The Village’s desire, almost a demand really, that President Obama transcend his half-blackness is very offensive to me. Why does his outrage at the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. violate the protocols of Washington? Is it okay to arrest a man in his own house after he provides documentation that he owns the house?
Katharine Seeyle opens her article with this: “Americans got a rare glimpse Wednesday night of what it means to have a black president in the Oval Office.” What the fuck does that even mean? I get a glimpse of what it is like to have a black man be president everytime I turn on my teevee. The only time that ‘means’ anything is when Obama stands up for black people? Please.
