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...disadvantage. There were only two black kids in my entire elementary school—me and my little brother—and so I had the task of convincing my white classmates that I should represent them. It took posters, buttons and blood—mostly from making the buttons??but I won. The next year I ran for student council president and faced the dreaded task of giving a speech before all the third, fourth, and fifth graders. With clear conviction and unwavering resolve, I implored my classmates to choose a leader capable of getting Oregon Trail...
...While the full force of hope and change operated on the psychological and emotional levels, indeed, visible proofs of faith have also abounded. The ubiquitous Obama campaign buttons??attached to fleeces, tattered satchels, and even professors’ tweed jackets—and t-shirts with the Senator’s stylized silhouette served as frequent external reminders of the campus’s conversion. But these, it turns out, were rather modest autos...
...whole catastrophe is diagnostic of the side of Harvard that privileges looking good over doing well, where bright orange banners and “I-buttons?? are appropriate recompense for an utter lack of substance. As such, the real tragedy of The Voice is not the annoyance of a second-rate new publication but the giant slap in the face it offers to the idea of meritocracy. It is a depressing proof positive that neither good ideas, nor even mediocre ideas, can assure a rise to the top as effectually as the bludgeon of clich?...
...that Snoop Dogg runs the most successful rent-a-thug service in hip-hop (see “Buttons??), why does he need to bother releasing an LP? While he could get real paid and even more famous by dropping more guest verses, he has cut another full album. This reason may be respect, money, or some contractual obligation, but it’s certainly not the music itself...
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