None of Her Best Friends Were Black | Views | TheRoot.com
None of Her Best Friends Were Black
By Colin Delany | TheRoot.com
Why my mom's generation had so much trouble with the idea of a President Obama.
Nov. 1, 2008--
My mom has never had a black person as a peer. What I mean is, she's been around black people all of her life, but—besides a brief period in grad school—her social surroundings have made it so that she's never really had black friends, colleagues, bosses or boyfriends. And I'm beginning to suspect that it's the main reason why she and so many in her generation were slow to rally behind Barack Obama. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE [THEROOT]
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