The Obamas - real-life role models for us all. They are such complete people. It could not have been easy for them to get to where they are. It is not easy where they are. The reason they come across so genuine people is because they are just that - truly and 100% authentic and sterling. Completely unaffected in their behavior, they were candid and true in all that they did, in the way they spoke and interacted with everyone, kids, artisans, farmers, politicians, everyone...as human being to human being - lots and lots to learn from them.
It is so hard for people to believe and accept people who are not white or fair-skinned. The brown-skinned ones are the most critical of the darker-skinned human beings, blindly accepting those with light-skin. Yet, time and time again we see so much talent, brilliance and goodness in dark-skinned people. They have to fight so many battles just to be accepted for what they are. And what they are, is, - human. How much we miss out when we fail to see the human-ness in every human being...