“I challenge everyone reading this to imagine how hard it would be to get to where Obama is now given all the factors which worked against him in his life.”
Obama had more privileged forebears than I. After all, his father went to Harvard, and his folks got him into one of the most exclusive private schools in Hawaii. He managed to smoke pot and still get into Harvard law.
It was easier for Obama to get into the Ivy League than it was for me (we are the same age approx). I had better academic preparation than Obama, higher grades, more smarts, etc., but couldt gain admission to Harvard because, well, I was just a Typical White Person ™ and didnt have the melanin content that the Ivy schools were looking for. My advanced degrees and Summa Cum Laude grades had to come from elsewhere.
The wheels were greased for him getting into the Senate when he was in the state house. He was named as sponsor on a bunch of bills he didnt author, as a favor from legislative leaders in Illinois who were grooming him.
After contemplating your question, I conclude that life had treatly me less fairly than it has treated the very-much-coddled Senator Obama. After all, how often does a mere junior Senator with no accomplishments get to rise to the level of Presidential Nominee?
