Hey, I’ve a question. Over the last 40 years, how many times have African Americans played or become the President in popular media (movies, television shows, comedy skits, comic books, literature)?
Dennis Haybert (24)
Tiny Lister (The Fifth Element)
James Earl Jones (The Man)
Morgan Freeman (Deep Impact)
Neal Stephenson wrote a book under the pseudonum of Stephen Bury in which a black woman ended up being elected President.
Others?
Chris Rock
D.B. Woodside.
The guy from the show 24 who's in all those car insurance commercials talking about acciddent forgiveness.
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.)
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…
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.