Remember, I have a Ph.D. in English literature.
From Henry Louis Gates
Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President.
Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs.
It's no surprise that White people say things when they are together about Black people.
Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.
I have no plans to slow down.
I'm a tech geek.
Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.
Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs. For my own people, it was important to imagine him as the Great Emancipator, the Moses who led us out of slavery.
Lincoln would love the fact that Obama is such a great conciliator, trying to transcend ideology.
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