re: #64 goddamnedfrank

Hot ‘n frothy, sweet ‘n meaty:

I actually think of Langston Hughes quite often when I think of Barack Obama. His poem about Black people like him (and also about gay people of that time) “We Wear The Mask” speak to me about the sort of iron self-control the president maintains. He avoids being visibly angry or seeming too emotional in order to avoid the visceral reaction that many white people have to an “angry black man”. Obama clearly holds his feeling in check at times, ‘wearing the mask’ in order to get things done. His self-control is something I greatly respect in him.