But here we are, talking about legacy, not race. Which is simply amazing.
That is the final line of The black president no longer by Eugene Robinson in today's Washington Post
I am going to strongly recommend that you take the time to read it.
It begins like this:
I am going to strongly recommend that you take the time to read it.
It begins like this:
President Barack Hussein Obama’s second inauguration was every bit as historic as his first — not because it said so much about the nation’s long, bitter, unfinished struggle with issues of race, as was the case four years ago, but because it said so little about the subject.Reflect for a moment: A black man stood on the Capitol steps and took the oath of office as president of the United States. For the second time. Meaning that not only did voters elect him once — which could be a fluke, a blip, an aberration, a cosmic accident — but then turned around and did it again.Yes, I know that the President's black skin is still the basis of much of the hatred spewed against him by extremists. Robinson is certainly aware of that. His point is different - that our primary discussion about the speech is about its content, not the skin color of the man making it.Please keep reading.