NPR: Why Obama Can't Always Speak Freely About Race

Why Obama Can't Always Speak Freely About Race

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Published: Wed. Dec 31, 1969 at 7:00 pm | Updated: Wed. Aug 29, 2012 at 1:07 pm | Comments: 0

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NPR: Why Obama Can't Always Speak Freely About Race

Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates says when Trayvon Martin, a black teenager, was killed by a white man in Florida, there was widespread dismay. But after President Obama spoke about it, the debate became intensely divisive. Steve Inskeep talks to Coates about his article "Fear of a Black President" in the latest issue of The Atlantic.

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