It has been my experience that the more privileged a black American the more sensitive to perceived racial slights they are....

...and Barack and Michelle Obama are certainly no exception to this rule. In the rest if the world the rich and powerful try to exhibit some tolerance for others foibles and avoid standing on "their" rights. The French call it "noblesse oblige" and both the Obamas and Clintons lack it. The Bushes are drowning in it.

http://www.twincities.com/soucheray/ci_27171675/joe-soucheray-obamas-are-keeping-divide-alive