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The Crafting of Obama

When Barack Obama launched his presidential bid, he decided to build a staircase, not merely a platform, thereby differing with most African-American presidential aspirants

By Laura S. Washington

To my esteemed colleague, In These Times Senior Editor Salim Muwakkil: I love your work, but I have to call you out on your missive in the August issue, “The Squandering of Obama.” You suggest that America’s first serious black presidential candidate is running away from race. “Perhaps he came to believe that political success was incompatible with efforts to promote… return to article

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