The first black president in 1977? Not quite. Four presidents later, our country actually had a half-black president with Barak Obama.
Here is an interesting observation; in 2007 we actually had two black head coaches in the Super Bowl. We now have several black quarterbacks. Some of these quarterbacks actually suck. Nowadays, it's not really a big deal to see a black leader on the field or on the sidelines As long as they can play ball and win, it doesn’t matter as much as it did back then.
There has been a lot of progress since the late 1970s. In MLB and the NFL, 10 percent of managers and head coaches are black. 43 percent of the NBA’s top coaches are African-American. Michael Jordan is the owner of an NBA franchise, and there are 13 black billionaires. Who knows, by the time you read this, we may see the first black female vice-president pick of a major party on the democratic ticket.
The president after #44? It seems like Richard Pryor foresaw the current president’s communication impediments. Richard responded to the press with total gibberish and with nonsensical statements. He’s antagonistic to people who ask tough questions, sucks up to those who he feels are on his side, has no moral compass, and reveals his total incompetence with each passing moment.
That is the exact opposite of what we saw from Obama — the first ‘black president.’
This is a hilarious skit.
By the way, look for Robin Williams at about the : 37-second mark in the background.
Clayton Craddock is an independent thinker, father of two beautiful children in New York City. He is the drummer of the hit broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University’s School of Business and is a 25 year veteran of the fast-paced New York City music scene. He has played drums in a number of hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including “Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical and Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill. In addition, Clayton has worked on: Footloose, Motown, The Color Purple, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Evita, Cats, and Avenue Q.