Obama: black president would inspire minority kids

With his privileged upbringing including attending an elite prep school and Harvard, Obama has little in common with minority children, or most children of any race for that matter. His statement is pandering nonsense, as usual.

Funny, I am 49 years old and white presidents have never inspired this "majority kid".

And it seems like just yesterday President Bush was making fun of kids who get good grades in school and saying getting c's isn't so bad. Now that's inspiring.

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!

This would be great for minorities all over the world if Obama becomes president of the United States. Even though he went to elite schools like Derrick stated he was still a minority and was treated as a minority. He just overcame all the obstacles that he experience and this is what makes him so unique, stand out from the rest of the candidates. One thing for sure Senator Obama will go down in history if he wins this election or not. He is one of the most brilliant men that have ever run for President; I don't know of anyone else that was or is in his caliber. He is definitely on of a kind.

Anything Obama achieved was a result of the hardwork first by his mother and grandparents..they all stuck together to raise him and his sister..and that's another role model lesson he can teach ALL families.

He got into Harvard because of his grades and only recently finished paying off his loans because he'd been too busy working for nickels and dimes community organizing instead of Wall Street. Obama has no family connections or marital connection to thank for where he is today..

My, what a compelling reason to vote for Obama for president. Yeah ... right ... do liberals ever listen to themselves?

Hmmm, didn't Obama just criticize the Queen B for playing the woman sympathy card? Now he is playing the Black card? Figures.

roz:

Minorities all over the world? Which "minorities" are you talking about? While folks of European ancestry are the largest racial group in the US and Europe (of course), they are not the majority in most areas of the world. In Africa, for instance, folks of African descent with dark skin are the majority. And in South Africa, for instance, whites are the minority. And in Latin America, Hispanics of varying skin tones are in the majority, while English-speaking whites are again the minority. In fact, overall, whites are the minority in the world. So if you're trying to say that Obama will inspire dark-skinned people throughout the world, then just come out and say it. I don't have a problem with that.

Derrick: what you tell me is that if you go Harvard, you cannot come from a poor familly. YOu are theaching yourself and your kids some nonsense stuff or you are trying to spin something. I am black and I came from a very poor familly from another country. I graduated top of my class in High School and College and received a $120,000 to do master in one of the premier institutions in this country and graduated with a master in science wiht GPA of 3.8/4. Is that mean that I will not be able to motivate other kids that are in positions that i was. WoW!!!!!, You sound scary with your nonsence tought.

Hmmm, didn't Obama just criticize the Queen B for playing the woman sympathy card? Now he is playing the Black card? Figures.

Posted by: John D | November 2, 2007 2:54 PM

I have to say- if this is a race card- it is a card that should be played.

Too many of the role models for black teens and children to this point have been rappers and so called advocates like Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

Here is a good guy , that has through the hard work and focus of quality people in his life , is a serious candidate for president.

Good for Barack- I appreciate his point of view here...

This coming from the guy that just told Hillary not to play the gender card. However it is ok for Obama to play the race card. Can you say Hypocrite.

JB,

Saying that Barack Obama could inspire minorities, does not imply that he can only inspire black ones. Minorities of various colors, including white, can relate to and be inspired by Obama, and frankly majority individuals can be too.

We're supposed to vote for Obama because he might inspire minorities?

Never mind what he could do to the national treasury, our foreign policy, Social Security, etc.

Here's somebody who is not
a minority, not inspired, and more concerned about
what havoc an inexperienced state senator with very hacky Machine Democrat friends (can you say Tony Rezko?) could wreak on the state of the nation.

The kids should look to themselves for inspiration
not expect someone else to do it for them.

Wow, when you read some of this stuff it blows your mind. Everybody knows that when Obama gets to the oval office, it will be great in the eyes of every black kid in America and elsewhere. Just to know that a black kid from a single parent home made it to the white house is very inspiring. I'm a black adult, and I wish I had someone to look up to like him when I was younger, instead of kunta or better know as toby! Give the man a break or better yet the black people a break!

So much for being president of all the people. Guess he won't be seeking Caucasian, American Indian and Asian votes either.

Finally, I was waiting for Obama to say that he would change the minority scope of things if he were president. And he would. This is only another section of him, another part of his presidency that would be so crucial to the American landscape.

Derrick, Derrick, Derrick...did you read any of Obama's books? Privleged upbringing? His grandparents in Hawaii each worked jobs to help pay for his education at that prep school. They lived in a small two-bedroom apartment - not exactly on the beach with a great view. He got into Harvard because of his grades and took out loans to pay for it. He didn't start making money until his book royalties (second printing) started coming and his wife's career took off. So it's only the past decade or so of his 46 years of life that Obama could ever be considered rich. If you did a little more research you'd find that his mother was on welfare at one point and used food stamps. He went to public school in Indonesia - not a freakin' madrassa as Fox News has reported.

He inspires me and I'm a white male in his forties. The guy is smart, he's learning on the job, and has a great deal of potential.

Senator Boy Wonder - maybe a QUALIFIED Black President would inspire minority kids.

I thought Bill Clinton was the first African-American president?