I think of Obama as Vanessa Williams. He has less in common (Kenyan born, Harvard Educated) with American disenfranchised blacks, than I (a white middled aged woman) do. Vanessa Williams was also basically white, but people liked to say she was the first black Miss America. People forget Obama had nothing to do with civil rights battles in this country in the rush to assuage white guilt. Wasn't even IN the country, but in a Madrassa in Indonesia. To me, he is kind of an insult to the actual courage shown in the battle for civil rights. Got to look on the bright side, if he can help stop the black community from their ongoing and escalating self destruction (no fathers, crime, poverty) that's all to the good, however I think when he can't keep his promises and it becomes apparent how white he is, there will be some pissed off brothers in the hood.