The fam and I were out at a local mall the day before Christmas Eve. This was one of the local malls on the West side that has fallen on hard times and whose demographic is decidedly low wage working class. One of the stores in the mall was one of those places that sells airbrushed t-shirts and stuff. Out in front of the store on display were three t-shirts, to show off their wares. One shirt was Lil Wayne, one of Snoop Dog and one of Obama.Before the rise of Obama, that display would have been all rap, pop culture icons. Now, across the country perhaps, such displays will have the balance I saw the other day. On the one hand, rappers and pop icons but now also, the President of the United States.
I'm okay with that.
What signs and portents of the Obama effect on the culture are you seeing?
Ann Coulter called him the first Halfrican President. That's funny. If this was Bill Clinton, these people would be required to pay licensing fees. Well, now I think about it, the first Halfrican President Elect is from Chicago (like me), where everything has a price.
ReplyDeleteI don't think its funny at all actually. Coulter specializes in being uncouth and provocative for money. Her intelligence and wit are for me at least, undercut by her caustic mouth, and I find I have less respect for either.
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