Video: Obama, 50 Cent, and Black Masculine Identity

by Clay Burell · 2009-01-22 13:58:00 UTC
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Via TAPPED / The American Prospect, a really fascinating ten-minute documentary exploring the effects of Obama on the dominant cultural models of black male identity. I had no idea 50 Cent and Obama had such similar backgrounds. See TAPPED for some interesting commentary.

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