Lynne Varner, Seattle Times
If my grandmother were still with us, she’d marvel that in the span of five decades, the opportunities for a man like Barack Obama have widened exponentially from porter to president.
I’d sit and marvel with her, my pleasure tempered by the reality that in 2008 Obama may ascend to the presidency but he’ll never transcend race.
America just isn’t ready to move past the symbolism of an Obama presidential bid to the man within.
He would always be the black president. Similar to being the black columnist, the black CEO or the black coach. He should just think of it as a title preceding his name.
