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Tnrtv: Scheiber On How Obama Avoided Being The "black Candidate"

TNR senior editor Noam Scheiber explains how Obama rid the race of race: a detachment from black candidates, a relentless focus on his story, and a refusal to repudiate his African heritage.

--Ben Eisler