Obama and King are extraordinary human beings by any standard of measurement. No singularly elected and/or acclaimed person will unwind history’s discrimination. But, for a liberal, Smith’s criticism of Obama is heart-rending. Smith correctly notes that Barrack Obama did not change that truth. The necessary truth of what Smith sees is that being black, female, homosexual, or any color but white disadvantages citizens who live, work, and love in America. the difficulty is more because of what Smith sees than what he does not see. Mychal Smith’s book is difficult to listen to for a white liberal i.e. The office critique of the president Was the language of a privilege black millennial who can't appreciate the wisdom and experiences of his elders. He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. So why twist it? He was talking to the men who do not take responsibility. President Obama's wasn't speaking to you. The author came from a home with a father present. I know that the author knows that this is coming, of President Obama in his efforts to speak to Black connunities. What disturbed me most was his critique of President Obama about what's really happening with some Black people. Thank you for bringing mental health as it relates to black people into the story. I was curious to hear the rest of the story. But it makes sense, he's a young man on the journey of life with so much to learn. When I started the book I found myself very curious about this young man's resistance to what seemed to be everything.
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