A new role model

It could start with black intimacy. The American public is routinely exposed to sexually charged relationships between black men and women. “Street lit” books with titles such as “Thugs and the Women Who Love Them,” and “A Project Chick” now crowd bookstores and public library shelves.

Yet the new first couple offers America an example of a black, passionate, marital relationship, says Jennifer Brea, a writer for EbonyJet.com.