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Obama reunites with the boy who touched his hair in the Oval Office 13 years after the iconic photo
Business Insider via Yahoo NewsLink to tweet
In May 2009, a few months after then-President Barack Obama entered the White House, five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia stepped into the Oval Office, unaware that he would become part of the legacy of America's first Black commander-in-chief.
As Jacob took in the presidential visit alongside his father, then-National Security Council staffer Carlton Philadelphia, his mother, Roseane, and his older brother, Isaac, he quietly asked a question.
"I want to know if my hair is just like yours," he said to Obama in a tone so low that the then-president asked him to repeat his question.
After hearing the question, Obama remarked: "Why don't you touch it and see for yourself?"
The president bent over, but Jacob hesitated to move his hand.
"Touch it, dude!" Obama said.
As Jacob took in the presidential visit alongside his father, then-National Security Council staffer Carlton Philadelphia, his mother, Roseane, and his older brother, Isaac, he quietly asked a question.
"I want to know if my hair is just like yours," he said to Obama in a tone so low that the then-president asked him to repeat his question.
After hearing the question, Obama remarked: "Why don't you touch it and see for yourself?"
The president bent over, but Jacob hesitated to move his hand.
"Touch it, dude!" Obama said.
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I think it's funny the boy's brother was asking complicated questions 
