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Originally Posted by philcski
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Tiger Woods is accepted by 'whites' (and everyone else) because he's by far the greatest golfer that ever lived. End of story. Wouldn't matter if he was white, black, orange, green. Has no correlation to Obama's success.
As a counterpoint, I'd put Vijay Singh in the top 20 golfer list of all time and I dare say he is NOT accepted by 'white' America because of his semi-controversial nature.
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I going to slightly disagree...the caveat I would add is it had an acceptance effect on "older" people. It's nice to see that the younger generations have become color blind - but I can tell you that for many older Americans (let's say in a range of late 40's plus) the life experience was not the case. So to see someone like Tiger who is considered "Black" and has had such success and has truly handled himself in such a "dignified human" way has helped the success of people like Obama.
He has demonstrated more than being a great golfer - he has demonstrated he is a very good human being...and...that is what makes the difference to those that would view him through older eyes.