My President Was Black

Obama's run is coming to an end and now it's time to reflect on his legacy.  The failure of Obamacare.  The increase in racial divisions spurred by the far left's demonizing of white people.  Other countries liked him though- because he catered to their every whim.  Yeah the economy got better but that's not entirely due to his efforts.  That's more congress and business owners who did that.  Michelle worked hard to dictate what our kids were allowed to eat.  Hollywood loved them.  But the most important aspect of the Obama legacy?

He's black.  That's it.  He was the first black guy.

Don't get me wrong.  That has historical significance, but his entire presidency has been based on his race.  The entire 8 years has been Obama is awesome because he's black and was still able to accomplish things despite those nasty white people.  And when people disagreed with him, it wasn't because they didn't like his policies.  It was because he was black and they were racist.

That's Obama's legacy.  Look at what the black man did.

He was praised for being black.  Could do no wrong because he was black.

And he did very little to improve things for the black community, but he was our first black president so he was the best president ever anyway.

The Atlantic is heaping on the praises with a feature on Obama's awesomeness.  The title: My President Was Black.

What the fuck?  That's really all you have to say about him?  Sure, the article will probably be one long love fest, but the title says it all.  People like Obama because he's black.   He represents the black man.  That's why people like him, why they voted for him, why he'll be missed.

And they'll praise The Atlantic for praising Obama's blackness.  They will read the article because they like Obama's blackness.

And they're racist as fuck.

If Hillary had won, we'd be singing her praises because she's our first woman president.  If Romney had won, we would have sung his praises because he's our first Mormon.  If Cruz had won, he'd be our first Canadian.  But it doesn't even matter what office it is.  Whenever a person of color is elected, they're always praised for their race.  Never their qualifications.  We even elec people for other petty things.  Their gender.  They're religion. They're sexual preference.  Not their qualifications.  Because of that, we put quite a few people in power who shouldn't be.

Trump was an outsider, a business man.  People voted for him for that reason alone.  They're singing his praises for that reason alone.

If you're only voting for someone because of the historical significance of their being elected, you're wasting your vote.  Quality matters when it comes to who you allow to make decisions for you.  I voted for Obama the first time because he felt like a better option than McCain.  I didn't the second time because I'd fugured out he wasn't.  I would have voted for Sanders had Hillary not cheated during the primary because Sanders seemed to be genuinely concerned with improving life for the working class where as Hillary was shady and Trump was crazy.

I would not have voted for Sanders to have our first Jewish president.

Get it?

But Obama's legacy, like his presidency, has been reduced down to his race.  He was the first black guy and that, sadly, is all anyone seems to care about.