Baratunde Thurston

A black man doesn't need the government's money?

obama opted out of public campaign financing. mccain & conservatives should be happy! he's one less black man on public assistance

— Baratunde Thurston's comment on Twitter, after the news broke out that Obama is not going to use public assistance for his presidential campaign.

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Listen to this : Avery, Baratunde and me on NPRs "News and Notes" Blogger Roundtable

Little by little I am getting more media traction and, quite frankly, I am down with that. I am going to post about a TV appearance I made on NY-ABC about two weeks ago but right now I am going to point to you to Farai Chideya's show on NPR, "News and Notes". I was on the show's Blogger Roundtable with Baratunde Thursoton in NYC and Avery Tooley in Washington DC shooting the breeze on the black elite's split between Obama and Hillary, on how Obama is redefining blackness and, more somberly, on the LaVena Johson case.

These 20 minutes are, by far, the funnest I have had in a loooong time. I used to be a voice over artist and, quite frankly, if I had to choose between being in front of a camera or microphone and typing, I would go for the talking --because its easier on the body. And as I said that, I still have my issues when it comes to on-camera work, but that's topic for a whole 'nother post.

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