I think there is a generational and cultural to this idea. But politically, one can forget about this. History, power and race will always influence politics.
Daniel Schorr’s analysis.
Talk of the Nation hosts a forum (Michel Martin, host of NPR’s Tell Me More; Keli Goff, author of Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence; Michael Fauntroy, assistant professor of public policy at George Mason University; author of Republicans and the Black Vote; Raymond Winbush, director of the Institute for Urban Affairs at Morgan State University)
, held at Morgan State University, on Obama, black voters and a potential black presidency in america.