Interesting Huffington Post piece on Bobby Jindal. I'm working on a piece about him...

Quoted: Bobby Jindal, however, is much less well known -- though that's an impression the 36-year-old second-generation Indian American has been doing his best to address in the first five months of his new job as Louisiana governor.

I agree - Jackson's been doing more harm than good, although it also seems like he didn't intend his comments to be broadcasted. He's been in the public eye long enough to know better. But while his words were really crass, I also think he reserves the right to be critical of Obama...

Quoted: Sure, Jesse is an old fool who doesn't know how to act. But his latest gaffe shows how none of us is really ready for this moment.

Just met with the editors of The Root today and they're terming this the "Obama Generation" for black Americans, which will come to mean a post-Civil Rights Movement era when people can talk about race openly. I hope so!

Quoted: It's an almost unimaginable moment, filled with disbelief wrapped in amazement wrapped in euphoria.

A provocative piece from 'The Root' about why Obama's speech may have been too little, too late. It has less to do with Obama, though, than how Americans fail to connect present sentiments (in this case, about racism) to their historical roots.

Quoted: Even though he strongly and correctly argued that today's racial disadvantage is based on the white supremacy of the past, we know that many, many whites do not connect the black situation today to either the injustices of the past or the present.

So 'The Root' is an African-American focused sister publication of Slate. They've had a lot fascinating content on race and politics, and as you can imagine, today was a huge day for them with the Obama speech. But I think this piece is especially fascinating and a good intro to the identity issues they're addressing.

Quoted: Enough with the dirty looks. Race is not the overriding feature of my identity.