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Monday, February 19, 2007

Obama, race, slavery and winning the Presidency

Obama's candidacy sparks debates on race; Is he African American if his roots don't include slavery? by Leslie Fulbright, ...The Rev. Al Sharpton of New York, who ran for president in 2004, was also upset. "We cannot put our people's aspirations on hold for anybody's career, black or white," said Sharpton. "Just because you are our color doesn't make you our kind."
The two major parties have fielded five black presidential candidates over the years -- Shirley Chisholm, Jackson, Carol Moseley Braun, Sharpton and Alan Keyes. But the issue of race didn't rise in those campaigns to the degree it has this year, perhaps because Obama is the first black person viewed as a possible winner....
(San Francisco Chronicle)

Sloppy journalism?

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