Obama as role model for black youth? Not so fast
Culture • November 2008 • Views: 205
The election of the first black president in U.S. history should send a powerful signal to young black Americans: If Barack Obama made it, so can you.
But some African Americans living in inner city Atlanta said that while Obama is a role model his life appeared so far removed from their own struggles that it was difficult to see how they could use it to spur their own success.