Jackie Robinson was a Republican.
Obama has made it much harder for any future black presidential candidate Republican or Dem. African Americans have invested too much of hope in the “historic first black president.” Now they are entangled in his fall from grace. Not fair but true.
Race relations are uglier on every level than two years ago. Maybe a more vigorous debate and frank discussion of race will be one positive result of this national nightmare.
As was Branch Rickey the person who made him a Dodger.