David Perlmutter in the San Antonio Express-News, May 8, 2001:

If Bill Clinton was, as poet Maya Angelou put it [sic], "America's first black president," then George W. Bush is trying to sound (and dress) a lot like our first Hispanic president.

The Christian Science Monitor, May 14, 2001:

Leaders of the African-American community fondly called Bill Clinton America's "first black president." Now, his successor in the Oval Office seems intent on becoming the first Latino one.

Richard Rodriguez in the New York Times, May 21, 2001:

Some years ago, the novelist Toni Morrison, in a Time essay, proclaimed Bill Clinton America's first black president. Leaving aside the affront to American blacks that Ms. Morrison's conceit carries today, it might be useful to regard George Bush as America's first Hispanic president.

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