Shelby Steele on Obama and the Politics of Race: Part 4/5

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Uploaded by on Aug 11, 2008

Shelby Steele describes the practice of "masking" in the black culture. Louis Armstrong masked by being a bargainer; Miles Davis did so by being a challenger; Oprah is a masker — a bargainer extraordinaire; Bill Cosby shed his mask, said what he really thought, and lost his iconic status in the black community. If we are to understand Barack Obama, we must understand his masks.

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