Narrowed political options made Obama appear the only black choice

Evidence

Truncated political imaginations give us limited political options. We imagine what’s possible within a narrow band of options provided by a political philosophy that, for all intents and purposes, is bankrupt when it comes to fundamentally changing black lives. Black liberalism ends up being the only game in town. No wonder we green-screened Obama. We wanted so much more, but he was our only choice. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 409

Categorization

• XREF: ‘We green-screened Obama’ — projecting our own political hopes onto him — connects to the surrounding thread about making Obama carry aspirations he was never designed to fulfill. — connects to: Obama’s universalist framing sidestepped race-specific policy for black Americans — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 179; Obama consistently avoided a specific policy agenda for black Americans — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 179; Black politics was historically pluralist, with black liberalism only one option among many — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 405 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Obama’s universalist framing sidestepped race-specific policy for black Americans — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 179; Obama consistently avoided a specific policy agenda for black Americans — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 179; Black politics was historically pluralist, with black liberalism only one option among many — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 405 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Black politics was historically pluralist, with black liberalism only one option among many #complicates (0.78) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 405