A Barack Obama presidency would be historic in many ways—it would also require a historic, unprecedented security detail. Two credible threats against Obama have yeilded arrests—one just yesterday in Tennessee, one during the summer– and it makes me wonder how we would protect him and his family if he became president. I wonder if his wife and children could enjoy the same type of exposure as the Carter Clan, who famously put his family out front—I doubt it. But yet and still, we don’t a president living in fear and paranoia, but we have to concede that not everyone is excited about the prospect of having a Black president. It’s been a common conversation in barbershops and beauty salons all across Black America, and we all shudder at the thought.

It’s true that America has changed and our view of race and racism has changed, but in a lot of ways it hasn’t. There are still pockets of prejudice and ignorance in this country. Barack would need to be a president of the people, as that is largely how he has branded his campaign. So we don’t want his security detail to impede his range of motion, but we do what the government to be aware that the run-on-the-mill Secret Service security is not going to cut it. If Obama becomes president, he will require round the clock, armed security. Everywhere.

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