The President of the United States is a black man.
Under the already-illegitimate racial classifications of a pro-white society, therefore, he is just like me. Theoretically, I should be glad that this "color barrier" has been broken, and he should stand as a testament to all of the paths paved before him towards greater representation of black people within US "representative democracy".
Obama, through many complex circumstances, found himself in the right position to woo a racist but desperate nation to elect him their leader. Most of this has to do with his unusual upbringing that incidentally found him exempt from the permanent class relegation that most dark-skinned people are subject to. Factor in his biracial status for the "unifier" angle and his devilishly good looks and tall stature, and you have a made-for-TV celebrity president.
This comes with added bonuses that may become more relevant in the future, namely the cult of personality. This is a phenomenon that people of color, particularly black people, have encountered in recent decades; the "Super Negro"(thanks Jon), a black person who defies all of the (negative and unquestioned) expectations of a white society and excels so far beyond their white peers that even the most staunch racists can't ignore it.
From what I can tell, it's another twisted paradigm in the world of race privilege. As a descendant of degraded African peoples (I usually mention the Haitian tendency for revolution with a smirk of national pride), my existence within a culture of whiteness is characterized by negative expectations (death or prison before age 24) that I can only counteract by being better than everyone else. And what does this get me? A piece of the Whiteness Pie; I get to do white things, date white people, go to white college, and, as Michael Jackson has proven, even actually become white!
Oh Joy!
In reality, however, it just puts the wrong pressure on the wrong people in the wrong way. I am of course for black folks educating ourselves, strengthening our communities and succeeding in increasing autonomy from a Euro-capitalist system, but getting liberals to think you're cool and include you for diversity points as a "credit to your race" shouldn't be the only option for success for a black person.
And if that's what it takes to become President, well, congratulations. At least you inspired millions of people to go down the street to a voting booth.
We'll just carry on getting imprisoned disproportionately and murdered by police and CIA-sponsored drug culture. Thanks Reagan!
So, once again we are denied access to normality. I must either be better than everyone, or fulfill their expectations of inferiority.
