You know your president is black when...

...he paraphrases Sam Cooke in his acceptance speech, has an office of urban policy, and gives Ebony the first photo shoot.

I'm sure it also has something to do with the fact that Johnson publications, Ebony's parent, has deep ties in black Chicago. You know all them bougie South Side Negroes run together!

UPDATE: J Starr points us to this dope, dope cover from Ebony

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/11/you-know-your-president-is-black-when/6261/