Naiveté of Tavis Smiley & Cornel West’s Attacks On Obama A Danger To Poor & Blacks

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53. "Here is the reality. America was not ready for a black president in 2008 or 2012."

"Here is the reality. America was not ready for a black president in 2008 or 2012."

I don't think America, as much as many of us wanted to believe, would ever be ready until after we had a successful Black president who proved he could govern as a President to all the people. That is what Obama has done, even though some feel he hasn't appropriately represented the AA community. In doing so, one of the most important things he will leave is an open door behind him for future AA and minorities to the Presidency, and to be judged by their performance rather than appearance. A Tavis Smiley or Cornell West type Presidency (as I imagine it) I think would have scared the bejesus out of a good number of the population, even many who believed they were truly racially agnostic. And closed the door for a very long time to any future AA candidates. As much as they try, the right, the haters, the racists, etc can not paint this black President as scary or threatening to any rational person of any demographic group.