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David Simon | Inevitabilities. And Barack Obama.

http://davidsimon.com/inevitabilities-and-barack-obama/

This election marks a moment in which the racial and social hierarchy of America is upended forever. No longer will it mean more politically to be a white male than to be anything else. And those wishing to hold national office in these United States will find it increasingly useless to attempt to play one minority against each other, to turn pluralities against the feared “other” of gays, or blacks, or immigrants, or, incredibly in this election cycle, our very wives and lovers and daughters, fellow citizens who demand to control their own bodies.

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