Featured

Of Obama and Blackface

By redjac ⋅ May 14, 2008 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

A couple months ago I heard this story on WNYC which I meant to post for discussion on the blog. It’s about Barack Obama being played on SNL by Fred Armisen and includes the insightful, probing and thankfully not-angry commentary of Professor Tricia Rose of Brown University. Scroll down to the segment “Politics and Color Blind Casting.” The money shot is when the host asks if what we need is more white people played by black guys, and she points out that the problem is really a lack of stories about, you know, actual black people.

Incidentally, take another look at the campaign site for Obama. Right now, I see a photo of him with John Edwards. Is that really celebrating the endorsement… or is it the 08 Democratic ticket?