It is really sad to me to see this kind of thinking.

"Some Obama defenders say that what they regard as his reluctance to tout his work on behalf of blacks reflects an essential, if unfortunate, reality of America’s not-so-very post-racial politics.

“ 'If the president were to start speaking directly to African-Americans about what he’s doing for them, what he has done for them as the first African-American president, that during a general election campaign … could have very adverse [effects],' Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed told MSNBC on Monday.

“ 'I believe that black people understand that. I think they understand it well. … And I’d also like to talk to my friends in my own community who are raising these issues to make the point that if you weaken President Obama in the black community, you seriously hamper his chances of being reelected. A small depression among the African-American electorate could be devastating to this president. And I’d also like folks on the other side of the conversation to tell me who the alternative is that’s going to do such a better job for black people. Will it be Michele Bachmann? I mean, will it be Mitt Romney? Rick Perry?' ”

I don't think that is what Martin Luther King, Jr's Dream was about. It was about not seeing the color of someone's skin and doing what is right for humankind.


http://www.politico.com/news/stories...#ixzz1WYSAxgBm