As part of his visit to Ghana, President Obama took time to visit a former slave fort located on the African coast. To be sure there was more style than substance in this event but there was a pretty significant and moving nature to the event.
Even for those of us who don’t support everything the President does there has always been a bit of pride in the fact that a nation that once allowed slavery is now governed by a man who would have been such a slave. This symbolism is perhaps more poignant when the most powerful man on the planet visits the place that some of his ancestors were brought to in chains.
Sometimes style does outweigh substance and I think this may be one of those times.