Brent Staples OP/ED: Barack Obama
Brent Staples (NY OP/Ed Section): Decoding the debate over the Blackness of Barack Obama
Those of us who were born black in the years just after World War II had front-row seats for the collapse of American apartheid. We started out confined to all-black communities and schools at a time when skin color was still destiny. But as segregation gave way, many of us were vaulted out of this sequestered world and into colleges, jobs and walks of life that had been closed to us pretty much since the nation’s founding.
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Those of us who were born black in the years just after World War II had front-row seats for the collapse of American apartheid. We started out confined to all-black communities and schools at a time when skin color was still destiny. But as segregation gave way, many of us were vaulted out of this sequestered world and into colleges, jobs and walks of life that had been closed to us pretty much since the nation’s founding.
More: (Registration may be required) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/opinion/11sun3.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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