<font size="4">Totally in bad taste</font size>
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
<font size="3">It's out of flavor with the post-racial times, but I'm going to say it: I'm struck
by the number of black people who are going to be working in the White
House. I know these aren't cabinet-level jobs (excepting Holder) and maybe
Valerie Jarrett will do an awful job. But I was taken aback watching a black
woman lay out the agenda for the next president on Meet The Press a few
weeks back. Maybe Holder is a complete bum, but look, I come out of the era
of Rodney King, and from time to time will still play "Fuck The Police." Forgive
me for having an emotional reaction to the top-cop in this country being a
black man. I have been very hard on people who expect the mere sight of
Obama as president to alter some things in the black community. Have I been
too hard? I need to think more about how this makes me feel. On an
emotional level, I'm sorry, it's fucking stunning.
Anyway, the latest is Melody Barnes. Here's some actual policy to cut
through the cotton candy of a post you just read.</font size>
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http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/11/totally_in_bad_taste.php
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
<font size="3">It's out of flavor with the post-racial times, but I'm going to say it: I'm struck
by the number of black people who are going to be working in the White
House. I know these aren't cabinet-level jobs (excepting Holder) and maybe
Valerie Jarrett will do an awful job. But I was taken aback watching a black
woman lay out the agenda for the next president on Meet The Press a few
weeks back. Maybe Holder is a complete bum, but look, I come out of the era
of Rodney King, and from time to time will still play "Fuck The Police." Forgive
me for having an emotional reaction to the top-cop in this country being a
black man. I have been very hard on people who expect the mere sight of
Obama as president to alter some things in the black community. Have I been
too hard? I need to think more about how this makes me feel. On an
emotional level, I'm sorry, it's fucking stunning.
Anyway, the latest is Melody Barnes. Here's some actual policy to cut
through the cotton candy of a post you just read.</font size>
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http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/11/totally_in_bad_taste.php
