More Kaus on Obama
24th March 2008
I find the following particularly trenchant:
Candor is surely the necessary starting point for a useful national conversation on race (the one that Obama didn’t seem to want to have until his pastor got him in political hot water). One side says, “You’re scared of young black men.” The other side says, “Yes, and here’s why.” Progress becomes possible. One side says, “You get all these breaks just because of your race.” The other side says ,”We have to be twice as good to get the same respect.” If you don’t ever have the argument you probably can’t get over the argument.