An insightful way of looking at Morrison's using the phrase of Bill Clinton & his being a black president. She wrote it once in a short New Yorker piece on the occasion of the Monica Lewinsky case. In that respect it seems to mean that blacks have always picked someone who seemed the best candidate available. Then commiseration was in order. She has endorsed Obama this time around. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.