Why Obama won't win, Shelby Steele

Shelby Steele is a controversial public intellectual who often finds himself at the center of controversy because of his conservative stances on such issues as Affirmative Action, reparations, welfare and other government entitlement programs.

As an African-American, this makes him a much in demand media darling who Republicans wheel out whenever they need a black man to weigh-in on a hot-button issue

All politicians are going to mask to some degree in order to present themselves in away they think will get them votes. What's different in Obama's case is that he's wearing a racial mask, this "bargainer's" mask, and I think very effectively, whereby he gives whites the benefit of the doubt. He's essentially saying, "I am going to presume you are not racist, if you won't hold my race against me." So, his mask is a distinctly racial one. This approach is old. It's been around for a long time. There have been black bargainers all the way back to Louis Armstrong, and I'm sure even far back beyond that.

Quite interesting argument!

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