Touch his hair, not pat his head. The boy remarked that Obama's hair looked just like the boy's and I can't recall who suggested touching it, but this happened.
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Hair Like Mine is a 2009 photograph by Pete Souza of a five-year-old child, Jacob Philadelphia, touching the head of then-president of the United States Barack Obama. Philadelphia was visiting Obama with his family and while in the Oval Office had asked if Obama's hair was similar to his. The image has been described as iconic and has been seen as symbolic of the African-American struggle for civil rights.
Funmachine on October 4th, 2022 at 16:27 UTC »
It was actually so he could touch his hair to see if it was like his own iirc.
CannedAm on October 4th, 2022 at 16:30 UTC »
Touch his hair, not pat his head. The boy remarked that Obama's hair looked just like the boy's and I can't recall who suggested touching it, but this happened.
Spartan2470 on October 4th, 2022 at 18:19 UTC »
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