The problem that I have with these post-hoc introspective analyses of whether Obama could exist in country X or Y is that the conversation quickly strays into irrelevancies. The question is not whether a “minority” could be elected, but rather whether a black man (called African-American in the US, perhaps Jamaican in the UK) could be elected to the highest office in the country. Why would anyone compare the struggles of descendants of modern slavery with any other group? Do you compare the Asians, Sikhs or others to the Jews, six million of whom died in concentration camps during WWII? No. The very idea is absurd to most. How many descendants of Africans perished during the Middle Passage and slavery in the Americas (over 400 million)? How many perished as a result of brutal colonization by Europeans, most notably the British? Why would you compare their struggle with the struggle of any other group? Electing an Asian, a Pakistani or whatever is not the same as electing an African-American. Please stop this nonsense. It makes no sense whatsoever. The black man has no historical equal.
