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Obama now presides over a White House that constantly projects cross-racial unity.
Vigilant about not creating racial flash points, the president is private and wary on the subject.
The president is well aware that some voters say they will never be comfortable with him, as well as the occasional flashes of racism on the campaign trail, such as the “Put the White Back in the White House” T-shirt spotted at a recent Mitt Romney rally.
“I’m not the president of black America,” he has said. “I’m the president of the United States of America.”
Obama has been performing a part that no one else has ever played, and close observers say they can see him becoming as assured on race in public as he is in private conversation.
In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Obama muse on the experience of being the first black president of the United States...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/u...-politics.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0
Vigilant about not creating racial flash points, the president is private and wary on the subject.
The president is well aware that some voters say they will never be comfortable with him, as well as the occasional flashes of racism on the campaign trail, such as the “Put the White Back in the White House” T-shirt spotted at a recent Mitt Romney rally.
“I’m not the president of black America,” he has said. “I’m the president of the United States of America.”
Obama has been performing a part that no one else has ever played, and close observers say they can see him becoming as assured on race in public as he is in private conversation.
In interviews with dozens of black advisers, friends, donors and allies, few said they had ever heard Obama muse on the experience of being the first black president of the United States...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/u...-politics.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0