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RACE CARD

This is a nice turn down the twisty lane of racial politics:

Colorblind

I had not thought much about Obama's racial credentials. I had not thought about his race at all, really.

Well, not much. He is so white he can't be thought of as black.

He reminds me of our late Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke; white to the core.

There are some other tasty bits in here. She uses some jargon like 'black for pay' (Jesse J. and Sharpton) which is fun to read.

A nice piece. I hope that you don't have to labor to much to read it as it is on Salon Premium.