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Are The Obamas Possible Because Of The Huxtables?
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11/11/08
And she wouldn't have known thaht if not for that show.
I don't think it made the campaign or the win possible; but that show definitely changed a lot of older people's preconceptions of what black people were like, when it came out.
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Christ.
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Yes, I know that there are truly horrific & radical exceptions everywhere. But I think it's time to recognize that the state of racial affairs is a little better off than many people would have recognized several months ago (*cough*like when labeled ceded that she must be a pollyanna for refusing to believe that "we" are still an epic fail in that dept.*cough*).
So radical and hopeful, this one.
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Er, radical, hopeful, and seriously CapsLock challenged lately.
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However, I think it's extremely insulting to imply that Obama's success depends entirely on a frickin' TV show.
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In an interview on Thursday Mr. Cosby praised Mr. Obama and his campaign operation as "the architects of the almost perfect run for, and winning of, the office." He added, "This isn't something that happened just because of a TV show."
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Rather, the Cosby show or Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact familiarize the everyday viewer to the image of a educated, successful, powerful, and endearing black leader. This familiarization is crucial because
1. It was literally *unimaginable* to have a black president, even a few years ago. Once something becomes imaginable, it enters the realm of possibility.
2. Politics now are run through the same media outlets. If we could welcome Bill Cosby into our homes, presumably we can welcome another charming black man into our homes.
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So, um, where did I learn that people from all over the country were just like me? That everyone, no matter what the color of their skin, had family and dreams and aspirations?
...Sesame Street.
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