THE Barack Obama congratulated through facebook Jacob Philadelphia13 years after the iconic move that the White House photographer Pete Souza had captured with his camera lens.
Obama spoke to Zoom with Philadelphia, who has just graduated from Uganda International School. According to the young man, he plans to study political science at the University of Memphis.
In 2009, Carlton Philadelphia, a National Security Council official, brought his wife and two sons to the Oval Office for a retirement photo. Carlton’s eldest son, Isaac, asked some serious questions, but a more surprising question came from the youngest in the family.
«Your hair is like mine? », Then little Jacob asked Barack Obama.
As the former US president admits, it was not the kind of question one would expect. And so the former US president let little Jacob touch his hair.
Obama recalled that historic 2009 photo adorning a wall on the west wing of the presidential residence, describing its significance.
«I think this photo embodied one of the hopes I had when I started running for the presidency. I remember telling Michelle and some of my co-workers, you know, I think if I win, the day I swear, young people, especially African Americans, non-whites, outsiders, guys who might not feel like they belong somewhere, they will see themselves differently.
Seeing a person like them in the Oval Office. I would address black and Latino kids and gay kids and little girls – how they would see the world opening up for them“, Described Obama.
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