Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Obama and the End of Hip-Hop Culture [Mark Hemingway]
Shortly before the inauguration began, Juan Williams was on television discussing the impact of the inauguration he noted that it was an important event because of Obama's status as a role model. When you look at Obama's life not just as a leader, Williams said, but as a husband and a father, he provides a great example for young African-American men in particular who lack examples to look up to outside of hip-hop culture.
Well, here's one small anecdote that suggests the era of hip-hop might be ending and the age of Obama might be beginning. The streets around the Capitol right now are swamped with Obama T-shirt and tchotchke vendors. One of them was selling this poster of Obama leading a posse of civil rights icons:
As I paused to take in the poster, a black woman in front of me stopped, took one look at the poster and blurted out, "Now, what the hell is Tupac [far left] doing on there?"
01/20 02:31 PM
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