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When I walk into my reserve center and see this random black dude from Chicago at the top of my chain of command I think that is a profound statement. Our Constitution enshrined slavery and the 3/5ths compromise. And I was old enough to see the Willie Horten ads and know what they meant. I have to listen to the white flight people who flee my city because they don't want their children to go to school with black children. So it is a big deal that we as a people are able to overcome our inert racism and elect and reelect a black man to be our leader. And when I see that fact in action, it makes me happy