Touré

Father of son Hendrix, born November 2007, and daughter Fairuz, born March 2009.

Obama had to be extraordinary, which reminds me of something my mother told me when I was a boy: that being black meant I had to be twice more than just good to get ahead. Obama seemed to be more than just good. In many ways he was the embodiment of the staple of film and literature - the magical Negro.