M. Simon
2008-04-12 13:11:39
At the University of Chicago students and staff are treated like Royalty and the neighborhood folks are treated like servants.
At my son’s graduation there last summer almost all the wait staff were blacks from the neighborhood dressed like servants in the Jim Crow South (I lived there as a youth). It had an offensive feel to it. Just the way Jim Crow felt offensive to me.
That is the environment Obama was used to. His behavior fits in well with the people he associated with. And how do you behave towards servants? Well you certainly don’t get into any kind of personal conversation with them.
