For so long, the leaders of the world have looked like me. Old and white. So it was easy for me to tell my children that they could do or be anything they wanted. I also imagine that when a black parent said that to a child, in the back of their mind there had to be the thought “if only the white guys on top would just move out of the way.”

Barack Obama moved them out of the way without pushing, but by succeeding, no violence, just excellence. He is an example not only to people of color but to all. Here is a man who is in power because he deserves it.