What shall we make of Barack Obama, and his presidency? I offered a few perspectives today in class, as did some of you (not enough, in my opinion). It occurred to me on the way home - what does Ta-Nehisi Coates think of Obama? As it turns out, he's written on this subject numerous times.
And as I mentioned today, Richard Sherman and the coding of language.
"Barack Obama is an earnest moderate. His instincts seem to lead him to the middle ground." - Coates
If we had more time this quarter, we would spend a class session on Obama's speech, "A More Perfect Union," delivered during his 2008 campaign. At times, his speech offers a sharp critique of race and race relations in America. However, it often veers into the kind of rhetoric that Coates calls out in his book as the "weight of the Dream."
And as I mentioned today, Richard Sherman and the coding of language.
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