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Barack Obama as Walter Lee Younger, Jr.

Duchess Harris

Abstract

Over the course of the past year, commentary from prominent voices including Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, and New York Times columnist Frank Rich have compared Barack Obama with Sidney Poitier in the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Sidney Poitier’s screen characters are an apropos way of accessing Obama, but I think Johnson and Rich have the wrong movie. This presidential election is more like A Raisin in the Sun.

Suggested Citation

Duchess Harris. "Barack Obama as Walter Lee Younger, Jr." Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Dec. 2008.

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