Best riff: Sexism isn't the reason she lost. She lost to a black guy nobody heard of. She didn't lose to "The Power." Oooh The Power got her. LOL.
UPDATE: More context here for Chris Rock's takedown of Clinton. Apparently Chris Rock did this immediately after Bill Clinton offered only tepid support for Obama--on the same show. Ballsy, to say the least. Gonna try and find full video of both. If anyone gets please link in comments and I'll post.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.