If Obama Loses?

justpaul Wrote: Nov 01, 2012 7:29 AM

Here's an idea for you, Larry. Look your children right in the eye and tell them that Barack Obama proved that a black man can be elected president, and he also proved that being black is not enough. You have to competent, you have to be intelligent, and you have to do the job you asked to be given. And his loss in his re-election (god willing) proves that we have grown up enough as a nation to realize what a terrible idea it was to elect a black man just because he was black. You're kids are probably smart enough to get it.

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What Do I Tell My Black Child If Obama Loses?

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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