[avacado]

"Never before in the history of the planet has someone, a group of people, moved from the slave class of empire to be elected to the top spot."

Actually the Irish-Americans beat Obama to that honor. The Irish as indentured servants were America's first slave class.

[stentorian conservative]

Oh come now. You and I both know that Blacks are the only persecuted race in the history of the world. Stop re-writing history, will ya?

/s