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just lying. No one has blamed whites for everything. The answers gave a historicla facts to debunk the arguement that affirmative-action is the only reason why Barack and Michelle Obama are where they are at. It also was use to show the hypocrisy that some whites (if you would have read I tried to put in parenthesis some whites) desplay when they talk about affirmative-action.
The fact of the matter is that when the primaries first started Hillary polled better with blacks then Barack. It was after Iowa and before Ted Kennedy endorse Barack that people of all races begin to jump on the Obama bandwagon. Then Ms. Kennedy say she like other people were inspired by Obama like her father inspired others.
What supporters like me dislike about your opinions is that when you talk about history you don't like to do it in context of a racist society. You want to use explosive words like "Blame." It is the truth nit wit.
Yes families like the Kennedy like alot of families of wealth in this country were doing some within that could be viewed as wrong. But what you fail to also mention is that many blacks were left out all together. Ms. McCain's father was able to invest in ways many black grandfathers and fathers were not. George Bush's grandfather did business with the Nazis and you say nothing. Blacks couldn't even get into the game not because they were not qualified but because of race. Now you may not like that fact but that is the truth.
The difference between the Kennedys and people like you is that they were in touch and influnced by great people like Dr. King, Megar Evers,Fannie Lue Hamer, A Philip Randolp and other where they wanted to extend the same access to opportunities.
Barack and Michelle are like so many African-Americans who will excel in spite of people like you.
