August 4, 2008
What is there about Obama that renders previously intelligent writers dumb as dirt?"My point is that any discussion of Obama's "skinniness" and its impact on the typical American voter can't avoid being interpreted as a coded discussion of race." - When "skinny" means "black." - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine
Posted by Vanderleun at August 4, 2008 5:12 PM from American Digest
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Heh - I love this line:
"(...I phoned my former Journal colleague, Michel Martin, an African-American journalist who is now host of NPR's "Tell Me More," which frequently addresses matters of race, to ask whether she was offended. She was not. )"
So because she's a black woman with bona fide journalist credentials, she can speak for all black people as to whether or not something is offensive.
But then even having the all-clear, he's still offended on behalf of African Americans.
Posted by: Julie at August 5, 2008 4:59 AM