Fortunately, In President Obama, The

I Give A Speech To The Black Freshmen At Harvard Each Year, And I Say, "you Can Like Mozart And Ice Hockey..." - And Then I Used To Say "golf," But Tiger Took Over Golf! - "and Picasso And Still Be As Black As The Ace Of Spades."

Ever Since I Watched 'roots,' I've Dreamed Of Tracing My African Ancestry And Helping Other People Do The Same.

What People Forget Is That The Most Radical Thing About Obama Is That He Was The First Black Man In History To Imagine That He Could Become President, Who Was Able To Make Other Americans Believe It As Well. Other Than That, He Is A Centrist, Just Like I Try To Be. He's Been Bridging Divisions His Whole Life.

It's Not White Versus Black Any More, It's Haves Versus Have-nots. Unless The Black Middle-classes Unite To Promote The Interests Of The Black Underclass, Tension Between Them Is Inevitable. What We, The Black Middle Class Have To Do, Is Think Of A Strategy To Avert That.

That's What I Mean By Being Bilingual: Comfortable In Your Skin, Comfortable With All Parts Of Who You Are.