Obama's Famous Speech on Race: Part 1, with Special Guest Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting

Don't miss one of our best episodes yet! We break down one of Obama's most pivotal and influential speeches of all time with our guest, Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting, the author of The Speech: Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union."

In this episode learn:

• The words of Rev. Jeremiah Wright and what Obama had to contend with if he was to win his first term
• What is the tradition of the Jeremiah, and how does Obama's speech structure differ?
• Was Obama effectively communicating to both white and black voters seperately and simultaniously?
• How candidate Obama's advisors set up the stage in order to make him look more patriotic
• Creating a sense of fate and kismet through rhetoric
• Was Obama just trying to appease white voters by appealing to their feelings?
• Was this Obama's "speech on race" or something else?
• And more!

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