Fear of a Black President
In reading the article “Fear of a Black President” a thought which kept popping into my head was how I felt that Barack Obama was under more pressure and scrutinized than any other president in the recent past. I think that for him and for other African Americans, whether they agree with his views or not, Obama being elected president was an epic event. From a historical perspective it was a monumental day in United States history, an event that will written about for ages. Taking on the presidency is a great responsibility, but as the saying goes “with great power comes great responsibility.”I can only imagine the vast amount of pressure being the president the president of the free work must be. On top of being …show more content…
After the president spoke, Zimmerman became the patron saint of those who believe that an apt history of racism being with Tawana Brawley and ends with the Duke lacrosse team.” The article also mentions that before he spoke about the case it was regarded as a national tragedy, but after it became a target, people making fun of the situation. It must be a challenging situation to deal with, you probably have advisors telling you need to comment on this issues, others telling no you shouldn’t. There are those who say de didn’t address race too much, then there are those who believed he addressed it too much. Race is a tough issue to deal, and even though he was the first black president,is it realistic to think he could fix or solve it in the 8 years he was president. He is only one man, yes he has a great deal of power, but not unlimited power. Any change has to come from the country as a whole, and when you have people who challenge you on if you are a true American citizen, or those who believe you are Muslim, it becomes a difficult …show more content…
What is sad about that is there actually people in the United States, even to this day who believe in those lies. He was asked numerous of times to present his birth certificate to show whether he was born in the United States or not, and a number of these people where political figures. If you chose not to like a politician based on their views and what they stand for that is one thing, but not like someone based on lies or based on their race is different. In the past I do not remember a president being questioned so much on where they were born, or on where they were born. Are these questions being risen due to the fact he is African American, if he was white would anyone really question his religion, or whether he born in the United States. It was in his presidential election where questions were made about where he was born, I do not remember John McCain ever being questioned on being born in
In reading the article “Fear of a Black President” a thought which kept popping into my head was how I felt that Barack Obama was under more pressure and scrutinized than any other president in the recent past. I think that for him and for other African Americans, whether they agree with his views or not, Obama being elected president was an epic event. From a historical perspective it was a monumental day in United States history, an event that will written about for ages. Taking on the presidency is a great responsibility, but as the saying goes “with great power comes great responsibility.”I can only imagine the vast amount of pressure being the president the president of the free work must be. On top of being …show more content…
After the president spoke, Zimmerman became the patron saint of those who believe that an apt history of racism being with Tawana Brawley and ends with the Duke lacrosse team.” The article also mentions that before he spoke about the case it was regarded as a national tragedy, but after it became a target, people making fun of the situation. It must be a challenging situation to deal with, you probably have advisors telling you need to comment on this issues, others telling no you shouldn’t. There are those who say de didn’t address race too much, then there are those who believed he addressed it too much. Race is a tough issue to deal, and even though he was the first black president,is it realistic to think he could fix or solve it in the 8 years he was president. He is only one man, yes he has a great deal of power, but not unlimited power. Any change has to come from the country as a whole, and when you have people who challenge you on if you are a true American citizen, or those who believe you are Muslim, it becomes a difficult …show more content…
What is sad about that is there actually people in the United States, even to this day who believe in those lies. He was asked numerous of times to present his birth certificate to show whether he was born in the United States or not, and a number of these people where political figures. If you chose not to like a politician based on their views and what they stand for that is one thing, but not like someone based on lies or based on their race is different. In the past I do not remember a president being questioned so much on where they were born, or on where they were born. Are these questions being risen due to the fact he is African American, if he was white would anyone really question his religion, or whether he born in the United States. It was in his presidential election where questions were made about where he was born, I do not remember John McCain ever being questioned on being born in