For the record...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

...I have absolutely no problem with Dianne Feinstein giving Kay Bailey Hutchinson some dap. This isn't like when Vanilla Ice came out and white kids thought that he'd invented hip-hop. Obama is a presidential nominee. Everyone knows why they are doing it. Frankly, I think it's cool.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/06/for-the-record/5098/