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...puts Obama at odds with his own political persona. Much of the excitement that surrounds him comes from the perception that he is only lightly tethered to race. Yet the very arc of his life--from Hawaii to the South Side of Chicago--has been shaped by an often conscious resolve to "belong" irrefutably to the black identity...
...Obama's interracial background puts him at cross purposes. It gives him a racelessness that is politically appealing to whites, but it also draws him toward precisely the kind of self-conscious black identity that alienates whites. For nearly two decades Barack Obama has attended a black church on the South Side of Chicago that his own mother could never have felt comfortable in. It subscribes to a "Black Value System" in which "black" was always the operative word--"black family," "black community," "black freedom," etc. But it was not a black value system that accounted for Obama's success...
...very least, it was probably inspired by one at some point along the creative process. And then the band plays on top of the globe, as well as in outer space, straddling the rings of Saturn. The song itself is indie college pop in its most unadulterated form. Politically conscious and goofy, country yet polished, Blitzen Trapper’s video collage is nothing if not pure fun. With an ongoing European tour through December, might these guys spread farm boy rock to France? Oui. Another geographical wonder courtesy of Blitzen Trapper...
...also boast an in-room wine chiller - and the five rooms on the Ladies Floor have dedicated amenities for women (like more hangers, for example). Owner Surya Jhunjhnuwala, the brains behind the groovy Vansh Indian restaurants in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, is a marathon runner and sets a health-conscious tone. You are treated to organic dried corn and Fiji bottled water upon arrival, and can avail yourself of a yoga mat (kept in every room), a gymnasium and a rooftop infinity-edge swimming pool with a sweeping view of the city. The hotel has no restaurant...
...rapper got his first acting gig, essentially playing himself--a likable city kid--living the lush life on the class-conscious sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Lassiter told him, "'Listen, if we're going out to L.A., we probably should have a goal,'" Smith says. "I said, 'I want to be the biggest movie star in the world.'" Lassiter, seeing promise that few others in Hollywood would, took his friend seriously and found a list of the 10 top-grossing movies of all time. "We looked at them and said, O.K., what are the patterns?" Smith recalls...