Comments on: Black Presidents in Pop Culture? http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2008/08/17/black-presidents-in-pop-culture/ The Future is Here Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: blacksmythe http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2008/08/17/black-presidents-in-pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-21794 blacksmythe Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:42:09 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=495#comment-21794 wait. i THINK i know the character you were talking about. old...distinctive eyes? i was going to say that i didn't remember, but it's coming to me. wait. i THINK i know the character you were talking about. old…distinctive eyes? i was going to say that i didn't remember, but it's coming to me.

]]> By: ed http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2008/08/17/black-presidents-in-pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-21793 ed Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:29:17 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=495#comment-21793 The first Black president I know of appeared in the TV series 'Buck Rogers in the 21st Century' that came on NBC during the 80s... The first Black president I know of appeared in the TV series 'Buck Rogers in the 21st Century' that came on NBC during the 80s…

]]> By: albatross http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2008/08/17/black-presidents-in-pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-21792 albatross Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:58:50 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=495#comment-21792 Heinlein (not exactly a progressive voice!) had a story in _Expanded Universe_ in which a black woman became president and then enacted a bunch of oddball Heinleinian ideas.<br><br>I think the last book or two of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan franchise had a black fighter pilot as the VP, but I might be mistaken. (I gave up on Clancy much later than I should have--at this point, Jack Ryan is occasionally walking across lakes and calming storms with a rebuke.) Heinlein (not exactly a progressive voice!) had a story in _Expanded Universe_ in which a black woman became president and then enacted a bunch of oddball Heinleinian ideas.

I think the last book or two of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan franchise had a black fighter pilot as the VP, but I might be mistaken. (I gave up on Clancy much later than I should have–at this point, Jack Ryan is occasionally walking across lakes and calming storms with a rebuke.)

]]> By: Yobachi http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2008/08/17/black-presidents-in-pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-21791 Yobachi Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:20:15 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=495#comment-21791 The guy from the show 24 who's in all those car insurance commercials talking about acciddent forgiveness. The guy from the show 24 who's in all those car insurance commercials talking about acciddent forgiveness.

]]> By: MIB http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2008/08/17/black-presidents-in-pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-21790 MIB Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:03:07 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=495#comment-21790 D.B. Woodside. D.B. Woodside.

]]> By: tootsis http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2008/08/17/black-presidents-in-pop-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-21789 tootsis Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:26:08 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=495#comment-21789 Chris Rock Chris Rock

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