I’d like just some detail to this anecdote; maybe Obamugabe can give us a general time-frame when the mistake was made?
I’d be willing to say that Obamugabe may have (may not have) been mistaken as a valet during his Community Organizing days on the SouthSide of Chicago.
That would mean he was mistaken for a valet by LOCAL leaders, well-to-do’s, swells and elites of the Southside. All of those people would be of African-American descendence.
If his anecdotal evidence pre-dates 2008 then it was his own “folk” who made the mistake...
Mistaken for a valet-happens to all professional black men!
Yes! very true!! Rick white men and women are always looking for a black man that they can hand their very expensive car key to.
I’ve seen that all the time but usually at gun point.
I want to read more details, too. While I was in a grocery store, I was mistaken for an employee of that store. I didn’t complain, and I answered the question.