<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: CNN Ngezikhathi ezithile iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40, ngiye ngaba nelungelo lokuzulazula eWest Wing yaseWhite House, ngokuvamile njengelungu labasebenzi, ngezinye izikhathi njengentatheli noma isivakashi. Sonke leso sikhathi, cishe yonke into ibilokhu ifana - kusukela ekwakhiweni kwefenisha egumbini eliyi-oval kuya emidwebweni emine kaNorman Rockwell eyayilengiswe emaphaseji. Kodwa kule mpelasonto edlule, lapho ngivakashile, kwakunokuthile okusha futhi okwamukeleka ngokuphelele: Phakathi kwesixuku sezivakashi ezazibuka iWest Wing kwakunemikhaya eminingi enemibala ehlukahlukene, ikakhulukazi abantu base-Afrika nabaseMelika. Ungase ucabange ukuthi akuhlukile kangako, kodwa kunjalo. Sekuyisikhathi eside ngazi ukuthi iWest Wing ngokuyisisekelo ibilokhu ingeyomhlophe, ikakhulukazi amadoda amhlophe. Mina nomkami u-Anne, kanye nabazukulu bethu abaneminyaka eyishumi ubudala uGabriel Barnett noMaya Gergen, sasilapho ukuze sithole ukuvakashelwa okuhlaba umxhwele kwamahora amabili okwenziwa insizwa, uClay Dumas, eyake yaba umqeqeshi wasekolishi engangisebenza naye futhi manje engumsizi kaMongameli. Kwenzeka futhi ukuba abe mhlophe. Njengamalungu amaningi abasebenzi eminyakeni edlule, uClay wakhuluma ngenhlonipho ngoMongameli wakhe njengoba ekhomba izithombe eziningi zika-Obama ezindongeni. Lokho okwakubonakala kungokwemvelo kuye kwakuyinto eyayingishaqisa nakimi: Isithombe nesithombe sasibonisa abantu abanombala besebenza futhi behlangana noMongameli wabo eceleni futhi benesikhundla esilinganayo nabamhlophe. Yiqiniso, kwakungadingeki ukuba uvakashele iWhite House ukuze wazi ukuthi uBarack Obama uye wakhuthaza ukwehluka. Noma kunjalo, ngaphambi kokuba ngibheke eduze, angizange ngiqaphele ukuthi indlela yakhe yokucabanga iye yangena ngokujulile ekuphileni kwansuku zonke. LeNdlu Emhlophe ibonakala iyisibonelo sokuhlanganiswa kwezinhlanga, ubuhlanga nobulili. Ngokuqinisekile, omongameli bangaphambilini base bethathe kakade izinyathelo kulendlela. UMongameli uBill Clinton waba ngowokuqala ukuqamba iKhabhinethi lapho abesifazane nabantu abanemibala babebaningi kunabesilisa abamhlophe. UMongameli uGeorge W. Bush wamangaza abanye lapho eqhubeka nalelo siko. Kodwa eWest Wing uqobo, amadoda amhlophe aqhubeka ebusa emibuthanweni yangaphakathi. Imizamo kaMongameli u-Obama yokwaba amandla ngezindlela ezintsha iye...  <response>: UDavid Gergen uthi uBarack Obama akatholi udumo olwanele ngokuguqula iWhite House. UMongameli wenze ukwehlukahluka kwaba yinto engokoqobo eWest Wing. 