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Aug 28, 2011floy rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This is an excellent book about President Obama, his campaign, and his administration and how all three relate to race & racism. The author is a Harvard Law School professor and he writes like a surgeon cutting to the quick. He discusses many criticisms of Obama (from both right & left) and goes deep in examining their validity. He often writes of American history in the book to put issues into context but is also conversant in pop culture. He has a separate chapter about Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the Supreme Court which is very interesting. He also occasionally dips into the personal, including his own reactions to Obama's inaugural and guessing what his father's reaction would've been to Rev. Wright. He respects Obama but watches him with eyes wide open.