David Remnick has an interesting take on Barack Obama’s political ascension. Here he details the president’s congressional loss to Bobby Rush in Illinois– and posits that Obama’s blackness was a major contributing factor in the loss. Pretty fascinating take. I’ll have my own as part of a broader story on the black political agenda tomorrow. Watch it below:
Barack Obama seemed to exist in a narrow prism, seemingly unaccepted by both the black and white community. To me, that is part of his broad appeal. More on this tomorrow.
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