Social Parenting - a reason to connect!

The last 40 years have seen a number of major achievements for African Americans. The idea in my lifetime that we have gone from marching to achieve civil rights to having a bi-racial President of the United States of America is reason alone to rejoice. The little known Senator from Illinois used Social Media to increase his popularity and spread his message of "hope and change". He engaged a army of young, socially connected young people.

The irony of this tweet from a young African American, in a public Twitter timeline in 2011 is not lost on me. I'm wonder about the "struggles" of the parents. What have they endured to provide a better life for their child. I wonder if the author of the tweet knows her history? There are so many issues which we as a country, let alone as a people, need to address to insure our collective success - there simply is no place for self hate! In my opinion, self hate is the source of this tweet.