Hiding behind their skin color to escape responsibility cheapens a person as does using skin color to defend a person.
You think Cokie as a child of power didn't receive many benefits because of her father Congressman Boggs.
Her brother is one of the largest lobbyist in DC.
K Street’s biggest firm on Thursday acquired one of Washington’s fastest-growing lobbying shops. Patton Boggs, the perennial lobbying powerhouse, acquired Breaux-Lott Leadership Group, the firm started in 2008 by former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) and ex-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.).
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/106811-patton-boggs-buys-lobbying-firm-of-former-sens-lott-and-breaux