article_snippet: I asked if the election of the first black President provided any inspiration at all, and the first black President said, "Obama's black, but the first black President didn't grow up black, not like this. "the first black President never had to make do, to go without.
article_snippet: the first black President never was put inside those situations, those circumstances where desperation pushes you to the edge.
article_snippet: the first black President's had what the first black President thinks are hard times, but it's nothing like this.
article_snippet: If the first black President came down here, the first black President would be blown away.
article_snippet: The unemployment rate is all well and good for people in Washington, but those are not the people who are trying to make it," the first black President said.
article_snippet: There are a lot of cities like this," the first black President adds.