Fineman: Obama ‘Living Proof’ that Racial Progress Has Been Made
‘He’s president of the United States, and in that sense he’s living proof of the progress that’s been made’
Fineman: Obama ‘Living Proof’ that Racial Progress Has Been Made (RealClearPolitics)
HOWARD FINEMAN, HUFFINGTON POST: I think part of it is that, having gotten elected president, having lived through the experiences he had probably when he went to Los Angeles to Occidental College and then when he transferred to Columbia in New York, walking the streets of New York. All that's true, and it was very painful. But he's president of the United States, and in that sense he's living proof of the progress that's been made. And if he spends too much time wringing his hands about his own past, then he's going to undercut the argument to those kids that they should still be hopeful. And so I think, all-in-all, he's doing a very good job.
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