Most of the world is giddy about the inauguration of the first black president of the United States. The media has invested unprecedented air time to transform this man into a modern messiah. The celebration is not because he is black. Far better qualified black candidates, such as Condoleezza Rice, Walter Williams or Thomas Sowell would not be celebrated, nor even welcomed as president. In fact, Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell, both black Secretaries of State, were ridiculed as “Uncle Tom” and “Aunt Jemima” by many of the same people who celebrate Obama.
