2007-12-08 10:22:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I would like to know the answer to this question too because he certainly didn't do very much for the blacks in the USA.
2007-12-08 10:37:53 · answer #1 · answered by Bernie R 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Bill Clinton didn't say he was the first black President. Toni Morrison a Nobel Prize winner said he was. She said he "displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas." A lot of white people dont understand why but one reason is because when you look at the other Presidents and compare them to what Bill Clinton has done for the black community, you will see that Clinton has done remarkable things.
2007-12-10 07:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by magemaximus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Clinton is the one who started that. Obviously it is not correct. He was just sucking up to black people.
2007-12-08 10:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by regerugged 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He plays the saxophone, he's no stranger to hard work and he calls a spade a spade...
That's "black" where I come from....
I'd be black too if I had any music in me - lol.
It's not like he "did anything" for black folks - he just didn't try to keep them down or manipulate them the way some politicians have...
2007-12-08 10:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by rabble rouser 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he was supportive of the african american community plus he, unlike so many other politicians, came from a poor background in the South, growing up around mostly black people. this obviously shaped him as a person.
he also was surprisingly blind to class lines.
2007-12-08 10:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know why they say it. But I do know it may be because he is well liked and supported in the black community.
2007-12-08 10:30:38 · answer #6 · answered by Crystal S 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because he lives in Harlem, plays the sax and has a stable of ho's
2007-12-08 10:25:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I never heard that....is that something that he himself made up to 'kiss up' to the black people...for their votes and support? cause that's exactly what his wife is doing on her campaign trail...'kissing up.'
2007-12-08 12:12:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because black people can relate to him....He did alot for blacks.
We LOVE him.
He has got more brains than (AHEM).. He is a Rhode Scholar.
He is very HUMAN.
2007-12-08 10:30:01 · answer #9 · answered by jalady 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I've never heard that....
but of course im only 12
2007-12-08 10:28:24 · answer #10 · answered by yankees_08wschamps 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋