But Barack and Michelle understand their struggles -
“They talked about the challenges of living in two worlds of being both native and American,” Obama said, an echo of his own observations in the past about being the son of a Kenyan father growing up in a white society.
“Some bright young people like the ones we met today might look around them and sometimes wonder if the United States really is thinking about them, caring about them and has a place for them, too,” he said. “I said, you know, Michelle and I know what it feels like sometimes to go through tough times. We grew up at times feeling like we were on the outside looking in.”
As he entertained the crowd before Obama’s arrival on the powwow ground, master of ceremonies Anthony Bobtail Bear Sr. raised a hot-button issue in both the nation’s capital and among Native Americans - the name of the city’s professional football team.
“How many of you like the Washington Redskins?” he asked Obama’s entourage. “Eeeeehhhh. Kill ‘em off right away.”
Nauseating, huh?
A little anti-American pity party. Staged by....the President of the United States.
I sat next to a Navajo girl in differential equations in college. She was studying to be a doc, almost certain to go thru med school because of native american carve out slots at U of A med school.
She didnt have to take that, its not necessary for a biology oriented medical school curriculum. She just did. Did fine too - wouldnt call her a brilliant mathematician but she pulled an A by dint of effort.
So whats the guy talking about?
She could be a drunk lying in the gutter in Flagstaff after another night in the 66 bar. But instead she chose to work hard and take advantage of the opportunities.
How bout that, Mr. I Blame Whitey.