I know that most of what Obama did for black folks was cultural and not material but I think we maaaaaaajorly underestimate how important that culture stuff was.
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And I think it's valuable because I think it shows us where our advantages are, and potentially how we can press those advantages to do what is, after all, a very very difficult thing, which is to liberate minority groups within a majoritarian system of government.
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and besides that I think people actually do care a lot about immaterial shit in their everyday lives. If Obama made it 10%, 5%, even 2% easier to laugh at white people who claim we are inherently inferior rather than wonder if they're right... that matters a lot.