I think this thread is heading in a silly direction. I dislike Obama, his politics and his current state of rancor he brought on himself by declaring he can go it alone.
But to use this example to come down on him? I think the worst you can say about his visit is ‘even a blind squirrel finds acorn or two’.
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““The notion that there’s some authentic way of being black, that if you’re going to be black you have to act a certain way and wear a certain kind of clothes, that has to go,” Obama said.”
I agree with you that the quote you posted is actually good advice.