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Of Geopolitical interest: Lexi's Blog!!!!!!

Coates on Michelle Obama

Everything I know about black people I learn from Ta-Nehisi Coates. His new story in the Atlantic:

When Michelle Obama told a Milwaukee campaign rally last February, "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country," critics derided her as another Angry Black Woman. But the only truly radical proposition put forth by Obama, born and raised in Chicago's storied South Side, is the idea of a black community fully vested in the country at large, and proud of the American dream.

Filling Rahmbo's Shoes

Geoghegan would be an excellent choice. I often pretend to have read the books that he's written.