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Obama's Nobel

October 9, 2009 in Africa, African-Americans, Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama Nobel, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, War in Iraq, colonialism, is racism dead?, memory, post-racism, race, racial representation, racism by John | 4 comments

So, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded. And it goes to Barack Obama, which has now set off an avalanche of grousing and complaining and sarcasm from the right and left. At least we won’t have to talk about the Olympics not being in Chicago any longer. It is always noteworthy when the right and left pick up on the same talking points. Funny for teasing your friends on either side (hey, you and Fox agree!), but also instructive about larger cultural stuffs. Read the rest of this entry »