This is a pretty good debate\interview between Randall Kennedy and Tavis Smiley on Obama the black electorate, and the black Left in particular.
I really wish this discussion had begun like this--serious, sober and aggressive.
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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.