The President's Legacy

On the next Another View we talk with journalist Erin Aubry Kaplan, author of "I Heart Obama". In her book, Kaplan discusses five distinct ways of looking at President Obama - as a modern-day black folk hero; how African Americans have made images of Obama into distinct historical and pop-culture iconography; the complicated matter of Obama as a black leader and how he fits (or not) into the tradition of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King; who President Obama is at heart; and finally the possibility that the whole phenomenon of "Obama, the first black U.S. President" has been a massive distraction to grass roots struggles around racial issues. Join us for stimulating conversation about America's first African American president from an African American perspective on the next Another View, Friday, March 18 at noon on 89.5 WHRV-FM, or stream us live on this blog!