It's only racially convenient because he makes it racially convenient. IE: He's not going to sound like Malcolm X while talking to Middle America (though Lord knows that would cement my vote for him), because for most people (hell, even in New Jersey in 2007!) they only really see black people on TV, and the one 'good' one is Martin Luther.
All that "thinking too hard about American culture and race at 5 AM" aside, dude. Yeah. Obama was totally MLK Jr.-esq in that speech and I loved it. He also preaches the same "we should all be one people, one country" rhetoric as MLK Jr. did, which is why I'm putting my trust into him, because I can only hope that he'll bring in some of the King's later practices of free health care for every child and free lunches, etc. etc. all the sort of stuff the Black Panthers did (besides terrorize whitefolk, which is how most people remember the Black Panthers negatively).
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All that "thinking too hard about American culture and race at 5 AM" aside, dude. Yeah. Obama was totally MLK Jr.-esq in that speech and I loved it. He also preaches the same "we should all be one people, one country" rhetoric as MLK Jr. did, which is why I'm putting my trust into him, because I can only hope that he'll bring in some of the King's later practices of free health care for every child and free lunches, etc. etc. all the sort of stuff the Black Panthers did (besides terrorize whitefolk, which is how most people remember the Black Panthers negatively).