The conversation between Barack Obama et the white women about Norman Rockewell's painting The Problem We All Live With

Imagine a conversation between Barack Obama and th white women about the painting by Norman Rockewell entitled The Problem We All live With.

Discussion :

Barack: Hi Ruby Nell how you’re feeling

Ruby: Hi barack, i’m good, but I got a weird sensation when I see this board

Barack: Yes, I can’t understand what was your feeling at this moment, but your story touch me, like it touches a lot of other black people.

Ruby: And I’m proud of this. But above all the repercussions of the artist’s work.

Barack: Yes, you are right. But tell me Did you understand what's going on at that time?

Ruby: You know sometimes i remember that time of me going to school with these policemen. It was in 1964 in Louisiana I was 6 years old at that time, it was my first day of school, I was very happy, I even got ready for the occasion *laughs*

Barack: ahaha yes, I see that, you had a nice banche dress.

Ruby: thank you, but I think not everyone was of your opinion, you know. Many people look bad and insult me, I almost even been hit by a flying tomato, I absolutely did not understand. But the guards were there to protect me from this danger apparently.

Barack: Fortunately you were still innocent at the time. The ancient America was very cruel, 1963, was a year very marked by the American civil rights movement initiated by black and some white. We were fighting for our rights and being recognized as men.

Ruby: I was lucky to be, but I wanted to understand why I was the only one with guards and why I needed an authorization paper to go back to a school and why I was the only black one while education is for everyone. I really didn’t understand anything, but I was hoping other black children would join me. And make no difference anymore, this is no longer a problem as adults said.

Barack: It’s normal to ask so many questions, especially at this age and in such contexts, but unfortunately it is impossible to understand the world around us when humans have to fight to be recognized as humans.

Ruby: You're right. That’s a bit why Rockwell made this painting of me.

Barack: Yes, Because of threats and violence against her during the desegregation crisis. You know, I am very admiring of his work and this gesture that today it is considered an iconic image of the Civil Rights Movement in the United State. He should be proud of it, he managed to represent what black people were suffering in one is the same work.

Ruby: And yes, everything is there, the insults on the wall, the words that referred to slavery, the black girl escorted in a school of white, looked at by all.

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