This morning on a morning drive-time radio program the hosts were in outrage mode at the news headlined thus: Rapper’s Ankle Monitor Goes Off At The White House.
That happened at a meeting which was supposed to be about criminal justice reform, so it was only fitting.
We have to remember the world Obama lives in. These are influential people, and Obama hopes to influence them. African Americans have voted in blocs for years, and President Obama wants to be their go-to guy for political opinion, perhaps supplanting Al Sharpton.
One would think that criminals who are also rappers probably don't appeal to the majority of blacks. But as a group they certainly seemed unified whenever there's a confrontation between police and black people. The TV movie about the O.J. Simpson trial reminded us that it is not a recent phenomenon.
Given that, an ankle alarm going off merely adds to Obama's street cred. We'll be hearing from Obama long after he's gone from office.
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