Is Obama qualified to talk on race?

The speech given by Obama on race is getting analyzed by all his supporters and opponents and Obama said that he is qualified to talk on race because he has mother belonging to white and father to black race and all his relatives live in different nations of the world.

His speech has been praised by many because talking on race has been a tough thing to take up. His speech has been courageous and he never talked like extremists on the topic that helped him gain supporters.