As African-Americans we have had a long history of joking about a black president ever since the 70s. These jokes include the phrase of painting the White House black along with other stereotypical antidotes such as having a barbque in the Rose Garden or a house party on weekends. Of course they were indeed JOKES because none of us thought we would see the day when it was really possible. Now that Barack Obama has a legitimate shot at this, it reminded me of this spoof the great Richard Pryor did on his show way back in the day. From what I saw within some segments of White America during the primaries against Hillary Clinton, I imagine that some of my caucasion brothers and sisters really do harbor these myths when contemplating having a president who could grow an afro. Click the link and check it out!
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