A Boston Globe article this morning talks about how Bush led Obama on a tour of the Oval Office, taking his first step in assuming the role as president of the United States.
Unlike pass tours that were drama-stricken by heated political rivalries, this tour seemed docile and almost routine. The president took the new guy around to discuss presidential duties and the first wife brought Mrs. Obama around to discuss her respective duties.
Even though this marks the first transfusion of power between Bush and Obama, the real story here is this is the first time an African American assumed the presidency in the house originally built by slaves.
Journalist Les Payne writes about this transition as " a nation that fancies itself the leader of the free world unshackling one of its remaining leg irons of hypocrisy."
In no way is this the cure-all for racism and indifference... but its a good start.
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