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"There's an awful tough tightrope for Obama to walk"

According to sociologist and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson, Barack Obama has already won the election. But if he were white, "he'd be up by 15 to 20 points in the polls." In an interview, Dyson talks about why Barack Obama can't be emotional, his similarities with Martin Luther King, black self-hatred and the shades of black success.

Professor Dyson, the polls show… » Full Story on Salon.com
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