Obama

Vi, finalmente, o filme de Denzel Washington "The Great Debaters" e fiquei a pensar num poema de Langston Hughes que ele começa a recitar na sala de aula, supostamente em 1935:

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.

Se Obama conseguir resistir à máquina de ataque republicana, às mentiras e às fabricações dos media, poderá dizer: "They'll see how beautiful I am, and be ashamed-- I, too, am America."

Era fantástico.