Over the weekend I watched the HBO series, John Adams and towards the end there was a scene depicting the White House being built. I, obviously, couldn't help but think about Obama, his inauguration speech, and the fact that he is our President. But what I admired the most was the attention given to the fact that the White House was built by slaves. Abigael Adams did not like slavery and was a supporter of the idea of putting an anti-slavery law in the Constitution. Of course that didn't happen, but the series made it very clear that she was unhappy. Because the series was also realistic it also showed how bad the conditions were where the slaves worked and lived during construction. Because the series was about John Adams life there wasn't a huge about of attention given to the lives of slaves, but I was very happy with the way the slaves were predicted when they were in the show. It wasn't pleasant to see them, but it was good. It brought home the message Tatum is saying about it's ok to be uncomfortable and everything.