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Factory Report: Is Obama black enough?

The question was first asked when Obama entered the national scene, but while the pundits weighed in, very few asked members of the black community outside of the chattering classes. A few months ago, a Vocalo contributor known only as “Triple C" posed that question. The response was then played for more members of the public, with each response appended to the previous one, sort of like a pundit version of telephone, or an exquisite corpse. obama black obama The Factory is the curatorial and production wing of Vocalo.org, the only radio station to fill most of its airtime with listener-created audio.

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