hatred, somehow found within himself the ability to connect his experience with the brown child in a small texas town. the white child in appalacia and black child in watts. as powerful as he became in that oval office, he understood then. he understood what it meant to be on the outside. and he believed that their plight was his plight too. that his freedom ultimately was wrapped up in theirs. and that making their lives better was what the hell the presidency was for.