This picture is circulating around the Internet along with the following text:
I realize that some folks are supporting Hillary Clinton and if you are, you still need to read this. To me this photo is a picture of a strong man who, in the face of a setback, is cherishing a moment with the support of astrong woman who is 100% behind him. Together they are making history. This is the America I want to live in. This is what our families should be like and can be like. If this photo moved you the way it moved me, forward it, especially to those in South Carolina and remind them that Hillary is not Bill and to vote for Obama in the South Carolina primaries and on Super Tuesday.
The Obama phenomenon has moved beyond the presidential election and moved into the realm of the public representation of Blackness. Obama is all of the things that a Black person supposedly isn't: brilliant, calm, ambitious, rationale, in love with his wife and committed to his family. He's also a proud Black man who does not need to shout to folks that he's a proud Black man.
When you juxtapose this picture of the Obamas---a vibrant young couple with that of a dozing, old looking Bill Clinton at a MLK, Jr. Memorial....it seems like the choice is between a fresh future and a stale past.
