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He's Not Just Black, He's Skinny!

Colson Whitehead on the improbable triumph of a thin man

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 6, 2008 12:37 PM CST

(Newser) – “Yesterday morning, I woke up to a new world,” writes Colson Whitehead in the New York Times. “America had elected a Skinny Black Guy president. I never thought I’d see the day.” Whitehead says the racial barrier is nothing compared...   Read full story »

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