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>>> HE FINALLY SAID IT.
FINALLY.
THAT WAS A COLLECTIVE SIGH TODAY
FROM MANY IN THE EAST ROOM AT
THE WHITE HOUSE, AND BEYOND.
ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
PRESIDENT OBAMA BECAME THE BLACK
PRESIDENT TODAY.
AND NOT IN THE SENSE THAT HE IS
THE PRESIDENT JUST FOR BLACK
AMERICANS.
BUT AS A PRESIDENT WHO HAPPENS
TO BE BLACK, HE FINALLY HAD THE
COURAGE TO STEP UP AND MEET HIS
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE MOST LIKE HIM.
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED HIS HELP THE
MOST, YOUNG MEN OF COLOR.
HEAR ME OUT HERE.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE AUTO
INDUSTRY NEEDED HIM THE MOST,
AND THAT DIDN'T MAKE HIM JUST
THE PRESIDENT FOR THE AUTO
WORKERS.
TODAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA REALIZED
THAT RIGHT NOW, IN THIS TIME OF
NEED, BEING THE BLACK PRESIDENT
ISN'T A BAD THING.
HE COMMITTED TODAY TO HELPING
THE PEOPLE HE COULD HELP THE
MOST.
BUT IN THE END, YOUNG MEN OF
COLOR JUST MIGHT END UP HELPING