Can Blacks afford a Black President?

Early indications suggest that the Barack Obama presidency might turn out to be similar to the failed presidency of Jimmy Carter. That’s bad news for the nation but especially bad news for black Americans. No white presidential candidate had to live down the disgraced presidency of Carter but I’m all too fearful that a future black presidential candidate will find himself carrying the heavy baggage of a failed black president. That’s not a problem for white liberals who voted for Obama who received their one-time guilt-relieving dose from voting for a black man to be president, but it is a problem for future generations of black Americans.

I lifted the above comment from Walter Williams column. Here is the link to that column;

http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/10/CanBlackAmericansAffordObama.htm

Something to consider today:
Mervi