Poor Mr. Obama has had a tough life. Private school in Hawaii, Ivy League education, and he has reached the pinnacle of political careers.
We Italians, Irish, Jews, Hispanics, Asians, etc. have never experienced any discrimination.
Not!
I am a white guy.
When I was about 14 years old, one Saturday morning my father took me car shopping. He had been puttering around the house, so he was wearing some old khakis and some kind of work shirt. Because he was a Mopar man, we went to the local Plymouth dealer (he was driving a full-size Dodge at the time) where the salesman took one look at this working-class guy and barely gave us the time of day.
Dad was doing a slow burn but remained polite, and after we had gotten whatever information the salesman deigned to give us, we left.
He then drove directly to the Dodge dealer, where the salesman was respectful, friendly, helpful. My father bought a full-size Dodge Polara with a giant V-8 on the spot!
As we drove home, my father told me that I should respect everybody I meet, and that no matter how shabby, how poorly spoken, how uneducated, I could learn something from everybody.
No matter what color you are, or what your ethnic persuasion, respect goes a long way.
Obama doesn’t respect others. Dad did.
Roger that. Reminds me of some old adage about treating others like you’d like to be treated. I’ve attended a wedding of a custodial worker (she was black and cleaned our control room) and I’ve been to dinners with CEO’s of big corporations. Everybody gets the same treatment unless they prove they don’t deserve it. (MOPAR=More Outstaning Power And Raceablity :>})