All The President's Kids

the young Obamas - Sasha and Malia (left, right below) will be 7 and 10 respectively when their dad moves the family on up to the East Side. in this case, the "East Side" is actually the biggest crib in the joint - 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

wonder how they'll like living and playing there? will it be interesting to see a house where almost all the pictures are of old white folks who were in the positions of their mom and dad now? are there any pictures of Martin or Malcolm or Harriet or Mary McCloud Bethune there? or Angela Davis or Shirley Chisholm? aren't these the building blocks of people to which mom and dad owe their rise to supremacy? perhaps a picture of former Illinois Senator Carolyn Mosley Braun, dad's predecessor, would be an appropriate decorative upgrade to the house. hopefully Condi and Colin have portraits there already.



in any event, they'll be the pinnacle of 400 years of progress for a people kidnapped from their homes, enslaved for centuries, denied their freedom both before and after emancipation, and still struggling to get there. they'll be the pinnacle of all that black people have overcome.