Life is easier in this racist country when your skin's lighter. Not as much to look up to when you're dark as he is. I won't be too hard on him. Not every black man can defy the odds like Barack Obama. To be black and make it in this Nation is almost a herculean accomplishment. Too many are invested in the failure of black folks as a people. That judge wouldn't have a job if there weren't any black folks to sentence. White folks are born into advantages black folks can only dream of. Black folks don't have family members who have access to opportunities the way white folks do. White folks don't get discriminated upon just because of their color.