Reply #9: Yep, no point in dancing around the issue here

[rury]

when you're black your competency is ALWAYS an issue with "some people."
It makes me sad and angry, but it's still a fact of life that in the midst of difficulty failure is a foregone conclusion in many quarters when the individual facing the challenge is black.
Many pundits and others never questioned whether President Obama's predeccessors were "up to the job" when they were tripping all over their shoelaces.
And yet, President Obama is a very capable leader.
We always have to be twice as good for half the recognition.