[lbo-talk] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

[Asad Haider]

Not just black people. I felt the same way having someone named Hussein win
an election. His dubious politics didn't feel so important that day.

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Oct 9, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Ismail Lagardien wrote:
>
>  I think Obama's election may well set back whatever black emancipatory
>> process has been underway in the US. It will become easier for the racists
>> to now say: "hey, you (black person) can now become president. what do you
>> mean by structural impediments"
>>
>
> Works both ways. Black people are now less likely to see the U.S. as a
> violent and exploitative place. I see "I can grow up to be president"
> t-shirts all around me in Clinton Hill.
>
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