Thursday, January 10, 2013
Why Obama’s White-Guy Problem Seems Worse Than It IsBy Jill Lawrence Who would have thought the nation’s first black president would have an optics problem? But his parade of second-term nominations so far is white, male, and of a certain average age (62.3, to be exact), and The New York Times is taking note with an article and a photo that shows Obama meeting with 10 men. But a confluence of factors is making the frat-house syndrome seem worse than it is. See 4 reasons why.

Why Obama’s White-Guy Problem Seems Worse Than It Is
By Jill Lawrence

Who would have thought the nation’s first black president would have an optics problem? But his parade of second-term nominations so far is white, male, and of a certain average age (62.3, to be exact), and The New York Times is taking note with an article and a photo that shows Obama meeting with 10 men.

But a confluence of factors is making the frat-house syndrome seem worse than it is. See 4 reasons why.

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