The United States isn't or wasn't ready for a black president no matter how much people want to act like we were.

 

Why do I say this? Because Obama thinks, acts and says what the average black man in society says. Well, my vision of an average black man anyways. Obama reminds me of my father and he says acts just like my father does. My father is an extremely successful man. He is also a liberal. And a Catholic and I have no clue what he feels about gay marriage or abortion but I know he is for gun control. My father is also the smartest man I know. He's gotten to where he is through hard work, education, determination and sacrifice. There is no person in this world that I look up to more than my father. My father was born in 1947. He left his Louisiana home when he was 13 and went to a catholic school in Pennsylvania to finish his education. He worked his way up in the education ranks by becoming a 5th grade teacher and is now the president of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. My father isn't a dummy nor is he an idiot. My father has so many experiences as a black man in society having lived his teen years in 1960s and young adult years in the 1970s. When my father speaks about racism in today's society he is speaking from experience. He is speaking from the heart and he is speaking his mind. When my father speaks he sounds like Obama. The Great Divider. Well, what does that tell me? It tells me that if Obama and my father were to switch places that people would call my father The Great Divider also and that couldn't be further from the truth. In 2015 black people, smart black people, successful black people, educated black people still need to remain silent in an effort to achieve success in the world.

 

The next black president will sound more like Ben Carson and less like Obama and since a majority of black people think, feel and speak like Obama there will never be a black president again. Guarantee it.

Your dad probably has better stories than Obama.

 

I think there will be another black president but perhaps not in your lifetime.

One other thing, whenever I hear the term black president, my 31 year old, white, middle class, conservative mind starts playing the Tupac song Changes. Always loved that song.

I can't speak for the entire country but I am certainly ready for a black president...but not the one we have. My opinion of Obama is that his arrogance is only exceeded by his incompetence. Same with a woman president...I am ready for one but certainly not Hillary. I am not sure which Republican I will end up voting for in the primaries but I could certainly see myself voting for Carson or Fiorina. But I also like Rubio too. The thing is, I just want someone in the WH that will stop the liberal tendencies of the current president. I sincerely could not care less if he or she is black or white.

 

BTW PP92, your father sounds like a great man. I am always impressed with people who started with humble beginnings who are self made...like him. That is the American Dream...or at least it used to be.

I'm not even sure what to say .

The United States isn't or wasn't ready for a black president no matter how much people want to act like we were.

 

Why do I say this? Because Obama thinks, acts and says what the average black man in society says. Well, my vision of an average black man anyways. Obama reminds me of my father and he says acts just like my father does. My father is an extremely successful man. He is also a liberal. And a Catholic and I have no clue what he feels about gay marriage or abortion but I know he is for gun control. My father is also the smartest man I know. He's gotten to where he is through hard work, education, determination and sacrifice. There is no person in this world that I look up to more than my father. My father was born in 1947. He left his Louisiana home when he was 13 and went to a catholic school in Pennsylvania to finish his education. He worked his way up in the education ranks by becoming a 5th grade teacher and is now the president of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. My father isn't a dummy nor is he an idiot. My father has so many experiences as a black man in society having lived his teen years in 1960s and young adult years in the 1970s. When my father speaks about racism in today's society he is speaking from experience. He is speaking from the heart and he is speaking his mind. When my father speaks he sounds like Obama. The Great Divider. Well, what does that tell me? It tells me that if Obama and my father were to switch places that people would call my father The Great Divider also and that couldn't be further from the truth. In 2015 black people, smart black people, successful black people, educated black people still need to remain silent in an effort to achieve success in the world.

 

The next black president will sound more like Ben Carson and less like Obama and since a majority of black people think, feel and speak like Obama there will never be a black president again. Guarantee it.

 

We will have a Hispanic president before we will have another black president.

I'm not even sure what to say .

 

You just did.

I can't remember a time when the US feels as divided as it does now.

You just did.

 

Ok , I'll say whats on my mind so Bengal Maniac doesn't have to guess . I think PP's dads politics would be horrible for America, just as Obama's have. That says very little about the overall character of the person. I've got lots of friends I don't agree with politically . I'll also say I'll never ever know what is was like to be black and have people treat me unfairly because of my skin color . I'm positive 20-30-40 years of that crap might change my perspective .

I do think America was ready for a black president , we just were not ready for one that so entirely liberal and totally unwilling not to get his way .

Most of us don't trust him because he is/was inexperienced and a socialist. It had nothing to do with race. So are you telling me all blacks are inexperienced and socialist?

Speaking strickly from my experiences as a white male, which is most certainly not the same as yours as a black male. I don't think it is as bad across the country as our BGP conservative members or our fellow Kentuckians at large will have you believe. I think Obama is the furthest thing from arrogant, he's a smart, thoughtful and inclusive man. Probably to a fault. I think his Presidency has been very successful on all fronts and we will have another black president. My guess is it will be Cory Booker in another couple of cycles. Whoever is the next black, woman, democrat President will be hated in KY and on BGP. They will be dumb, arrogant, weak, etc., etc.

We will have a Hispanic president before we will have another black president.

 

That was my first thought also.

I agree with PP92, neither side was anywhere near ready for a black president and I also wonder if we will have another in my lifetime. I'd like to think we will. I do think we will have a Hispanic president and a woman president before that happens. I don't think we're ready for that either.

I can't remember a time when the US feels as divided as it does now.

 

Middle to late 1960's.

 

Had there been social media then, the entire country may have blown up.