My sisters bf, now passed, well, her husband is black, he is still alive. It caused quite a kerfuffle back then when they married, back in the 60's. They had met while teaching in a Harlem school, she was the librarian, and he was a music teacher. During a teachers union strike, he was arrested for opening up the school and not supporting the union, he was an activist. His stance was, you all go ahead and strike, these children cannot afford one day out of school. Well, you would think, off the cuff, that they were leftists. They were not. When Obama ran for President, he told me that it broke his heart how "his people" were falling for it, just because of color. In his opinion Obama was one of the "worst of them", meaning of course, the deep state. My son grew up calling him Uncle, and we had some good times during summer trips to their "country home" in Upstate NY. Since his wife died, we don't get to see him that often, what a wonderful role model he was for my son, though.
My sisters bf, now passed, well, her husband is black, he is still alive. It caused quite a kerfuffle back then when they married, back in the 60's. They had met while teaching in a Harlem school, she was the librarian, and he was a music teacher. During a teachers union strike, he was arrested for opening up the school and not supporting the union, he was an activist. His stance was, you all go ahead and strike, these children cannot afford one day out of school. Well, you would think, off the cuff, that they were leftists. They were not. When Obama ran for President, he told me that it broke his heart how "his people" were falling for it, just because of color. In his opinion Obama was one of the "worst of them", meaning of course, the deep state. My son grew up calling him Uncle, and we had some good times during summer trips to their "country home" in Upstate NY. Since his wife died, we don't get to see him that often, what a wonderful role model he was for my son, though.